I mean OF COURSE eating is the primary and most important thing. That doesnt mean excersize isnt a great tool to use for weight loss. And especially for overweight people that want to not just lose weight but feel more healthy and able with their bodies ,which comes with losing wieght but is greatly magnified when you lose weight while doing som excersize. And its easpecially helpfull if you dont want to reduce your food by significant amounts or change big things in your diet, which is something that losing weight through only diet includes. And the closer you get to your goal , the more intensely you can work out and the more you can eat while still losing weight. Of course there are time constraints but the question is for 40minutes to an hour a day, not 10.
You lose 1kg of weight by burning up about 7k more calories than you intake. If someone is overweight and mostly static in their bodyweight it means that they more or less on average are in a caloric balance. 40 minutes of fast walking a day burns upwards of 230 calories for an overweight person. So that person can with no changes in their diet still lose an aditional 1kg a month just from that 40 minutes a day excersize that of course wont built muscle, maybe only some the first month. Small adjustments in diet can make it 2kg a month. Its hugely important and makes a difference, especially for people that would struggle with trying to lose weight just by making drastic changes in their diet. And thats beyond all the other objective benifits that
It's true that the exercise doesn't burn too many calories by itself, except if you go really really hard. Two things, however:
Even if it isn't much, the calories lost can help over a longer timescale. If adding in even just a little exercise brings me to a 100 calorie deficit, that stacks up over time. And more importantly, you're not gaining weight and exacerbating the issues. That's something I've been trying to get myself to appreciate - even if I'm not losing weight at the clip I'd like to, at least I'm (hopefully) not going in the other direction.
The bigger benefit is an increase in muscle mass. Muscle burns more calories at rest than fat, increasing your Basal Metabolic Rate. All other things being equal, exercising to build muscle will result in more calories burned, and more weight lost.
Of course, everything doesn't happen in a vacuum, and compensating for exercise with increased food intake can stifle progress. But even if diet is the lion's share of the effort, exercise is still important.
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I mean OF COURSE eating is the primary and most important thing. That doesnt mean excersize isnt a great tool to use for weight loss. And especially for overweight people that want to not just lose weight but feel more healthy and able with their bodies ,which comes with losing wieght but is greatly magnified when you lose weight while doing som excersize. And its easpecially helpfull if you dont want to reduce your food by significant amounts or change big things in your diet, which is something that losing weight through only diet includes. And the closer you get to your goal , the more intensely you can work out and the more you can eat while still losing weight. Of course there are time constraints but the question is for 40minutes to an hour a day, not 10.
You lose 1kg of weight by burning up about 7k more calories than you intake. If someone is overweight and mostly static in their bodyweight it means that they more or less on average are in a caloric balance. 40 minutes of fast walking a day burns upwards of 230 calories for an overweight person. So that person can with no changes in their diet still lose an aditional 1kg a month just from that 40 minutes a day excersize that of course wont built muscle, maybe only some the first month. Small adjustments in diet can make it 2kg a month. Its hugely important and makes a difference, especially for people that would struggle with trying to lose weight just by making drastic changes in their diet. And thats beyond all the other objective benifits that
It's true that the exercise doesn't burn too many calories by itself, except if you go really really hard. Two things, however:
Of course, everything doesn't happen in a vacuum, and compensating for exercise with increased food intake can stifle progress. But even if diet is the lion's share of the effort, exercise is still important.
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For sure