Comment by dahart
3 years ago
I agree, maybe you got me a little wrong. I’m more or less talking about the good ol’ adage calories in, calories out. It’s never that simple, amen, but measuring and matching output with intake is a pretty good proxy and works in practice. When calories out is higher, calories in can be higher too (and should be for big exercises). My problem was unregulated calories in, and a tendency to overcompensate a bit.
> It’s never that simple
The details might differ some but the overall advice is the same.
If you want to lose weight, eat less.
If you want to be in better shape, exercise.
If you want to improve your health, change your diet (and probably exercise).
A big issue is that people conflate those three objectives.
Being skinny doesn't mean you're healthy and exercising doesn't mean you'll lose weight.
I exercise quite a bit and have always had an extra 10-15 lbs up until semi-recently when I put those three things together and quit eating so much. I still eat plenty of junk food and I've lost about 20 lbs and kept it off.
If you're unhappy with your weight, eat less. If that doesn't work, eat less. Some people might have an easier or harder time with that because we're all different but the advice is the same.
Certainly agreed that compensation for exercise is a dangerous and likely way to gain weight. Is why, in the winter, I have a tendency to gain weight... :)