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Of course it’s diet. That’s good news because it is far easier to eat fewer calories than it is to run them off.
I disagree, I can very easily go out and run a 10K in 40 mins burning 900Kcal, whereas I cannot resist the urge to eat tasty food
@@chrisogrady28 10K in 40 min is not “easily” for anyone. Even for elite athletes it would be a tempo run. You cannot do that every day. Unless you are a Kenyan and live in Eldoret. And by the way, if you really can run 10k in 40 minutes, it would be more like 600 kCal for you.
@@pavolhorvath7850 I’m 95kg, and I am not speaking of the average person being able to bang out a 10k without high recovery needs, but in my case I can very easily ‘out run a bad diet’ not that my diet is that bad
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Hold on, I understand BMR, but does “thinking” burn calories?
Yes… check out how much chess players burn during a match.
Someday someone is going to recognize the difference between “weight loss” and “fat loss.” The difference makes ALL the difference, and yet it’s ignored. I wonder why that is.
I can lose weight really, really easily by just eating raw foods. I’ve done it twice. Both times I lost fifteen pounds in six weeks. I also developed incredibly painful gums and softened my joints to the point where my legs wobbled when I climbed stairs.
I lost weight, though.
I also lost lots of weight eating McDougall (may he RIP). I lost twenty-two pounds in a few months. My glutes disappeared, and not in a good way.
I lost actual FAT doing fasted cardio and weights while on the Warrior Diet. It’s a four-hour eating window. Some do one large meal (OMAD). I did two meals four hours apart. It was a very clean omnivorous diet. I got slim and hard and was in the best shape of my life, albeit about six pounds heavier.
I guess it all depends on what you want to look like and what you want to do with your body. I don’t personally find any glory in being skinny fat, or even just skinny. I like strength. I would have killed to be skinny when I was young, though. I know better now.
I am at my lowest weight because of Dr. McDougall, because I never gained back those 22 pounds. I did gain back the muscle I lost. I am a calorie counter, so even though I eat nearly everything – still low fat – exercise keeps me “solid.” I am a 60 year old female, and all the cardio in the world will never make you as capable of self-care as weight training. It is the gold standard of fitness. If I ever lose the ability to do that I might as well just become a giant marshmallow.
Sure, and it’s even possible to lose weight and gain fitness for untrained people WITHOUT silly fad guru diets! The world is truly our oyster.
The most important muscle in your body, which literally keeps you alive, is your heart. You have to prioritize cardio and complement it with some weight training.
Great video
Important and powerful information! So many people have worked so hard on weight loss and wasted so many good years in the process… 🙁
Even thermodynamics has become a myth. Good to know
Exercise for health. Diet for weight loss.
Running for an hour or so 3-4 times a week is the only way I have ever successfully lost weight. As long as I rehydrate properly directly after the run and just eat normally. As a middle aged, borderline obese, ex smoker (vaper now) it took a few weeks to get to the stage where I could run that much , with intermittent walking to get my heart rate back down if needed, and plenty of stretching afterwards. Just take it really really slow at first and you’ll be surprised how quickly your body adapts. It’s a lot more fun than calorie counting, much easier, and great for your mental health too.
I love these podcasts.
I contest the premise. While the argument presented is logical. There is a mental aspect that has nothing to do with how many calories are burned while being active. When I work out, my whole outlook for the day is changed. I have more will power, I certainly don’t eat while working out and I anecdotally eat fewer calories prior to avoid discomfort while working out, I also afterwards do not want to immediately following it want to destroy my hard work by eating unhealthily. The natural drugs released in my brain give me a euphoria that replaces alternatives like alcohol and food, and drugs. It is true not eating 200 calories is easier than working off 200 calories. But I argue it is easier to avoid these 200 when I am currently active in my life.
Yes. That suggests choosing activities we enjoy is more important than the calories it burns. Enjoyable games/sport/dancing is more likely to be addictive and make us want to do it and, raise the metabolism, endorphins, etc. I have fatigue & hypothyroidism from immunotherapy treatment, and it gets worse the less I try to exercise. But I suspect that’s true for people generally, to a lesser extent. It seems intuitive to rest when you’re tired but we should only pay attention to it if it’s justified by our activity. Even with health conditions, it’s important for homeostasis.
I’d argue with the definition of “active”. “Active” people I know exercise 4-5 times per week running or cycling. For someone my size, riding hard for an hour can burn 1,000 calories.
Anecdotal of course, but when I was riding for an hour every day after work I could eat pretty much anything I wanted and lose weight.
Why argue about diet v exercise, do both. You can’t outrun a bad diet, but a good diet and exercise will do it. I do at least two hours a day walking with a weighted vest with 15 minutes HIIT each day. I eat a vegetarian diet but stay away from ultra processed and flour products. I am 65 with Rheumatoid arthritis and shoulder impingement, so if I can do it, then any one can.
👍 Whole food plant based for the environment and health; vegan for the victims!
This whole thing is so annoying and based on very inactive people. I burn active 2000-3000Kcal per day, all these studies are like yea do a 10 minute walk once a day that’ll do.
I eat a mostly WFPB diet but also eat a lot of junk too (vegan chocolate etc) so my daily calorie intake is around 4000Kcal. I am currently losing weight, and have crazy low cholesterol (114 total, 64 LDL, 40 HDL, 54 Tri)
That takes away any illusion of losing weight. I thought I could only lose weight with exercise, because I don’t lose weight with WFPB SOS, even though I only eat twice a day, around 1200 calories. I can’t eat less because otherwise I wouldn’t get enough nutrients. For my size and my disability it is around 1500 kcal minus 300 calories because of the menopause, we are at 1200 calories, to lose 500g a week, I should only eat around 700 calories (minus 500kval) For me, the only way to lose weight is to fast twice a week. As a paraplegic losing weight with an electric wheelchair where you don’t consume anything, I thought that I could lose weight with the VR glasses and their fitness programs. It’s going to be tough knowing that exercise and strength training won’t make much difference to weight loss. I’m frustrated, I’ve been losing weight since 2005, instead I’ve been gaining weight legally for 8 years WFPB SOS (gained weight from eating out a lot, being bedridden, and eating vegan convenience foods from time to time). Even when I was in the clinic for the first time for 3 months and they just cooked the food I brought with me (vegetables, pulses and quinoa, buckwheat without fat) I didn’t lose any weight even though I was on 1000 calories. Today I know that I have ruined my basal metabolic rate
I’m sorry the WFPB SOS isn’t working for you. 🧡 I think it does for most people. Don’t give up! Keep searching for another diet. I can’t speak to your basal metabolic rate, but I hope you’re wrong and it can adjust itself somehow. Good luck ✨
@@tracy9610 Thanks 💚
I’m the odd one out, I suppose. Exercise makes me eat less. I dislike exercise for its own sake-I need to be bribed with distraction. If I’m going to spend an hour pedaling I’ll be damned if I’m going to waste the effort by consuming extra calories.
I’ll take my activity in the form of a task. Walk in the park? Nah, I’ll mow the lawn. I like using the weight machine but I’m much happier moving a pile of compost or mulch or digging out a new flower bed and I don’t think anything of it.
I’d like to know how much protein is actually necessary to build/maintain muscle mass. It seems important to keep protein to a minimum for longevity and to avoid promoting cancer, but it’s not clear how much we need. Primates & other animals get huge eating nothing but plants, and some believe that plant-based diets enable muscles to be fed with nutrients better than those also consuming animal products. I get most of mine from lentils although I’ve pea protein powder that I can add to a smoothie.