I used to reward myself after the gym with a trip to Taco Bell...now the reward is simply how great I feel and now the lbs are coming off. Activity (however you define or pursue it) burns calories. Calories in vs calories out is what matters in weight loss (I know we all know this). Sheesh, maybe one of us should write a letter to the editor as a rebuttal to this article.

And what the heck is this person talking about..."self-control weakens after each day of using it". That's B.S. Sure I do sometimes give in to the cravings....but 99.9% of the time my resolve to get healthy is much stronger that my cravings.

I don't really have anything else to add that someone didn't already cover. But in my experience I have found that what you eat has so much more of an effect on weight loss. Between Sept 2005 to April 2007, I went from 287 to about 210. I know I could have lost it faster if I had eaten healthier. I was exercising a lot about 5-6x week, but there were so many days that I was eating out or eating bad. There were months where I would lose like 1-2 lbs. Eating badly is the main reason that I'm back in the 250's now, but I will continue to exercise 4-5x a week and keep my diet in check.