Published on August 29, 2024
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𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧?
When you work out, you’re burning 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎 calories. That’s why exercise can be an important part of the weight-loss equation. But a lot of people overestimate how much they burn — and use the “I exercised today” excuse to later over-eat, over-drink (including alcohol) or over-indulge.
Be honest: How many times have you faced a food temptation and thought, “Well, I worked out today, so it’s OK this time.” Or even, “I’ll have this now, but work out extra hard tomorrow to burn it off.”
This is one of the major reasons why people don’t lose weight.
For exercising or working out to help you lose weight, you can’t re-eat all those extra calories you burned. And almost always, in addition to folks overestimating how many calories they actually burned, they underestimate how many calories they’ve actually eaten!
So, using that 3-mile walk you took (for about 240 calories) to justify a restaurant meal (1,000+ calories) leaves you in a worse position than you realize (or, frankly, care about at the time you’re doing it). Now, you’re at a calorie 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑙𝑢𝑠.
If you’re carrying around excess weight and devoting time and money towards a fitness/exercise regimen, ask yourself an honest question: Are you doing it to remove unwanted, unsightly and unhealthy fat from your body or . . . are you doing it to stay “ONLY” as overweight or obese as you are now?
Exercise can help you lose when you’re using it to burn extra calories, and not as a reason to eat more.
