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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. .
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This happens more often than people think. It's usually because of the old adage "Muscle weighs more than fat". An overweight person starts working out, he might lose 15 lbs of fat over a year or two but also gain muscle weight, and then stand on the scale after all that excersise and diet scratching his head because he hasn't lost weight and in fact gained some. It's common.
The thing that needs to be focused on most with such people is overall fitness, not weight. Getting a checkup with your doctor, especially one who has examined your health before you started excercise and dieting, will have a good comparative analysis with which to work from. They can let you know if you're on the right track or not, or what you might do or need to get on a better track.
Roald's comment was correct in a sense, as was yours. Everyone here needs to stop disagreeing and start listening. Arguing each of our individual cases is nonsensical.