Originally Posted by Rochard

I completely disagree. I went to the gym for two years straight, five times a week, every morning, and walked out of the gym every day sweating. I also dieted. I thought I would exercise and reduce the amount of food I ate, and eat better, and magically I would loose weight. Two years later I weighed ten pounds more.

There is a number of factors to weight gain and loss and you are only discussing two of them. Sleep, metabolism, and stress come to mind.

I can pin point the exact moment I started to gain weight - it was when I quit smoking. This is very common.

But a single visit to the gym - or going for two months - does not magically fix the problem.