Fact or Myth: If you begin an exercise program, you will lose fat.
24 March 2010
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Myth.
Many people start an exercise program with the hope of losing weight. Exercise should not be used as the only method for weight loss. You must really look closely at your diet. You can exercise all you want but you will not see the scale move down unless you eat fewer calories. Many people have signed-up for marathons, boot camps, spinning classes and gyms with the hope of losing weight, but instead they have ended up gaining weight. Exercise is a great addition to a weight loss plan and will help you maintain muscle and burn calories, but eating the right diet is key.
This article was poorly written. It was longer than neccassary for the little amount of information it contained and forgot to make it coherant by ending with:
“Basically, exercise only helps one lose weight if you burn enough calories during exercise to have a recurring defecit caused by consuming fewer calories than you burn by living and exercising. Moniter your caloric intake as exercise can cause people to feel more hungry!”
Thanks for the comment Katherine. We think the article did a great job of pointing out something most people don’t understand. Exercise alone will not cause you to lose fat or even weight.
Monitoring your caloric expenditure as you mentioned is very important. Any caloric expenditure will eventually result in a hunger response. That’s our bodies telling us to re-fuel which is natural. So it’s important for people to understand their exercise and hunger so they can balance it for goals such as losing weight. We’ll do a future post on hunger and the hunger hormone grehlin so keep reading!
Hello and thanks for writing this article on exercise and nutrition. Last month I gained about 8 pounds after taking Bikram Yoga (approx 1300 calories burn per 90 minutes seesion) 3-5 times per week. I failed to understand how over exercise can really unbalance your caloric expenditure — I found myself starving on my regular 1700 caloric per day regimen. So my plans to loose 2-3 extra pounds with more exercise, did the opposite: I went form 163 to 171. Needless to say — I cut down on my Bikram Yoga, continue to pay close attention to my nutrition intake and feel like I am working my way back to my goal weight of 160-165.
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