Re: Exercise alone unlikely to prevent obesity

[Guest guest]

Here's the direct link to the PDF download:

http://tinyurl.com/pxqft

I think this issue is important because to me it focuses in on what I

believe to be the main delusion in our contemporary culture regarding

obesity: that you can defeat it with exercise. In my opinion, all you can

do with exercise is get fit and, at the same time, habituate your body,

mind, and sense of taste to consuming [considerably] more than your body

needs for steady-state weight maintenance--in other words, you set

yourself up for eventual guaranteed weight _gain_ at some point in the

future.

Eating less is less egotistically satisfying than exercising for most

people, I'd suggest, but in the end it's the sine qua non for weight

control/maintenance and also CR.

Maco

http://news./s/nm/20061006/hl_nm/exercise_obesity_dc_1

Exercise alone unlikely to prevent obesity

41 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Simply increasing physical

activity levels alone is unlikely to reduce body

weight in young children, and therefore will probably

not prevent obesity, although it may set the stage for

a healthier lifestyle, the results of a study

conducted in Scotland suggest.

[Guest guest]

Maco,

There is a dissociation in what people perceive between food (calorie

consumption) and exercise (calorie expenditure). People seldom

realize that one hour of vigorous exercise burns approximately 400

calories, whereas 3 cans of soda contain 420 calories (140 x 3). No

amount of exercise will help you to lose weight if you don't control

the calories in your food.

Furthermore, some CRONies who are very meticulous about tracking their

calorie intake, don't keep track of their activity level. I know some

people who try to maintain a restricted diet even when they increase

their activity out of the ordinary (like loading furniture and packing

books when moving to a new house). Last summer, when I was painting a

vacant apartment from the morning to the evening for a couple of days,

I had to increase my intake from 2000 to 3000 cal/day because I was

doing physical work instead of sitting in front of my computer. Even

then, I lost some weight because my stomach has shrunk and I was not

able to stuff myself any more to compensate for the physical labor.

In the final analysis, the First Law of Thermodynamics prevails:

Food_Energy = BMR + Exercise + Waste + Weight_Change

or

Weight_Change = Food_Energy - BMR - Exercise - Waste

i.e., to decrease your weight you need to decrease your Food_Energy or

increase your BMR, Exercise or Waste. Since BMR and Waste are not

easily controlled, you are left only with Food_Energy and Exercise as

the variables over which you have complete control.

Tony

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http://tinyurl.com/pxqft

I think this issue is important because to me it focuses in on what I

believe to be the main delusion in our contemporary culture regarding

obesity: that you can defeat it with exercise. In my opinion, all you

can do with exercise is get fit and, at the same time, habituate your

body, mind, and sense of taste to consuming [considerably] more than

your body needs for steady-state weight maintenance--in other words,

you set yourself up for eventual guaranteed weight _gain_ at some

point in the future.

Eating less is less egotistically satisfying than exercising for most

people, I'd suggest, but in the end it's the sine qua non for weight

control/maintenance and also CR.

Maco