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"Also remember that weight loss is not the only benefit of exercise." Weight loss is not part of any benefit of exercise. Though your statement is commonly held as a belief there is absolutely no scientific basis for your statement. Anyone can easily verify this for themselves: take a chart showing calories in common foods beside a chart showing common activities and how many calories they burn and try to find any sc…
By exercising one gains muscle mass, that consumes energy 24/7.
I've seen some very legitimate sources that show that this effect, while technically true, is irrelevant for fat loss in the real world due to increased appetite to build and maintain those muscles and the amount of passive calorie burning with more muscles is negligable.