Originally Posted by
terrymorse
This "common wisdom" doesn't hold water.
Of course it doesn't. It's just math. To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you eat. That's all there is to it.
If a person told you you can't accumulate a million dollars by working, regardless of what you get paid, you would rightly think that person is an idiot.
If somebody tells you exercise isn't related to weight loss because of some hypotheticals, you know they're a person who can't stay focused and it's answering a question you didn't ask instead.