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Exercise has other benefits besides burning calories or weight loss. It builds strength and fitness, it helps with conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes, among other things, and it boosts mood.
If you're overeating by 500 calories a day then you probably should skip the sandwich. But like fleetiebelle said, exercise has other benefits than just burning calories.
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Fasting is NOT and never has been a viable weight-loss strategy.
Regular excercise and a healthy, low-fat & low-sugar diet HAVE been proved time and again to work, however. In fact, this is the ONLY real means to lose weight permanently and increase your health.
The problem with fasting is that when you do it, say, go more than 10 hours or so without eating, your body goes into a sort of "starvation mode" so it is going to latch onto and then store every single available calorie--especially fat cals--the next time you eat. This is why it has been proven that people who skip breakfast often actually gain weight.
Your "skip the sandwich instead of exercise" is only viable for the shirt term. That is: sure, for that particualr day you will cut your overall net calorie intake, and maybe wake-up the next morning a lb. lighter, but skipping meals is not a longterm strategy; it's detrimental.
And you might not even drop a pound or so that day, since we are all likely to simply over-indulge in our next meal--after skipping the previous one--and thus negate any possible short-term weight-loss.
Fasting is NOT and never has been a viable weight-loss strategy.
Regular excercise and a healthy, low-fat & low-sugar diet HAVE been proved time and again to work, however. In fact, this is the ONLY real means to lose weight permanently and increase your health.
The problem with fasting is that when you do it, say, go more than 10 hours or so without eating, your body goes into a sort of "starvation mode" so it is going to latch onto and then store every single available calorie--especially fat cals--the next time you eat. This is why it has been proven that people who skip breakfast often actually gain weight.
Your "skip the sandwich instead of exercise" is only viable for the shirt term. That is: sure, for that particualr day you will cut your overall net calorie intake, and maybe wake-up the next morning a lb. lighter, but skipping meals is not a longterm strategy; it's detrimental.
And you might not even drop a pound or so that day, since we are all likely to simply over-indulge in our next meal--after skipping the previous one--and thus negate any possible short-term weight-loss.
Low fat has not been proven time and time again to work. Low calories has. Fat is good
And I exercised and gained weight. Intentionally. And exercised, and lost weight. Intentionally. Diet and exercise are only complimentary to overall healthy life style.
Also, was mentioned that fasting was "never" a viable weight loss modality. I have to disagree and mention that, virtually all faiths have fasting included, to some extant. Never is likely an over statement.
To say "fat is good" is a gross over-generalization.
It is only beneficial in moderation, as are all things!
And trans fats should be TOTALLY avoided at all costs.
And, while it is true that "fats" as a whole were unduly demonized in the 1990s, anyone seeking to trim their gut line and lose weight, that is, cut their overall bodyfat percentage and gain muscle mass, should STILL consume LESS fat than someone who is already lean (with a proper BMI) and exercises.
And even Saturated Fats should be kept to a bare minimum. The only Good fats are the Omega 3, 6s, and 9s. Always try to eat poly-unsat or mono-unsat fats.
I must confess I did not bother reading your links. I always say the proof is in the pudding. That is: I am a lifelong athlete, former college track guy, I still run 20 miles a week, I have trained runners and athletes for 20 years. I have a degree in human biology. I know what works. My BMI is 22.5. My body fat is around 13%. (what's yours?) And I have always found that my fitness level and performance decrease a tad when I have been letting my sat fat intake escalate a bit...like in the case of ice cream, my weakness!!
Ergo..........I stick to my original post in this matter.
But thanks for sharing!!
So I', not gonna mince words and/or engage in trading links
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