What is more effective to lose weight dieting or exercising?

[Anonymous]

[msmissydc]

A calory deficit can be done with both, but dieting is the easier option. Especially when you just started. The one method that is "more effective" is the combination of both.
If you exercise without a calory deficit you could build muscle instead of loosing weight. A diet that ends you with less energy and in return you do less activities may also not get you into a calory deficit. Like both can work and both can go wrong considering the goal.
For anything more specific ask a doctor or health coach.

[Sonorous]

Calorie deficit. Especially when paired with walking. I say this because I've been shredded looking before & I've ran many tests on the most effective method for long-term fat-loss on myself.

When I lost weight from moderate to high intensity cardio, it wasn't as effective long-term due to my body down-regulating my metabolism mainly by reducing my neat levels. This doesn't happen with a calorie deficit paired with walking though.

Another cool thing about just walking is that you keep muscle glycogen fuller so this will aid in having enough energy day by day. With the cardio, I had to really up my carbs in order to sustain the cardio because the workouts & the deficits both ate away at my glucose availability. With just calorie restriction & low intensity exercise, you'll only have the deficit through calorie restriction eating away at glucose availability. Tends to not be as aggressive.

[InknKink]

Dieting is the most effective means of weight control.

But exercise (in terms of strength training and muscle mass) increases base metabolic rate. Meaning you can diet less without negative effects.

There is a point where exercise becomes an effective weight loss method, but it's extreme. Sun-up to sun-down strenuous effort. Over-all, exercise in normal proportions (1hr or so), really only burns a couple hundred calories, which is 1/10 of a daily diet.

[avery58]

Dieting of course. It's the most important of the two for weight loss by far, exercise is just helping that.

[LavenderHaze]

Watching what you eat has the biggest effect on its own but in conjunction with exercise is the best.

[DryGermanGuy]

Having a healthy diet saves you from having to exercise the calories off.

[Greek_goddess_Iris]

A healthy diet with light daily exercise like walking at least 6,000 steps are a good combination.

[Anonymous]

Diet.

[jahaims]

Ignorant question