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[-] gerryflap@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah moving doesn't seem to lose weight (unless you're very overweight). It's very good for you, but muscle isn't lighter than fat. At some point I went from not running to running half marathons and I went from like 86 to 82 kg average, but that only really happened after I also changed my diet. Currently I stopped running temporarily because of some health reasons and I haven't really gained much weight either, I just feel weaker.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

It's a lot easier to remove 200 calories from your diet than burning 200 calories more.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The big two things exercise does for weight loss is it expends calories to build new muscles, and then those muscles increase your base calorie burn because they're body mass. Weight loss without exercise can consume muscle as well as fat as the body treats excess muscles as a calorie store. At the end of the day, for most people in most circumstances, losing weight as a goal really means losing fat. If someone's 110 kg and trying to lose weight, many wouldn't mind being 110 kg with a somewhat thin waist and just being ripped (ok, a lot of women would hate looking like that, but actually doing that is an incredible feat)

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