Why exercise wont make you lose weight
There’s no shortage of things people swore to leave behind in 2018: bad jobs, bad relationships, bad habits. But chances are, you’re beginning 2019 with something you didn’t intend: a few extra pounds.
Every January, one of the top New Year’s resolutions is ti lose weight. And if you’re looking to be successful, there’s something you should know: Diet is far more important than exercise — by a long shot.”It couldn’t be more true,” nutritionist and CNN contributor Lisa Drayer said. “Basically, what I always tell people is, what you omit from your diet is so much more important than how much you exercise.”
Think of it like this: All of your “calories in” come from the food you eat and the beverages you drink, but only a portion of your “calories out” are lost through exercise.According to Alexxai Kravitz an investigator at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases — part of the National Institutes of Health, “it’s generally accepted that there are three main components to energy expenditure”:
About 10% of your calories are burned digesting the food you eat, which means roughly 10% to 30% are lost through physical activity.
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