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It is well understood that exercise does not generally lead to weight loss and can even be counter-productive. This has well documented by Gary Taubes. Caloric
by paul_f 12y ago
It is well understood that exercise does not generally lead to weight loss and can even be counter-productive. This has well documented by Gary Taubes.
Caloric restriction does work, but it is quite difficult to track and maintain. This weekly fasting approach is a new concept, at least to me, and worthy of serious consideration.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> It is well understood that exercise does not generally lead to weight loss and can even be counter-productive. Right, exercise is important in weight loss not because it promotes weight loss directly, but because it enables maintaining muscle loss during weight loss, which is critical to healthy weight loss--which is mostly fat loss--and because it promotes cardio-vascular fitness (which is often an important part of the real goal served by weight loss.)