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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
I don’t think there’s a one sized fits all answer, it’s different for everybody.
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As long as 'burning more calories than you consume' is achieved - how you do it up to you. To me, finding a way to do that in a sustainable manner is the key. Fad diets or short term extreme weight loss schemes generally aren't sustainable over the long term. Even if you lose weight and meet your objective, people often slip right back into previous habits and the weight comes back - with a vengeance sometimes. That's why losing weight and keeping it off is so difficult.
And exercise is a frustrating way to lose weight. Exercise is absolutely necessary as a part of a healthy lifestyle, but it is a horrible way to lose weight. You just don't burn that many calories and 'increasing muscle mass' to burn more calories is very limited. An ultra-marathoner friend of mine who is big into this stuff ran a 26 mile marathon and burned ONE POUND of calories. It is way easier to avoid 3500 calories than it is to burn them off running a marathon, in my opinion.