Mike Carruthers

But when researchers look at weight loss specifically, exercise alone produces far less fat loss than people expect.

Why?

Well, it's because the body adapts.

When you burn more calories through exercise, you often get hungrier.

You may unconsciously move less later in the day.

And your metabolism can subtly compensate.

In other words, the calories you think you burned off don't translate cleanly into fat loss.

A major scientific review concluded that physical activity by itself is not very effective for weight loss without dietary changes to go along with it.

So exercise matters, but not for the reason most people think.

And that is something you should know.

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I'm Mike Carruthers.

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