Originally Posted by aplcr0331

It's way higher than most people think, is typically my point. Plus, and there are exceptions to every "rule", you truly can lose any and all weight through diet alone.


I think conflating exercise with losing weight is where we go wrong. We need to emphasize food, and the quality and even more important the quantity we put into our mouths as the sole reason for being obese or over weight.


Exercise is a gift. Action, movement, fresh air, power, speed, agility are all special gifts that we should use and foster for their own benefit and the experience of it. Get rid of thinking I have to walk on a treadmill for this long and I can eat this much. Forget that...head outside and smell, and see and feel the weather, move your body (if you can...again those exceptions).


So, yes, I'll grant that it's not a hard and fast rule. But now that I think about it and have my general idea of why I state high numbers...I'm going to start saying 100% is diet.