Which is More Important For Losing Weight, Diet, or Exercise?

[Palumboism]

For me the answer is clear.  Diet beats exercise hands down and this video explains why.

[MORTALCOIL]

If you need to click on that video to get that diet is more important for losing weight than exercising, you should stop exercising.

[Coach is Back!]

Losing weight is easy. Losing fat is another ball game

[Notomorrow]

A caloric deficit from diet, exercise or both causes weight loss. "The science is in?"...There are scientists studying this?....

[chrisbro]

A caloric deficit from diet, exercise or both causes weight loss. "The science is in?"...There are scientists studying this?....

yes it aint rocket science.

[IroNat]

Exercise by far.

Eat a box of donuts while walking around the block.

You will drop a few pounds.

Do this everyday and you will get ripped.

[Tennisballz]

A calorie defecit will drop the weight.  Resistance training is the primary tool for maintaining as much muscle as possible during the weight loss.  So, diet and exercise are both equally important.

[liquid_c]

Coming from someone who stores fat pretty easy, diet shits all over cardio and everything else when it comes to fat loss.  I can do two hours cardio plus a heavy weight sessions and still gain weight at a rapid rate if I don't cut my calories back.  I can do half the cardio or less and still lose weight quickly if I cut back on my calories.   I mean how many fatties do you see at the gym every day doing countless cardio sessions and they never lose a pound. 

[Powerlift66]

"Which is More Important For Losing Weight, Diet, or Exercise"?

Yes...

[Go 4 It]

Sleep

[Ted SuperSet]

Exercise by far.

Eat a box of donuts while walking around the block.

You will drop a few pounds.

Do this everyday and you will get ripped.

Lol!

[Al Doggity]

If you need to click on that video to get that diet is more important for losing weight than exercising, you should stop exercising.

As you can see from the responses in this thread, there are plenty of people who don't share that view. There was another multipage thread just a few weeks back that covered the same topic. It's kinda bizarre when you think about it because if you just take a minute to really think about it, you'll realize that it's basic common sense. But for some reason when they hear that diet is more important for weight loss, what they hear is "exercise can't help you get into shape" or "exercise is worthless". 

[MORTALCOIL]

As you can see from the responses in this thread, there are plenty of people who don't share that view. There was another multipage thread just a few weeks back that covered the same topic. It's kinda bizarre when you think about it because if you just take a minute to really think about it, you'll realize that it's basic common sense. But for some reason when they hear that diet is more important for weight loss, what they hear is "exercise can't help you get into shape" or "exercise is worthless".  

Common sense, as you said. I would guess that most people on this board have worked out to put on weight at first. So you know the deal. Losing weight has nothing to do with physical activity per say.  Of course, working out will keep your metabolism going at a certain level. Will maximize your weight loss once you cut calories while  having enough protein intake so as to not lose muscle, yadiyadiyada....You want to slim down, cut the calories. Even the BS 2g/ protein per kg of body weight won’t account for much unless you’re 400kg athlete.

[Kwon3]

Losing weight is seemingly irrelevant when you realize most people are obese and live to be 80 or older. Exercise isn't either. It's diet, at least for people who had health problems, and that's also the hardest to stick to. Any moron can hit the weights and go to Burger King to refuel. But can they go home and eat dry turkey and brown rice 7 days a week? Few can.

[IRON CROSS]

Losing weight is seemingly irrelevant when you realize most people are obese and live to be 80 or older. Exercise isn't either. It's diet, at least for people who had health problems, and that's also the hardest to stick to. Any moron can hit the weights and go to Burger King to refuel. But can they go home and eat dry turkey and brown rice 7 days a week? Few can.

Simple formula: don't get fat 

or get on Auschwitz diet 

[Kwon3]

Simple formula: don't get fat 

or get on Auschwitz diet 

Hard to do in a country where a full meal at any fast foot outlet is like $5 and they're on every street corner. America is the hardest country in the world to stick to a diet in. I'm shocked at how disciplined BBers are...oh wait, they're not. They eat whatever they want then take industrial-strength fat burners plus 20 minutes of cardio and a train load of drugs to diet down, then put it all back after the show. 

[Palumboism]

Losing weight is seemingly irrelevant when you realize most people are obese and live to be 80 or older.

That's not true at all.  Most of the obese die young. When was the last time you saw a three hundred pound 80 year old.  

[Kwon3]

That's not true at all.  Most of the obese die young. When was the last time you see a three hundred pound 80 year old. 

I know several and have seen many who were 70+. You're delusional if you think the average person diets or ever sees a gym except from the outside. I'd say maybe 10% of the population at best works out regularly and that's probably an exaggeration. The average lifespan is 81 for men and like 83 for women. Obese doesn't mean being shown on that tv show on TLC for being so big you can't get out of bed. Just being 30lbs over your BMI is enough.

[IRON CROSS]

Jack-hammering 'sport' build muscles 

[Palumboism]

I know several and have seen many who were 70+. You're delusional if you think the average person diets or ever sees a gym except from the outside. I'd say maybe 10% of the population at best works out regularly and that's probably an exaggeration. The average lifespan is 81 for men and like 83 for women. Obese doesn't mean being shown on that tv show on TLC for being so big you can't get out of bed. Just being 30lbs over your BMI is enough.

I don't know if I would consider being 30 pounds over weight as obese.  That must be a European thing. 

[Go 4 It]

70% of your daily calories are burned at rest. 15% of your calories are burned from daily activities, non exercise activity. 10% of your calories are burned through eating, digesting. 5% is burned through exercise.

[Kwon3]

I don't know if I would consider being 30 pounds over weight as obese.  That must be a European thing. 

A BMI of 30 or greater is clinical obesity. Granted, that’s not designed for bodybuilders or pro sportsmen but it’s what doctors in the US use to establish baseline risk factors.

[Thin Lizzy]

It takes over an hour of running to burn 1000 cal which is about a pint of Ben & Jerry’s that I can knock off in less than 10 minutes.

[IroNat]

Curling beers burns off more calories than the beer contains.

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[Primemuscle]

For me the answer is clear.  Diet beats exercise hands down and this video explains why.

Probably depends on the individuals response to diet and/or exercise. I usually gain weight when I'm working consistently.