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**DagoIgnog** · 01-03-2012, 09:32 PM

Sarcasm my friend. Please read the thread.

An average person cannot use up more than 400 calories in 30 minutes of exercise. Not even close. I doubt that more than 5% of the population have enough exercise reserve to exercise that intensely for 30 minutes... and I think that the 5% number is optimistic.

Most people don't realize how few calories they burn during low/medium intensity exercise.

Also, stick to the original topic. You were going to prove to everyone that dieting was not enough to lose weight without exercise, and you were going to do it using your references above.

Obviously you were not saying that it merely helps to exercise, since you would be agreeing with me.

What you are saying is correct, but has no bearing on the fact that cutting calories IS enough... just not ideal. For many patients exercise is a deal breaker. Thus, I have no qualms about recommending calorie cutting alone to lose weight. Would it be better to exercise as well? Yes of course. But more often than not people use exercise as an excuse not to cut enough calories off their diet... and of course then they go on to exercise much less than necessary... and don't lose any weight. Seen enough of that.

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DagoIgnog Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 559 Senior Member	Sarcasm my friend. Please read the thread. An average person cannot use up more than 400 calories in 30 minutes of exercise. Not even close. I doubt that more than 5% of the population have enough exercise reserve to exercise that intensely for 30 minutes... and I think that the 5% number is optimistic. Most people don't realize how few calories they burn during low/medium intensity exercise. Also, stick to the original topic. You were going to prove to everyone that dieting was not enough to lose weight without exercise, and you were going to do it using your references above. Obviously you were not saying that it merely helps to exercise, since you would be agreeing with me. What you are saying is correct, but has no bearing on the fact that cutting calories IS enough... just not ideal. For many patients exercise is a deal breaker. Thus, I have no qualms about recommending calorie cutting alone to lose weight. Would it be better to exercise as well? Yes of course. But more often than not people use exercise as an excuse not to cut enough calories off their diet... and of course then they go on to exercise much less than necessary... and don't lose any weight. Seen enough of that.
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