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I completely agree. That's why I regularly attend my gym now. In fact, I think it's kind of a shame that the gym is one of the things that people should forego early on in their diet if they want to lose weight quickly.

My point was that if your goal is to LOSE WEIGHT QUICKLY, the last thing in the world you'd want to do is weight bearing exercise or short interval, high intensity training, because those activities will build muscle quickly. The amount of additional calories you'll burn from having bigger muscles won't be worth the trade off in stalls and slowed weight loss.

If you really can't stand the thought of going without some type of physical regiment for a few weeks, if and only if you ALREADY exercise a lot, it might be okay to do long jogs or other similar types of exercise like long bike rides. But if you're like me, I was in a big hurry to get those pounds off, ergo... no gym for six months. I'd go so far as to recommend taking a few weeks and being extra SEDENTARY for most people... why make your body fight you?

Once again, going to the gym won't kill you, and it's completely acceptable to go to the gym early on in your diet as most people recommend. Remember that your body will do what it can to maintain homeostasis, so going to "the gym" early in your diet definitely does make your weight loss take longer and you'll need to choose your goals and accept the consequences of your actions. Want the weight off fast? For most people who want to lose weight quickly, I think the best course of action is to avoid the gym until your body is stabilized as a "fat burning" organism. Reach and maintain a state of ketosis, wait a few weeks, then go to the gym.

My opinion only, of course.