Comments on: Weight Loss: Diet or Exercise?

By: dulse

dulse — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:28:50 +0000

it’s healthier to diet AND exercise i feel. i tried doing both in different times of my life and having the exercise made it easier for me to do a lot of activities that i normally had a hard time doing in the past on the diet alone.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:08:33 +0000

But it’s so much easier to diet. Besides, I hate to sweat!

jackie-o

By: Hiram at Balance-Your-Health.com

Hiram at Balance-Your-Health.com — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:30:22 +0000

That true - you do have to include muscle tone in your fitness plans. However, the statement that "muscle burns more calories" is a little misleading. I recently read that muscle only burns something like 1% more calories than non-muscle. So technically, it is true that muscle burns more calories. However, the difference (1%) is too small to rely on muscle alone.

Here's another fact. To burn around 100 calories, I have to run on the treadmill for around 15 minutes. However, I can eliminate 100 calories from my diet simply by having water instead of a Coke with my lunch.

The bottom line? Combine both diet and exercise.

Hiram

By: The Fitness Diva

The Fitness Diva — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:46 +0000

While the weight loss results can be the same from either dieting or exercising, the appearance of the body certainly has to be different. More muscle tone and less flab for the exercisers. Also, the fact that when you exercise and develop more muscle,you burn more calories makes me question the accuracy of this study.
The exercisers had to lose just a bit more during that time period from that alone.
But, in any case, the best way to go about it is to do both. People shouldn’t get the idea that it’s okay to just diet. Keeping the body fit is important and gives too many advantages to ignore.