[joeskyyy]

> Exercise to get healthy, treat the metabolism boost as a bonus. Exercise does not cancel out foods

Thank you! Exercise should be completely supplemental to overall health, not to lose weight. The amount of times I've seen people eat an awful meal while trying to lose weight because they "worked out extra hard" is astonishing.

Losing weight is almost completely related to what you put in your body. While you can certainly lose weight from exercise, it's by far not the most profound way to do so.

Congrats on your weight loss by the way, former fat kid myself, I know it's not an easy process and keeping it off is just as hard!

[JKCalhoun]

Yep, it's the food. I took up running four years ago, but saw no real effect on my weight. (Def helped me from getting winded and made hiking fun, etc. — so exercise is cool, no doubt).

I had a medical emergency early last year that caused me to cut my food intake (I feared too large of a meal would cause another medical emergency). So I looked at the plate of food in front of me, measured out what I thought was a "reasonable amount", and ate only that. No seconds.

Within two or three months I dropped 20 pounds.

Had surgery at that point. After surgery I no longer worried about medical emergencies so I resumed my original eating habits.

And steadily put the 20 pounds back on.