The other day I was on this forum and I got involved in a discussion about fat loss. The discussion was basically about what is better for fat loss, diet or exercise. Incidentally, this was a bodybuilding forum and a vast majority had the opinion that weight loss or fat loss has nothing to do with exercise. There were comments like
‘btw....'workout for fat loss'? stupid freakin' thread. fat loss is about a caloric deficit.’
And
‘Fat is lost in the kitchen and by doing lower repetitions with the fork at the dinner table.’
I found it very interested that people who kill themselves in the gym were of the opinion that exercise has very little to do with fat loss.So, should I agree or disagree with them. Well, in my personal experience exercise and diet are both important to get fit, but to lose weight!! Not really. If you just start eating less, you will lose weight as your body will dig into the fat stores that you have to make up for the calorie deficit. However, the human body is very intelligent and it adapts to how you treat it. You can only lose to a limit but reducing calories. I mean, how many calories can you create a deficit of. On the other hand, what exercises do is, increase your overall calorie expenditure. The only way your body adapts to this increase in expenditure is by either building muscle or increasing your stamina and other health benefits.
The point is, if your aim is only to lose weight, the lower your calories will work. But if you want to have a healthy life and increase your fitness level, then you need to have some sort of exercise in your daily routine. You see many skinny or thin girls who can’t walk 3 flight of stairs. To me that just isn’t right.
Cutting the long story short, exercise and diet go hand in hand. The fatless formula is all about keeping the balance between the two.
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