This is a concept I don't think many people understand. While exercise is important to overall good health, it's not really necessary to lose weight.
In this video CNN's Dr. Snajay Gupta explains that very little weight is lost due exercise, and we can completely undo the calories we burn in 30 minutes of exercise in a few minutes by eating a few cookies.
70-90% of the calories you burn each day, in fact, are just from the body doing what it does (organ function, creating new cells, creating heat, etc.). This is the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
To lose weight and keep it off, it's the number of calories you take in that really matters, not how hard you hit the gym. This is a good thing to keep in mind if you are struggling with weight loss because it is just too hard to exercise regularly.
I've been drinking a couple of Slim Fast shakes each day, eating a few apples/oranges/bananas as snacks, cutting out the alcohol and having a normal dinner and losing weight even by exercising very little.
Most importantly, if you do exercise, don't reward yourself with an ice cream or slice of cake afterward. That's the exact wrong way to do it, and it's the reason many people fail when dieting.
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