It' not a lack of exercise that makes you fat...

[cojak]

...it's the stuffing yer face that does it.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/l...cle6878496.ece

Winners of the 'No tulipe Sherlock' award.

[bogeyman]

19 minutes on elliptical trainer equals a banana

Staggering!

I wonder what 2 pints of Guinness and a ham sandwich equals.

[AtW]

Staggering!

I wonder what 2 pints of Guinness and a ham sandwich equals.

ham, tomato and mustard

[Jet Setter]

If you're dumb enough to think you can eat kebabs every day but a run around the block twice a week will sort you out you deserve to be fat.

These articles always take things out of context. Of course exercise alone with a shabby diet won't be very effective. Just as a limited calorie diet but being completely sedentary might help you lose weight but you'll lose all your muscle as well and set your body on starvation mode making weight gain far more likely in the long term. Combination of exercise and healthy diet is the only effective way to lose weight in the long term.

People who 'earn' a muffin by going for a run aren't likely to be particularly fit or healthy.

[centurian]

...it's the stuffing yer face that does it.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/l...cle6878496.ece

Winners of the 'No tulipe Sherlock' award.

Simple equation really :-

Intake - Expelled - Calories Burned = Weight adjustment

No matter how fancy the diet or the science behind it - it all comes down to that...

[IR35 Avoider]

This confirms what I said long ago on fat threads. Exercise is of virtually bugger-all use in influencing the daily calorie account balance. (It can and should be done for other reasons, but that's beside the point.)

People who haven't a clue, i.e. have never actually lost a stone or two themselves and kept if off for a few years, are the ones who advocate exercise as a significant part of the solution.

45 minutes running on treadmill at 7mph equals one blueberry muffin (420 calories)

[IR35 Avoider]

This comment below the article said it better than I did

I'm surprised the author is surprised. It's quite obvious that you have to do a vast amount of exercise (3000 calories worth, or about 8 hours jogging) to lose one pound in weight. It is ALL about what goes in the mouth and very little about how much exercise you do. Exercise is vital for your heart, lungs, cardio system, muscles bones and joints, but it's the food that makes you fat and it's the reduction of food that makes you slimmer.

[threaded]

Well.... I find a significant amount of exercise is the key.

Mainly because it restricts the opportunities to have a snack.

[IR35 Avoider]

Staggering!

I wonder what 2 pints of Guinness and a ham sandwich equals.

About 2 and a half hours running, I calculate.

[TimberWolf]

This confirms what I said long ago on fat threads. Exercise is of virtually bugger-all use in influencing the daily calorie account balance. (It can and should be done for other reasons, but that's beside the point.)

People who haven't a clue, i.e. have never actually lost a stone or two themselves and kept if off for a few years, are the ones who advocate exercise as a significant part of the solution.

Aye, though the body may be a bit naughty and burn muscle as well as fat when calories are restricted. Heck, AFAIK the body catabolises muscles when they aren't used and will regenerate them quickly when you exercise and eat. They also burn energy just in existing, which is perhaps why the body is keen to burn them off when energy is scarce.