Exercise

[rowyn]

On the one hand, this would explain why taking up regular exercise has only kept me around the same weight for the last three or four years. Since apparently I'm supposed to exercise an hour a day just to avoid gaining more weight. Even on a good week I'm not doing that much. (Although it depends in part on what exactly qualifies as "moderate"

Comments

[terrycloth]

I've seen elsewhere that exercise is completely tangential to weight gain or loss. So this study might be a case of correlation is not causation, especially since the results have to be further qualfied in order for them to get any results at all.

[rowyn]

Yeah ... personally, I think the reason I'm staying the same weight is that I automatically adjust how much I eat based on how many calories I burn. I suppose I should try tracking how much I eat. Again. I'm really sick of paying attention to it, though.

[tuftears]

Diet change can help quite a bit too. But, is it possible you're setting your weight target too low? The super-skinny supermodel look is not for everyone. };)

[terrycloth]

I know for me it's 'don't eat snacks'. A rule that I am not so very good at keeping, but when I do keep it it works...

But I'm pretty sure that's not universally applicable since other people have been given the exact opposite advice (eat tiny meals and snack a lot).