Despite more than a century of research into calories, diet, exercise and body weight, there is still confusion on how to achieve weight loss.
Despite exercise being great for our health – for building and maintaining muscle mass, protecting our heart from disease and reducing cancer risk – research shows that its role in weight loss is minimal.
In fact, when it comes to weight loss, there is almost no correlation between exercise and weight loss. It primarily relates to how many calories we eat/drink in our diet.
Exercise is particularly ineffective at helping women lose weight.
It is not known for certain. But studies have been done on runners and people who are really sedentary, and actually they’re burning the same number of calories. This helps explain why people rarely lose much weight with exercise, even as though exercise makes them healthier.
In may be because you have to do alot (alot) of exercise to use up food/drink. For example, you have to walk 7 km to use 500 calories. And most of us don’t walk 7 km a day.
Rule 1: Eat under 2,000 calories a day (or 1,500 if you’re a woman), every day.
How? Reduce your portion size. Full stop.
Whilst exercise won’t cause dramatic weight loss, it helps successfully maintaining a lower weight.
Exercise is undoubtedly excellent for our health but its role in weight loss is minimal.
What is the most effective way to lose weight?
