Why Doesn't Exercise Lead To Weight Loss?

antdude writes "The New York Times' Well blog reports that 'for some time, researchers have been finding that people who exercise don't necessarily lose weight.' A study published online in September 2009 in The British Journal of Sports Medicine was the latest to report apparently disappointing slimming results. In the study, 58 obese people completed 12 weeks of supervised aerobic training without changing their diets. The group lost an average of a little more than seven pounds, and many lost barely half that. How can that be?"

Comments

Re:Hackers Diet FTW.

[caluml]

You know what's really happening? YOU'RE STARVING YOURSELF. Call it whatever the fuck you want, but this isn't a diet, it's just not eating.

Yes, it's inducing your body's natural method of converting fat to energy. The food you do eat is carefully produced and calculated to give you just enough energy to get through the day while staying in ketosis. I read up thoroughly about it before going on it. Still, get angry, why don't you?

Re:Hackers Diet FTW.

[Bysshe]

sleep-eating is a serious problem. don't mock it.