• stickyprimer@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    It is easier to limit excess calories than to burn them with exercise, for sure.

    But I do the recommended 30 minutes of “moderate exercise” and I see 200 calories, so it is maybe not entirely as dismal as this?

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      14 hours ago

      building muscle through resistance training is the best way to get your body to burn more calories. cardio is exercise for heart and lungs

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      16 hours ago

      I’m 265 lbs. and if the treadmill takes that into account I see about 400 calories down 30 minutes into my 5k.

      BUT, the saying I’ve heard is “you can’t outrun your fork” and it seems to be true. (For example, I quite enjoy eating 2000 calories at a buffet in 30 minutes… if I’m going to get back down to a reasonable weight, I have to DON’T DO THAT.)

      It is actually harder this time, because before the rapist-in-chief got re-elected, I was down to 220 and could finish a 5k in <28 minutes.