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Originally Posted by Idealmuse
Sigh. This article annoys me because I feel it gives the OK stamp on not exercising.
Yes it's diet mostly, but you can lose a lot more weight with exercise. I'd lose about 1 per week if I didn't work out at this point in my journey and I'd have to lower my calories. I rather work out eat slightly more and feel that my lifestyle was more reasonably sustainable.
Exercise makes me LESS hungry (with the exception of swimming) not more and boosts my mood (so I'm less enclined to emotionally eat). I'm leaner, more compact and wear a smaller size then I would if I didn't exercise. It's not all about the number.
Yes, people need to learn how to balance the deficit. No you can't eat an extra muffin because you worked out. The general public doesn't understand that.
My body works like yours. I use that less hungry period after exercise to do my grocery shopping so not tempted to buy things I shouldn't. Except for the day I made the mistake of grocery shopping after swimming laps for 65 minutes! The sort of good news is the bad choices never made it to my kitchen. The bad news is because I ate them in the car...
But my real life calorie needs are so low (I'm a programmer working from my home, I don't even get activity of getting ready for work) that to cut them for a decent calorie deficit without exercise I'd be starving and wouldn't last.