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Originally Posted by PornMD
Getting rid of the ridiculously stupid habits like drinking regular soda or other high-sugar drinks and constant junk food is certainly the easiest thing to do to lose weight and in my 70 lb loss, that accounted for the first 30 in just a few months. IMO exercise is probably even more important than the diet/nutrition stuff beyond that though, especially if without exercise your day is just a bunch of sitting around on the computer like mine is.
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I disagree. While exercise is incredibly important and having a fine-tuned body will help you burn calories even better, the control of intake is much more important than the control of expense.
If you typically eat 3500 calories a day and you knock that down to 2200 calories a day, that is a massive reduction and totally doable. You can do that with virtually no physical assertion, it simply takes willpower and a lot of habit changes. Now if you maintain that 3500 calories a day and try to burn off 1300 calories a day... wow... that's a lot of calories to burn and will take a LOT of effort.
Many many many people are skinny with absolutely no exercise. They control their intake. I get absolutely no exercise at all, and to counter that, I keep my caloric intake decent so that it does not make me pack on the pounds.
In the end, it's all about habits. To control your weight, you need to control your habits. Get good habits. Eat fairly decent, do a little exercise, don't be a lazy bum and you can be just fine.
The math behind weight loss is incredibly simple. And everybody knows this math. Where people have a problem is their habits and their lifestyles. Those absolutely must change in order to keep your weight off.