The problem about being active, is that the moment you stop you'll put the weight right back on. Most people don't take up going to the gym for decades, it'll last a few months, maybe a few years. Long term weight management needs to be about food intake.
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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 months agoOr the same quantity and start being active, much more likely to keep up with it long term as well.
imecth@fedia.io 3 months ago
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Physical activity make you generate hormones that push you to continue doing it, weight management through food intake does the contrary, weight management through increased activity has much better long term results than going on a diet.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Physical activity make you generate hormones that push you to continue doing it
I don’t experience this at all. I don’t enjoy working out at all even after years of doing it consistently. I still have to force myself every time.
0ops@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Same, I work out like I’m taking medicine. It might be my least favorite activity, but I know it’s good for me so I’ve been trying to push through
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Maybe you’re just not doing something you enjoy so it counteracts the effect of endorphins and adrenaline?
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
You’re correct in that you need to stay active, but I don’t think that’s as unachievable as you make out.
Going to the gym sucks. Exercise for the sake of exercise will get boring unless you’re one of the few who actually enjoys being at the gym.
Most people can find some kind of exercise they actually enjoy. For me it’s cycling. I started when I was 30 and I’ll admit there’s been a few patches where I haven’t been on the bike but it’s built up to something I truly enjoy 12 years later. This month I’m on track for more than an hour on the bike every day with no gaps.
klemptor@startrek.website 3 months ago
You can’t outrun your fork. If OOP had 150lbs to lose, it’s unlikely he could’ve continued eating the same amount and burnt that weight off.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
If you’re at maintenance at 2500 and start doing more physical activities you’re burning more calories.
“You can’t outrun your fork” doesn’t mean you can’t increase how much you’re burning without increasing how much you’re eating, the result is the same, in that case you’re not depriving yourself and for this reason the results tend to stick.
Source: GF is a dietitian
klemptor@startrek.website 3 months ago
I get it, but if homie was 150 lbs overweight then he was probably eating wayyyy more than maintenance and would’ve continued to gain if he didn’t change his eating habits.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
If someone is 150lbs overweight and sticking to that weight long term then the same logic applies, increasing the calories they burn while eating the same number of calories as before will induce weight loss because they’ll be at a deficit. They’ll reach equilibrium at some point and they could continue increasing their activity level to continue losing weight, the same thing happens with adjusting your food intake, if you eat 3500 calories to keep your weight at 300lbs and you cut down to 3000 calories your weight will go down, but you’ll never end up weighting 120lbs.