My friend says calorie counting is the only way to lose weight unless you run marathons?

[jennifer_bloom]

agree

disagree

[Zolly99999]

To lose weight you need to burn more calories then you consume..

[TheorionMage]

Your body is a metabolic factory... it processes raw food, water and oxygen to produce nutrients chemically 'burnt' to release energy, caloric heat and spent waste and/or to store unburnt resources as fat deposits.

The ONLY way to 'lose' weight is to increase metabolic demand and/or decrease intake of material food calories. ALL ELSE is hypothetical.

[SnowedIn]

Your friend is wrong. Calorie deficit is among the best, making sure that the calories you do have are healthy ones for you.

Running is a wonderful sport but will not always cause you to lose weight and sometimes has the opposite effect.

[Avicenna]

Well, it’s the most effective way. Running marathons isn't really a way to lose weight.

[Sixgunsound]

There are many other ways some healthy some not but the statement as made is patently false.

[RangerBlue22]

Your friend is an idiot. Not to say marathons don’t help you lose weight. Considering the distance they without completely challenge you. But still there are plenty of other ways to lose weight.

[MrTaboo]

Rat right and burn more than you use. Don't starve yourself

[MrTaboo]

Eat right*

[Tatabita]

No there are more ways

[_Just_A_girl_]

Fasting