It shouldn't matter what the diet is. 500 cal a day is 500 cal a day and that adds up for most people on average to 1 pound a week. Whether it's 1 pound a wee

It shouldn't matter what the diet is. 500 cal a day is 500 cal a day and that adds up for most people on average to 1 pound a week. Whether it's 1 pound a week that you are now not gaining or 1 pound a week that you are now losing, or something in between, it's still ~1 pound of body comp worth of calories which IMO is not "minimal". I never said exercising 500 calories a day means you will lose weight, I just disagree that: "the amount of calories burned by exercise is minimal" I still don't think it's minimal. If you burn an extra 500 cal a day on average that will be about 50 pounds a year of "difference", whether that's you gaining less weight or losing weight that's all up to your total calorie intake of course.