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Post by ardit33 »

a-priori wrote: post #3

For weight maintainence, healthy eating is definitely more important than exercise. It takes a hell of a lot more effort to burn 500 calories than to cut 500 calories from your diet. I'm no exercise nut, but I do a lot of cycling (70-75km/week this summer). I don't find it relaxing; if anything, it's the most stressful part of my day. But, it wakes me up in the mornings and forces me back into the real world at the e…

as somebody that watches what I eat, just healthy eating is not good enough.

If you don't exercise, you loose muscle, replaced by fat. Even if your weight stays the same, your fat/muscle ratio will change, and you wont look good, or feel healthy.

Exercise is a must. Gym, running outside, playing co-ed sports (soccer, volleyball, whatever) are a must. If you don't at least one of them, your body will suffer.

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Post by yummyfajitas »

a-priori wrote: post #3

For weight maintainence, healthy eating is definitely more important than exercise. It takes a hell of a lot more effort to burn 500 calories than to cut 500 calories from your diet. I'm no exercise nut, but I do a lot of cycling (70-75km/week this summer). I don't find it relaxing; if anything, it's the most stressful part of my day. But, it wakes me up in the mornings and forces me back into the real world at the e…

This isn't the whole picture. It's hard to burn 500 calories via exercise.

However, muscle burns calories even at rest. And building muscle requires calories. Over the past two months, I've done little exercise besides weight lifting, and dramatically increased my eating. I've had no noticeable increase in fat, though my weight almost certainly went up.

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Post by nicko »

pavelludiq wrote: post #13

I always enjoyed running around in the woods like an 8 year old. That burns most of my junk food diet, so i don't have any weight problems. Recently i started some other types of exercises, till now everything i tried, except running, got boring, but we'll see if i can actually stick to a regime or not. Apparently Linus has the same problem, but i at least found one thing that doesn't bore/frustrate me. He could try…

Have you tried orienteering? You get the running around in the woods like an 8 year old plus the mental challenge of navigating and route selection. The community is also generally intelligent and you get to see some awesome places too.

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Post by sharkfish »

a-priori wrote: post #3

For weight maintainence, healthy eating is definitely more important than exercise. It takes a hell of a lot more effort to burn 500 calories than to cut 500 calories from your diet. I'm no exercise nut, but I do a lot of cycling (70-75km/week this summer). I don't find it relaxing; if anything, it's the most stressful part of my day. But, it wakes me up in the mornings and forces me back into the real world at the e…

Spoken like someone who is genetically thinner (or one of the few fat people who can just skip a meal and lose weight) than most and never really has to deal with weight issues.

A few years ago, for 4 months, I ate a small breakfast of oatmeal and black coffee, a lunch of one Lean Cuisine, an afternoon snack of a Balance Bar, and for dinner, a small salad and lean meat option. I lost weight the first 2.5 months. After that, I stopped losing and actually gained some back.

You do not know what you are talking about. Please don't ever comment on weight issues. Normal people have to maintain or add muscle mass or their metabolism will adjust and you are back to square one.

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Post by scott_s »

wumi wrote: post #17

http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/09/inactivity-and... overweight predicts inactivity but inactivity does not predict overweight. With the usual caveat that these are just associations, this is not consistent with the idea that inactivity causes overweight. It is consistent with the idea that overweight causes inactivity, or they are both caused by something else. overweight is largely caused by diet composi…

Activity level does predict fitness level, and that is more important for your health than just your weight.

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Post by jwilliams »

a-priori wrote: post #3

For weight maintainence, healthy eating is definitely more important than exercise. It takes a hell of a lot more effort to burn 500 calories than to cut 500 calories from your diet. I'm no exercise nut, but I do a lot of cycling (70-75km/week this summer). I don't find it relaxing; if anything, it's the most stressful part of my day. But, it wakes me up in the mornings and forces me back into the real world at the e…

> For weight maintainence, healthy eating is definitely more important than exercise.

It depends - I find that in a lot of cases (me included), exercising is a good first step. If you exercise, your diet tends to change as a result anyway (the last thing I feel like after a run is a donut).

> But exercise has to be something you like doing.

This is spot on.

My personal priorities are: 1. drink water, 2. get enough sleep, 3. exercise, 4. think about what I eat... Something like Yoga or Pilates is a good 2a or 3a.

What I would encourage most people to do is learn about their bodies and their metabolism. If you walk down the street you'll see a bewildering difference between people - the same applies to their metabolisms. If someone says "fasted cardio is the only way to go", then I'm sure it works, but nothing works for everyone. For example, I run before I have breakfast - for no other reason than I feel horrible and bloated otherwise. However, I know other people that can barely muster the energy to open the door without eating first.

Try a few things out... Turn what a lot of people find a chore into enjoyment out of hacking your mind & body.

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Post by delackner »

I would really like to see more research on the relationship between metabolism and aging (not passage of time, but actual cellular aging, I think referred to as mitochondrial aging?)

I had thought that low metabolism, meaning a low pace, or clock to the body's energy consumption, would imply a slower aging action, but a cursory search on google immediately turned up some research that says it may be just the opposite: that high energy consumption (not food consumption, energy use by the body) in mice seems to lead to greater longevity...

Anyone with a more detailed understanding, please?

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Post by pavelludiq »

nicko wrote: post #23
pavelludiq wrote: post #13

I always enjoyed running around in the woods like an 8 year old. That burns most of my junk food diet, so i don't have any weight problems. Recently i started some other types of exercises, till now everything i tried, except running, got boring, but we'll see if i can actually stick to a regime or not. Apparently Linus has the same problem, but i at least found one thing that doesn't bore/frustrate me. He could try…

Have you tried orienteering? You get the running around in the woods like an 8 year old plus the mental challenge of navigating and route selection. The community is also generally intelligent and you get to see some awesome places too.

No, not in the woods, but i tried parkour when i was 17 and it was fun for a while, but then i hurt myself and that was the end of it. I could try orienting next spring.
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