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Originally Posted by vash
DIET trumps exercise.
if had to guess..80% diet, 20% exercise.
stay at it!!
i think a great way to control diet is to make all the food. do the cooking. all of it. i'm around the restuarant biz, most of my life. the food needs to be delicious to sell, and they go to great lengths to make it delicious. (think butter)
and you will be suprised how little french fries and pie you eat if you have to make it yourself.
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I'm operating on the theory that it's just an arithmetic problem. Calories out minus calories in = weight loss. I track all my intake and expenditures and make adjustments as needed. It is true that it's usually easier not to eat something than it is to work it off, but I like giving myself the freedom to make the choice. Knowing it's going to take an hour on the rowing machine to work off that piece of pie makes the pie less appetizing, but I'll sometimes compromise and eat a bite or two of pie and add 10 minutes to my rowing regimen.
I am able to eat the foods I like, but in smaller amounts, and I've found I don't like a lot of bad stuff so much that I'll row an hour to enjoy it.
I hate weight training. I do it a little but find it boring because I can never get an endorphin rush out of it.