We Need to Rethink Exercise (Updated Version)

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mwmisner · 2024-10 · Recommendation

Like much of life it's more complicated than simple rules. It works for some people, but does not for everyone. As someone that has struggled with diet for the last decade or so these drugs have been a life saver. I've been able to eat healthy and feel full instead of being stuck in a cycle of eating right for a while and then eventually breaking under load. I've been able to have a consistency in the last 6 months on the drugs that i never thought I was capable of. I've even been able to build up a weight lifting plan that actually works for me and I feel good after the day. There are lots of problems with drug reliance still to be worked out, but I'm excited for the chance to rebuild my habits into something good and work my way off to something normal. Related, exercise is awesome but has little impact on long term weight loss! Check this out: [VIDEO]

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crooked-v · 2024-10 · Recommendation

Just doing more exercise doesn't actually help much with losing weight, as it turns out. The human body will optimize around even intense exercise to reduce calorie burn to a homeostatically stable level. The exercise will still make you healthier (and have some marginal extra calorie burn from e.g. extra muscle mass), but you'll only lose serious weight if you also reduce what you eat. There are a bunch of articles out there about it, but Kurzgesagt has a decent pop-science summary: [VIDEO]

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jakereps · 2025-01 · Reference

This video goes over how it’s not really that simple. Ultimately your body will cancel that deficit out [VIDEO]

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