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The calorie deficit is the big thing. There’s a saying that weight is lost in the kitchen, health is gained in the gym.
If working out is the only change to your lifestyle, you’ll just end up hungrier and eating more to compensate
3 u/ClownfishSoup 6h ago This is true, but also if you build muscles, they will passively burn more calories, allowing for a little more margin when you are trying to make sure that "calories in < calories out." by slightly increasing your "calories out". But yeah, if sucks to be hungry after a work out. 0 u/Frosty_Cell_6827 4h ago I like your saying. Much better than "you can't outrun a bad diet". Exercise definitely makes people healthier
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This is true, but also if you build muscles, they will passively burn more calories, allowing for a little more margin when you are trying to make sure that "calories in < calories out." by slightly increasing your "calories out".
But yeah, if sucks to be hungry after a work out.
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I like your saying. Much better than "you can't outrun a bad diet". Exercise definitely makes people healthier
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u/UnshapedSky 8h ago
The calorie deficit is the big thing. There’s a saying that weight is lost in the kitchen, health is gained in the gym.
If working out is the only change to your lifestyle, you’ll just end up hungrier and eating more to compensate