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Exercise will speed-up weight loss if paired with a diet, and it's just plain healthy, regardless of weight issues. But if the goal is to lose weight, exercise

by Kurtz79 14y ago

Exercise will speed-up weight loss if paired with a diet, and it's just plain healthy, regardless of weight issues. But if the goal is to lose weight, exercise alone can be counterproductive, because leads people to think that slacking off in the gym for half an hour will offset that supersize menu that they will eat afterwards... Changing (permanently) eating habits should be the first step and the final goal.

mistercow 14y ago
>Changing (permanently) eating habits should be the first step and the final goal. That word "permanently" is really key. It's sad to watch people say "Oh, I can't eat that now because I'm on a diet. But in two more weeks..."
- StavrosK 14y ago
  The positive thing is that your perception of food intake also changes. I lost 10ish kg after eating less, and now I'm eating various things I like and binging a bit, and I feel like I ate an ox. When I say "god, I binged again today", people say "uh, you only ate some cereal and a steak", so I weigh myself after two weeks of "binging" and I'm at the same weight. My point is that maintenance becomes simple once you get used to eating less. Eating the amount you used to eat before now seems like a terrible excess (and I wasn't even overweight before).
  - goostavos 14y ago
    >My point is that maintenance becomes simple once you get used to eating less. Eating the amount you used to eat before now seems like a terrible excess (and I wasn't even overweight before). This honestly surprised me once I started trying to lose weight. I assumed it be a constant war with my will power to not gorge myself. After about two weeks of a very restricted diet, the desire to eat a lot, and often, just kind of drifted away. I now feel super lethargic if I eat a big meal. I prefer eating a couple small meals through out the day. "Eat not to dullness," and whatnot. Your average fast food meal is now a pretty big amount of food for me -- I used to eat the stuff twice a day, and still want more.
    - StavrosK 14y ago
      It still surprises me. I used to eat a chocolate bar and want more, now I'm the guy who eats two blocks and puts it in the fridge. I never thought this to be possible.

by Kurtz79 14y ago

mistercow 14y ago

>Changing (permanently) eating habits should be the first step and the final goal. That word "permanently" is really key. It's sad to watch people say "Oh, I can't eat that now because I'm on a diet. But in two more weeks..."

StavrosK 14y ago
The positive thing is that your perception of food intake also changes. I lost 10ish kg after eating less, and now I'm eating various things I like and binging a bit, and I feel like I ate an ox. When I say "god, I binged again today", people say "uh, you only ate some cereal and a steak", so I weigh myself after two weeks of "binging" and I'm at the same weight. My point is that maintenance becomes simple once you get used to eating less. Eating the amount you used to eat before now seems like a terrible excess (and I wasn't even overweight before).
- goostavos 14y ago
  >My point is that maintenance becomes simple once you get used to eating less. Eating the amount you used to eat before now seems like a terrible excess (and I wasn't even overweight before). This honestly surprised me once I started trying to lose weight. I assumed it be a constant war with my will power to not gorge myself. After about two weeks of a very restricted diet, the desire to eat a lot, and often, just kind of drifted away. I now feel super lethargic if I eat a big meal. I prefer eating a couple small meals through out the day. "Eat not to dullness," and whatnot. Your average fast food meal is now a pretty big amount of food for me -- I used to eat the stuff twice a day, and still want more.
  - StavrosK 14y ago
    It still surprises me. I used to eat a chocolate bar and want more, now I'm the guy who eats two blocks and puts it in the fridge. I never thought this to be possible.