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"Blair P. Houghton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Roger Zoul <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> >|| Tom Keats <[email protected]> wrote:
> >||| In article <[email protected]>,
> >||| Blair P. Houghton <[email protected]> writes:
> >|||
> >|||| Atkins is teh ********, and exercise helps control weight
> >|||| by allowing a more satisfying food intake at the same
> >|||| calorie deficit.
> >|||
> >||| I notice folks are talking lots about eating, but
> >||| not much about exercise/activity/doing stuff.
> >||
> >|| In terms of weight loss, exercise has three effects:
> >||
> >|| 1. It directly burns calories;
> >|| 2. It increases the metabolism for a short period (up to 24 hours)
> >
> >The worth of this depends on the type of exercise. Just regular cardio
for
> >maximal fat burn while exercising (aerobic zone), only about 5 minutes.
For
> >HIIT and weight lifting (properly don), more).
>
> Mmmmm, HIIT.
Yeah, da bomb!
>
> I woke up this morning feeling like I could just bail
> entirely, having had four good workouts in the prior
> four days. But I decided to get dressed and go to the
> gym and noodle for an hour (no spin-class scheduled at my
> normal time today, but the spin room is always open).
>
> After 5 minutes of warmup, I just started doing the
> sprints. 20 minutes later, I'd knocked out fourteen
> intervals (30 seconds on, 60 off) and was cooling down.
Good. HIIT rocks, IMO.
>
> >|| 3. It increases the body's muscle mass and metabolism for a long
> >|| period (until the growth is reversed).
> >
> >That's only true if you increase muscle mass and exercise won't result in
> >that under all conditions.
>
> Mmm, true. Exercise coupled with excessive calorie
> deficits, or unbalanced exercise, will actually reduce
> muscle mass, in all or part of the body.
What is unbalanced exercise?
>
> >|| If you start at a maintenance level of intake vs. output,
> >|| adding 500 calories of effort (effect 1) per day will
> >|| create slightly more calorie deficit than subtracting 500
> >|| calories of food per day (because of effects 2 and 3).
> >
> >Perhaps. But if time (for effort) is any concern at all, then not eating
> >will work best.
>
> I get it: When you die the worms and bugs help you
> lose weight!
Well, keep up. I simply meant not eating 500 calories.
>
> >|| Plus, it means you don't have to subtract 500 calories of
> >|| food, which goes a long way to making your food-psychology
> >|| happier.
> >
> >Perhaps. But it also might make learning to eat less in the long term
> >harder.
>
> One challenge at a time, grass-hopper.
Yeah, and that's why lots of people who lose a lot of weight regain it. If
you don't learn to naturally eat less, then you'll regain. Diet should be
considered the primiary means to control weight. Exercise is benefical, but
it is hard to exercise away what you can eat in a very short period of time.
news:[email protected]...
> Roger Zoul <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> >|| Tom Keats <[email protected]> wrote:
> >||| In article <[email protected]>,
> >||| Blair P. Houghton <[email protected]> writes:
> >|||
> >|||| Atkins is teh ********, and exercise helps control weight
> >|||| by allowing a more satisfying food intake at the same
> >|||| calorie deficit.
> >|||
> >||| I notice folks are talking lots about eating, but
> >||| not much about exercise/activity/doing stuff.
> >||
> >|| In terms of weight loss, exercise has three effects:
> >||
> >|| 1. It directly burns calories;
> >|| 2. It increases the metabolism for a short period (up to 24 hours)
> >
> >The worth of this depends on the type of exercise. Just regular cardio
for
> >maximal fat burn while exercising (aerobic zone), only about 5 minutes.
For
> >HIIT and weight lifting (properly don), more).
>
> Mmmmm, HIIT.
Yeah, da bomb!
>
> I woke up this morning feeling like I could just bail
> entirely, having had four good workouts in the prior
> four days. But I decided to get dressed and go to the
> gym and noodle for an hour (no spin-class scheduled at my
> normal time today, but the spin room is always open).
>
> After 5 minutes of warmup, I just started doing the
> sprints. 20 minutes later, I'd knocked out fourteen
> intervals (30 seconds on, 60 off) and was cooling down.
Good. HIIT rocks, IMO.
>
> >|| 3. It increases the body's muscle mass and metabolism for a long
> >|| period (until the growth is reversed).
> >
> >That's only true if you increase muscle mass and exercise won't result in
> >that under all conditions.
>
> Mmm, true. Exercise coupled with excessive calorie
> deficits, or unbalanced exercise, will actually reduce
> muscle mass, in all or part of the body.
What is unbalanced exercise?
>
> >|| If you start at a maintenance level of intake vs. output,
> >|| adding 500 calories of effort (effect 1) per day will
> >|| create slightly more calorie deficit than subtracting 500
> >|| calories of food per day (because of effects 2 and 3).
> >
> >Perhaps. But if time (for effort) is any concern at all, then not eating
> >will work best.
>
> I get it: When you die the worms and bugs help you
> lose weight!
Well, keep up. I simply meant not eating 500 calories.
>
> >|| Plus, it means you don't have to subtract 500 calories of
> >|| food, which goes a long way to making your food-psychology
> >|| happier.
> >
> >Perhaps. But it also might make learning to eat less in the long term
> >harder.
>
> One challenge at a time, grass-hopper.
Yeah, and that's why lots of people who lose a lot of weight regain it. If
you don't learn to naturally eat less, then you'll regain. Diet should be
considered the primiary means to control weight. Exercise is benefical, but
it is hard to exercise away what you can eat in a very short period of time.
