Do you agree with the trainer who said weight loss is 90% diet and 10% exercise?

[jennifer_bloom]

I’m not sure I agree with those percentages. I have worked on my diet all year and only lost 15 pounds. I do look different, having to abandon a lot of old clothes cause they are too big for me now but my weight has not changed that much.

[Anonymous]

Yes it is mostly what you eat. It takes a lot of exercise to burn enough calories to lose weight and usually more exercise mean muscle gain which in turn mean you get more hungry which can make you over eat. You may not even lose weight at all when exercising lots if you gain muscle because muscle weigh more than fat (but of course your body would look better if the weight is muscle instead of fat and muscle burn more calories so you could eat more without gaining if you have lots of muscle). With your weightloss of 15 pounds in 1 year you’ve been in a 145 calorie deficit/day. It’s a deficit so you have lost weight, but you need to reduce that more of you want to see faster result. A deficit of 500 calories/day is usually what’s recommended. You also have to take into consideration that as you get thinner you need fewer and fewer calories to maintain your weight so you need to reduce the calorie intake accordingly to continue to lose weight and not plateau or start gaining weight on the diet.

[avery58]

Yes because it's a lot easier to take in calories than to lose them. For example, you might burn somewhere between 300-500 calories in a regular workout of about an hour each day, but a hamburger alone is about 520 calories. That's not counting the other meals you're eating throughout the day like dinner.

[John_Cobretti]

Absolutely

[John_Cobretti]

I had a trainer who said build muscles in gym , lose fat in the kitchen