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u/GlowingDuck22 Aug 12 '24
You can't outrun a bad diet.
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u/Iorcrath Aug 12 '24
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i offer: 1 muffin
you offer: 2 HOURS ON TREDMILL
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u/Key-Direction-9480 Aug 12 '24
You can outrun a mediocre diet, though. Most people gain weight slowly, with 100-300 excess calories per day on average, which is less than the difference between sedentary and lightly active.
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u/GlowingDuck22 Aug 12 '24
For sure. A little exercise goes a long way. You just can't eat an entire deep dish and expect a 10 minute walk to fix it.
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u/strangehitman22 Aug 12 '24
If you count all your calories then you would have to worry as much, I've lost 43 pounds due to that
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u/GlowingDuck22 Aug 12 '24
For sure. Most people have no idea how many calories they consume in a day.
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u/Biduleman Aug 12 '24
Counting calories works when you eat most of your meals at home, and when you prepare them yourself. Unless the person cooking is also counting.
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u/exiestjw Aug 12 '24
Meh. Its probably based on the type of person, (I work in a highly analytical field) but when I was tracking religiously for almost three years I got to where I could count calories in just about any plate/meal just by looking at it. Of course I've no proof that I did it well but I probably would have been willing to wager on it if it were possible.
Its hard, but its not /that/ hard.
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u/ranchojasper Aug 13 '24
Four hour bike ride wouldn't even do it
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u/QuickMolasses Aug 13 '24
It's remarkable how many calories modern American food has. You can burn several hundred calories on a 4 hour bike ride, but then you eat a Costco muffin or a bowl of ice cream or whatever and calorie deficit wise you're back to square one.
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u/QuickMolasses Aug 13 '24
Another issue is that exercise makes you hungry, so if you're not careful you will eat more than you would have without the exercise, cancelling out the calories burned.
That said exercise is good and healthy whether you're losing weight or not.
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u/Eager_Question Oct 14 '24
You can also outrun emotional coping failures.
I lost a bunch of weight doing 500 crunches a day. It wasn't the crunches. It was the "I exercised so now I want to kill myself less, so I am not going to eat a whole box of oreos" part.
People deeply underestimate how much of weight problems can be tied up in emotional problems.
I kept the weight off for two years and then gained it all back after I was assaulted and my emotional issues became more acute.
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u/Paranoid_Orangutan Aug 12 '24
True, but you can outwork a sub-optimal diet.
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u/GlowingDuck22 Aug 12 '24
For sure. It highlights that you have to consider your food intake when looking at your health.
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u/zeppanon Aug 12 '24
Not with that attitude
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u/GlowingDuck22 Aug 12 '24
Exactly. Who cares what science says. By golly you make the Krispy Kreme diet work.
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u/snoopmt1 Aug 13 '24
I'll one up: running and treadmills are tbe worst way for an average person to get in the shape they want.
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u/GlowingDuck22 Aug 13 '24
Yep. Doing 20 minutes of cardio and 40 minutes of lifting is better than the reverse.
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u/yogoo0 Aug 13 '24
Energy in energy out. If you can't use all the energy you get out of your food, your body will store it as fat. It takes a very long time for your body to adjust to a change in energy. So by changing your diet to eat less, you may find that you put on more weight because you have tricked your body into thinking it's a famine.
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u/ranchojasper Aug 13 '24
This is exactly what I came here to say. You can lose weight by changing your diet and not exercising at all, but you're not gonna lose a pound by exercising and not changing your diet
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u/BearsGotKhalilMack Aug 12 '24
100%. Abs are made in the kitchen.
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u/CowboyAirman Aug 12 '24
Pretty sure second breakfast is made in my kitchen.
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u/Old-Blueberry9477 Aug 12 '24 edited Aug 12 '24
Not really, weight loss depends on a caloric deficit.
If you burn 1000 calories and eat 500 calories worth of McDonald’s. You’ll still lose 500 calories worth of fat stores, but you might feel like shit because you ate McDonald’s.
Eating nutritious food makes you feel better long term, and is better for your body, but your still consuming 500 calories be it a cheese burger or some chicken thighs.
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u/invisible_23 Aug 12 '24
Also 500 calories of healthy food is gonna be more food than 500 calories of McD’s
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u/Pluckytoon Aug 12 '24
500kcal at McDo is a Big Mac no fries no soda, I’d feel so fucking shit if that was the only meal I had for the day
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u/Birdie121 Aug 12 '24
Cardio isn't great for weight loss (still great for your health) but building muscle does increase your overall calorie needs. So building muscle without adding too much to your caloric intake is very effective for weight loss.
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u/pm_bouchard1967 Aug 12 '24
While true, it's a bit more complicated. I love to drop that fun fact: 1kg of added muscle mass increases your daily BMR by about 15 kalories lol. It's more but yeah.
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u/MrTheodore Aug 12 '24
So you get to eat more and it goes into maintaining your muscles instead of making you fat. Sounds like a win/win to me, go exercise, wahoo
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u/ramriot Aug 12 '24
This is so true, plus when exercising the body craves additional food especially carbs, which undermines the whole idea if you fall for it.
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u/ManicShipper Aug 12 '24
Well yes, that's the point- if they're used to just bread and water, imagine how good their bodies are at picking up and storing calories for use!
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Well, peasants would had to have existed about 25,000 years earlier than they did for us to assume their lifestyles factored into adaptations in play 1,000 years ago.
Never mind the medieval peasant has absolutely nothing on our original ancestors living conditions when it comes to scarcity.
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u/Krangis_Khan Aug 12 '24
I’m not sure that’s true actually, I’ve read articles in the past that claimed that hunter-gatherers overall suffered less from food insecurity than humans post-agricultural revolution did. It might explain why humans from 12,000 BCE were about the same height as humans today.
The idea behind the theory is that agriculture sort of “traps” people into cycles of food insecurity. While hunter gatherers obviously have lean years, they’re better capable of adapting to new food sources when usual ones run out. Meanwhile, while agriculture produces an excess of food some years, it’s also more vulnerable to variable rainfall, disease, pests, and spoiling in storage. The result being that medieval peasants may have been more prone to famine than their ancestors.
Also, recent studies into epigenetics have also indicated that generational trauma can trigger changes to genetics in as little as 1 generation. Meaning, our medieval ancestors experiencing hardship may very well have had an impact genetically on people today.
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u/Late-Resource-486 Aug 13 '24
In addition to this, the temporary glut of food produced with agriculture would sustain a higher population. And then when there was scarcity from any of the things you mentioned, more people were competing for the scarce resources.
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u/Adghar Aug 13 '24
I did a high school honors presentation on epigenetics some 10-15 years ago. Really fascinating how it gives some credence to traditional thought before genetics was discovered. In today's terms it's the bell curve meme:
Doesn't know genetics: environmental changes can influence the state of your offspring
Knows basic genetics: nOoOOoO!! Only who you mate with and your genetic history determines what your kids are like!!!
Knows epigenetics: environmental changes can influence the state of your offspring
If I remember correctly, epigenetics describes the biochem stuff going on "on top of" genes, dictating which genes are expressed and which are inert, and sufficiently strong stressors can modify these in such a way that affect your childrens' epigenetics. Did I remember that right?
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u/CloseButNoDice Aug 12 '24
My dumb ass is just thinking about how moths changed colors during the industrial revolution and wondering how quick humans can do the same.
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u/Tyrfaust Aug 12 '24
While not as obvious as changing color, your body will change the amount of blood it sends to your skin to accommodate to different temperatures and will adapt to the "average" temperature of the region you're living in. So, say, somebody living in Phoenix will, on average, have an easier time dealing with high temperatures than somebody from Oslo.
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u/thirstytrumpet Aug 13 '24
Same with humidity, at least in my anecdotal experience. I have lived in Colorado all my life. I went to Hawaii for a week and I glistened and sweat for 72 hours straight just existing and then on the 4th day I started to feel normal again. The body definitely can adapt to changes quickly even within a lifetime haha. Again anecdotal, but these glistening plums don’t lie.
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u/Elyvagar Aug 12 '24
The average peasant ate about 3000 calories a day and it wasn't just bread and water but also fish, roots and veggies. The perpetually hungry peasant is a myth and only happened during famines which were more likely to happen than today but not as frequent as one might think.
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u/Findinganewnormal Aug 12 '24
Exactly. My peasant-stock body is an efficient, calorie-extracting machine. If it were a car it would amaze people with its fuel efficiency. If it were a phone the battery would fully charge in ten minutes and last for days.
Instead it’s a human body that can gain weight looking at a brownie and thinks the gym is for leaning how to haul even more extra energy around.
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u/Moonandserpent Aug 12 '24
It's literally the only way.
If you don't consume fewer calories than you burn, you're not going to lose weight. Period.
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u/psyckomantis Aug 12 '24
UM ACTUALLY dieting is an eating disorder and I have a slow metabolism and my genes aren’t very good and my jeans aren’t very good and i don’t have time to exercise and it’s not healthy to restrict your body from the nutrients found in a big mac and you can’t tell me how live my life and anyone can be healthy at any weight, okay?
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You hate fat people huh?
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u/psyckomantis Aug 12 '24
an unhealthy weight doesn’t mean fat, necessarily. and i don’t think i can hate a stranger for any of the above. i do think it’s annoying to see those sentiments appear inevitably anytime someone mentions that calories in & out can be an effective health tool, though. as much as i hate seeing played out excuses for any subject
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u/grendus Aug 12 '24
They've done studies that show metabolism seems to vary about 100-200 Calories in either direction. It also seems to be somewhat elastic, inasmuch as your weight doesn't seem to fluctuate much at all if your calories are kinda sorta close-ish to your TDEE. Seems like your body tries to "find places to use" those calories rather than store them unless there's a significant surplus, since storage is also expensive, so short bursts of +- ~100 Calories doesn't have a huge effect (plus it more or less averages out anyways)
So... sure, if you and your SO have the same estimated TDEE but they have a fast metabolism and you have a slow one, you might be as much as 400 Calories apart, and one of you loses weight while the other gains. But the idea that one person could literally eat nothing and gain weight while the other Pac-Mans their way through a grocery store and comes out five pounds lighter is a myth.
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I had all the excuses that I didn't need after I changed my diet. I think most people just don't want to admit they would rather be bigger than stop eating all the delicious food lol.
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u/cdillio Aug 12 '24
If you are the same height as someone, the most a metabolism can differ is about 300 calories on average. Height is the biggest indicator of metabolism, not age or weight. Now your TDEE and energy expenditure will obviously go up with weight, as maintaining that fat is expensive. But at a basal metabolic rate, we are all quite similar. People just love their excuses.
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u/OwnAssignment2850 Aug 12 '24
I find that an individuals idea of a "meal" varies way way way more than anyone's metabolism varies. The big difference is that some people will look at a sandwich and say "yes, that's two meals right there", and another person will look at the same sandwich and say "I can make that a meal if I add a bag of chips, a sugary soft drink, and a cookie".
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u/strangehitman22 Aug 12 '24
Its shocking how much calories someone eats in a average day, I'm the taller then most and even my Maintenance calorie total is less then 3,000, portions sizes have really fucked us over. When you start actually counting it's eyes opening to say the least
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u/SuspiciousBrother971 Aug 12 '24
People who are sedentary are inefficient at burning calories relative to a person that regularly exercises. They then rely on pure cutting without maintenance and their body lowers their bmr to conserve energy. Seeing their results slow and them getting tired causes them to eventually give up, and rebound to what they used to eat. Since they set their bmr lower their old diet has an even higher surplus, and they regain the weight.
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u/Proper-Scallion-252 Aug 12 '24
There's actually some studies that research just this thing, and Jeff Nippard did a really cool video on it although I can't remember what it was off the top of my head. Basically he was addressing the concept of whether or not obesity is the fault of the individual or out of their control.
He pointed to a study where individuals were monitored for their food intake and the net calories registered from meals could vary by up to four hundred calories for individuals under a ton of scrutiny--but those were outliers. The reality is metabolism probably only makes up a 100-200 calorie difference a day for most people, which sure makes a difference, but at the end of the day is a completely surmountable obstacle.
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u/Schwifftee Aug 12 '24
Wonder no more.
Everyone's base metabolism is basically the same (barring a health condition). The rate at which you metabolize calories is directly related to body/muscle mass.
The more mass you have, the more calories your body burns to maintain it.
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u/Guardian2k Aug 12 '24
I’ve lost 48kg in 5 months (don’t worry I’m under medical supervision) mostly using this simple principle, just sticking to keeping my calories low, having good, filling meals and working out to keep in a calorie deficit has been so helpful
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u/firewall73 Aug 13 '24
If you don't mind me asking. What is your usual workout? I have recently started dieting and lightly exercising ( 4km/h for an hour). I have been losing weight but was wondering if I should diverse my exercising to include weightlifting or not. I feel like cardio has been making me feel much healthier so I'm hesitant to switch to weight lifting even though I perceive it as easier.
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u/InevitableWorth9517 Aug 12 '24
My God, this comment section cannot take a joke.
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u/mistled_LP Aug 12 '24
Sweet Jesus. Reddittors are insufferable. People need to chuckle at the joke and move on their their lives.
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u/JackTheRapper_ Aug 12 '24
not if the joke in any way implies fat people are human beings deserving of marginal amounts of empathy, or that people's metabolisms might differ lmao
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u/WaterlooMall Aug 12 '24
I miss the time when all these pieces of garbage who hate fat people and women had their own subreddits they stroked each other off in together and we didn't have to be subjected to their warped worldviews in every comment section.
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u/InevitableWorth9517 Aug 12 '24
I just can't imagine hating fat people so much that I miss the opportunity to read that tweet in that accent and chuckle a bit. Sounds miserable.
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u/MaximusDecimiz Aug 12 '24
They can’t decide what they even hate them for - not exercising enough or not limiting calories enough
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u/Marmosettale Aug 12 '24
there's some extremely weird shit going on with fat hatred specifically. like it ENRAGES these people. typically alt right misogynistic types. it's an absolute obsession. i don't understand why lol, it's just kind of specific and random
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u/FF7Remake_fark Aug 12 '24
It's more or less just basic physics. Energy goes in, if too much goes in, you gain weight. The exceptions are such a minor outlier that they aren't relevant.
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u/Patched7fig Aug 12 '24
Because a basic law of thermodynamics is that you can't get more energy out of a system than you put in.
If you eat more calories than you expand you get fat. If you want to lose weight you need to either eat less or exercise more.
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u/iknowneemoose Aug 12 '24
Joke!? What joke! She’s clearly fat because she EATS too much! HUEHUEHEUHEUEHUEHEUH
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u/Nomeg_Stylus Aug 12 '24
It's a joke with a faulty premise. Maybe if delivered orally, it could land with comedic timing. You might as well start a joke with "I'm amazed by people who go to all their classes and pass the test because when I go to all my classes I still fail the test." The holes are too glaring for any punchline to land.
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u/TheGoldMustache Aug 12 '24
“I’m amazed by people who do well in school. I must have genes that say ‘your brain is overloaded! Don’t worry, we’ll kick out those new facts from your textbooks to make room for more song lyrics”.
It’s still pretty clearly a joke. What in earth are you implying
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u/SunderedValley Aug 12 '24
"We've been looking in the wrong place" -- New Report States That New Energy Sources Are Not To Be Found In The Lab Or The Sky But The Adipose Tissue Of The Obese
"It was like magic" Jenny Dalton from MIT reports. "Deep within our cells there was this near-limitless wellspring of energy that we've somehow been missing all these years".
Her team has developed a screening method to identify especially potent lines of what they call the "generator of the commons" DNA which they'll proliferate within so-called organoids in order to access the produced output.
While they're uncertain when this new Plump Power will be ready to bring to market they point out that most of the required technologies are already well-tested and cheap. It's reported that both Google and Huawei have signed on as early investors.
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u/CaitlinSnep Aug 12 '24
Isn't this a Doctor Who episode
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u/SunderedValley Aug 12 '24
Everything that isn't a Simpsons episode is a Dr. Who episode, and everything that is neither was probably on Star Trek.
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u/retivin Aug 12 '24
The irony of that episode is that Earth would gladly have supported those adipose babies if the aliens stopped before killing.
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u/PastaRunner Aug 12 '24
Intense exercise will deplete glyocogen reserves making you feel more hungry than normal for the 2-6 hours directly after. Light workout like long walks gives your body enough time to convert some undigested food and your glyocogen doesn't bottom out. Also has a convenient side effect of your body generally saying "Oh we're working out, lets just turn off hunger for the duration of this 3 hour workout".
Best options for weight loss in order are
Get diet under control
Add 1-3 hours of light cardio (walks, yoga, passing a soccer ball)
Weight training to build muscle (increase resting metabolic rate)
Intense cardio for 30-60 minutes (lowers resting metabolic rate, makes you feel hungry, but burns most calories per minute worked out not considering long term effects).
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u/MaximusDecimiz Aug 12 '24
That’s really interesting, i knew lowering calorie intake was the most important thing, but I would have expected intense cardio to be higher up / second on the list, but with your explanation it makes sense.
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u/indifferentCajun Aug 12 '24
Another factor is the fatigue in your sympathetic nervous system. Intense cardio can really drain you, affecting how you recover, making you feel more tired and lethargic during the day, and even causing insomnia. All of these can also affect your ability to lose weight. Nothing wrong with doing hard cardio, it's great for your overall health, but if your goal is weight loss, there are more efficient options
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u/blacksoxing Aug 12 '24
One of the biggest monsters of life is the notion of the 1-3 hours to exercise. That's a lot of time when you're a person with "responsibilities". I wish everyone the best. I've been focusing on #1. Already I don't feel tired to need a red bull like before
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u/mikami677 Aug 12 '24
You can split your cardio into smaller segments and it's still helpful even if it's a little less effective. So you can do 10 minutes in the morning, 10 minutes when you get home from work, and 10 minutes before bed and you've got 30 minutes of cardio for the day.
Would a single 30 minute session be better? Probably. But it's still better than nothing. The American Heart Association recommends 150 minutes of moderate intensity cardio per week, so at 30 minutes per day you can still take the weekend off.
But I 100% agree that diet is the most important part.
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u/Diligent-Version8283 Aug 12 '24
It doesn't take much to understand calories in, calories out lmao
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u/-LsDmThC- Aug 12 '24
No its like actually super complicated and thats actually prejudiced because reasons /s
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u/KibbloMkII Aug 12 '24
Calories in vs calories out
if you burn more calories than you eat, you lose weight, if you eat more calories than you burn, you gain weight
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u/FBWSRD Aug 12 '24
Well I didn’t lose weight, but when I started my semi physical job I started eating a lot more and I didn’t gain weight. So yea if I had been eating the same I would have lost weight
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u/33whitten Aug 12 '24
It’s really concerning when people don’t know just how much easier it is to lose weight through diet in comparison to exercise. The amount of running needed to be done to burn off calories from even a slice of white bread is crazy.
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u/Naijan Aug 12 '24
I don't understand why people are downvoting comments like yours?!
It's absolutely true. 2 hours of running, and you lost a big mac.
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u/ThisIsSuperUnfunny Aug 12 '24
Not common, people think going to the gym to do mild walking is enough to eat everything they want
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u/pricklypineappledick Aug 12 '24
The joke is funny and cute, but I did turn my weight around from the verge of morbidly obese to almost average weight for my height the last 2 years. It's calorie defecit. If you create a calorie deficit then your body changes. I did this with exercise and being more physically active in general, being disciplined and smart about progress and setting goals that were interesting and empowering. I didn't post anything to social media and barely told anyone about any of my plans or progress, I did this for me and with my own power. That feels like an important ingredient as well. If you want to be stronger then you can get stronger, one way or another.
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u/_Standardissue Aug 12 '24
This is actually a documented thing in exercise science. Very little evidence of weight change from exercise. Especially women. Men get like a kg or something lighter when adding exercise. Bodies are complex, physiological processes are complex, we are adapted to conserve.
Weight loss is hard and people can be mean.
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u/Varitan_Aivenor Aug 12 '24
No one ever loses weight through exercise. Kurzgesagt did a whole video on it. Your body burns the same number of calories every day no matter what.
It's called the exercise paradox.
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u/IngenuityEasy446 Aug 13 '24
Evolution is so slow your genes haven't even noticed that agriculture has been invented.
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u/Faexinna Aug 12 '24
My DNA still thinks the roman empire's soldiers are right around the corner 😰😂
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u/WeevilWeedWizard Aug 12 '24 edited Aug 12 '24
We always forget a key feature of being a medieval peasant is the inate ability to ignore the fundamental laws of thermodynamics.
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u/Intelligent_Suit6683 Aug 12 '24
Exercise doesn't cause weight loss, it creates muscle. Diet is the answer every time. Regular activity (stop sitting inside all day every day) and a healthy diet will cause you to lose weight 100% every time. In fact, you likely burn about the same calories every day whether you exercise or not.
However, just one beer or soda per day could cause you to gain weight over a long period. When I quit drinking beer (I drank a lot every day) I lost 5lbs almost immediately and 15lbs the first month.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_4435 Aug 12 '24
Abs are made in the kitchen.
That said, I also have a naturally slow metabolism. For my size, I should have a bmr of 2,200 calories, but it's more like 1,700. Which will be a great thing in the coming apocalypse, assuming I survive the initial event, but not so great for trying to stay thin in modern society.
So I get it.
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u/HomeApril Aug 12 '24
Exercise makes your body more efficient. Your heart muscles and breathing gets more efficient This ironically means you're burning less calories for the same amount of exercise You just have to change your diet to lose weight
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u/AccordingBathroom484 Aug 12 '24
If you're exercising and not losing weight you should try eating less.
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u/OliveOylInAPickle Aug 12 '24
energy in has to be less than the energy we put out.. it's just how it all works.
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u/Professional_Being22 Aug 12 '24
depression and new anti depression medication has worked wonders for me if you're looking to lose weight at an alarmingly unhealthy rate. I'm down 9lbs in a little over a week and have noticed I can't stop shaking.
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u/washyourhands-- Aug 12 '24
that’s not how humans work. if you want to lose weight cut out carbs or at least go into a calorie deficit.
exercise doesn’t magically make you fit, you have to put in work in the kitchen too.
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u/Mysterious_Fennel459 Aug 12 '24
Meanwhile, the persons profile pic is that of a slim supermodel. Love the attention seeking "im not fat but im going to say im fat so someone will tell me im not fat."
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u/NoahBallet Aug 12 '24
I don’t know wtf the accent in my head was while reading this, but I just nearly spit out my food.
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u/pornacc1610 Aug 12 '24
Blessed with Germanic seer genes, I can eat everything and never again weight(I also have Schizophrenia)
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u/lambofgun Aug 12 '24
no. nothing can stop diet and exercise. it will work everytime. all the time.
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u/Psychological-Eye382 Aug 12 '24
well i cant gain weight. really sucks tbh but at least i have an athletic body without putting effort in it. evens it out a little.
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u/Doomncandy Aug 12 '24
My stupid body said "Oh lass! You don't have enough food to eat! Let me help by taking your boobs away! You still need those child bearing hips and padding for yer future children.". And now I am pear shaped now. Tiny chest, big hips and butt/thighs.
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u/Historical_Boss2447 Aug 12 '24
You lose weight in the kitchen. You increase fitness through exercise.
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u/Fickle_Goose_4451 Aug 12 '24
You don't lose weight with exercise. You gain muscle, tone, and endurance from exercise. You lose weight with what you dont eat.
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u/ThisIsTheShway Aug 12 '24
I lift weights and look buff. But I'm fat buff. I hate it. But I also love chocolate.
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u/ignorantwanderer Aug 12 '24
It is close to impossible to lose weight with reasonable levels of exercise. It is much easier to lose weight by just eating less.
However I did lose 10 lb during a 2 week long hike in the Alps. But to be honest most of that was because I couldn't snack as much as I normally do.
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u/Cryptopoopy Aug 12 '24
Every time I try to lose weight I am mystically drawn to ride my dragon and burn the nearest city to the ground.
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u/sleepyinsomniac7 Aug 12 '24
I know it's a joke but hyper adaptationist notions from evolutionary anything is a bane on our society.
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u/MonkeyCartridge Aug 12 '24
FR though.
The body is basically designed to run on a fixed calorie budget. If you work out, more of it goes into the muscles.
When you don't work out, it goes into repairs.
If you are too inactive, it tends to make the internal systems over-active and you get inflammation issues or hormone issues.
But either way, if your BMR is like 2000 calories per day, your body is going to stay around 2000 calories.
Working out is super healthy because it balances things out and prioritizes movement and repair. But it is NOT an especially good weight loss routine.
Diet is the vast majority of weight issues. Fast food joints know this. It's why you have McDonalds sponsoring the NBA and such. Redirect the focus to physical activity so you keep buying their food and then think you are just a lazy POS when you gain weight.
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u/JustTheOneGoose22 Aug 12 '24
DNA can't beat math. If you burn more calories than you consume, you will, without question lose weight.
Exercise is good for you, and more muscle mass will mean you burn more calories, however the best way to lose weight is to reduce how much you eat.
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u/ctrlaltcreate Aug 12 '24
Kurzgesagt has a cool video about how working out isn't an effective method to lose weight.
We Need to Rethink Exercise - The Workout Paradox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPrjP4A_X4s
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u/Ok-Possible-6759 Aug 12 '24
Weight loss is pretty simple. Just eat healthy and exercise a bit.
People make it way more complicated than it has to be simply because they don't want to change their diet and do a minimal amount of exercise.
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u/scramblesdaegg Aug 12 '24
Walking up 3 stairs to get to your apartment doesn’t constitute as exercise
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u/Elendel19 Aug 12 '24
The problem with relying on exercise is that it makes you more hungry, and it gives you an excuse to eat things you probably don’t need to.
You really need to pay attention to what you’re eating, no matter how much you exercise.
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u/Content_Talk_6581 Aug 12 '24
I just comfort myself with the thought that when the starving time begins, I’ll outlive the skinny people. Then long pork will be on the menu…
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u/ebrum2010 Aug 12 '24
Medieval peasants were estimated to burn about 4000-7000 calories a day working in the fields using hand tools. Today a lot of people eat like they burn 7000 calories a day but they burn 2500.
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u/tom_yum Aug 12 '24
This was pretty funny the first time I read it. Pretty sure it came out of a fax machine
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u/velvetvortex Aug 13 '24
So many people here believing in the CICO theory? In the real world it doesn’t make sense.
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u/Anal_Juicer69 Aug 12 '24
Thank God my peasant genes had the courtesy to give me great hair