To Lose Weight, Eating Less Is Far More Important Than Exercising More
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#2This is one of the main themes of the documentary Fed Up - the food & beverage industry have sold us a lie about the US obesity crisis (people are obese because they don't exercise enough) - while downplaying their involvement (hiding\obfuscating sugar in the nutrition information of "healthy" options, lobbying to have Pizza classified as a "vegetable" portion in school meals, etc). It's worth checking out: http://fedupmovie.com/
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#3Isn't it obvious - you BMR is 2-3 times higher than your all other energy expenditures for the day. If you overeat nothing can save you ...
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#4The phrase I always hear is that "abs are made in the kitchen."
Edit: Or the variation: "Abs are made in the gym, revealed in the kitchen," which I always thought sounded kind of gruesome if you take it literally.
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#5Still amazed that people are still considering this a pure caloric issue and not a food quality issue.
When you look at how various hormones (namely insulin) are affected by blood sugar & affect body composition, it seems you'd want to promote a method that bears that in mind.
That said, I think the focus should be on "eating better" not just "eating less."
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#6The phrase I always hear is that "abs are made in the kitchen." Edit: Or the variation: "Abs are made in the gym, revealed in the kitchen," which I always thought sounded kind of gruesome if you take it literally.
"Can't outrun a fork"
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#7Still amazed that people are still considering this a pure caloric issue and not a food quality issue. When you look at how various hormones (namely insulin) are affected by blood sugar & affect body composition, it seems you'd want to promote a method that bears that in mind. That said, I think the focus should be on "eating better" not just "eating less."
Over eating on high quality bacon won't stop you from being a lard-ass.
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#8This is obvious for anyone who tried both approaches and compared efforts/results ratio.
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#9The phrase I always hear is that "abs are made in the kitchen." Edit: Or the variation: "Abs are made in the gym, revealed in the kitchen," which I always thought sounded kind of gruesome if you take it literally.
"The best exercises for your abs are fork putdowns and head shakes"
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#10This is obvious for anyone who tried both approaches and compared efforts/results ratio.
Or just counted calories...