Why diets fail: The paradox of exercise.avi

What is truly terrifying about homeostasis is
dieting by eating less... at first, you do lose weight.
But as time passes, your body adapts to the low calorie intake, the amount lost decreases, and eventually, you stop losing weight altogether.
Then, if you start eating again, the yo-yo effect hits...
That is why people tell you to lose weight through exercise.
But as shown in the graph below,
when you burn calories through exercise, it initially works just like food restriction.
However, due to homeostasis, the body reduces energy consumption in other areas...
In other words, even if you exercise, the total calorie consumption ends up being the same as if you hadn't exercised at all.
Therefore... if you stop exercising, you actually gain weight back even faster...
There used to be a show in the US called "The Biggest Loser," where they gathered morbidly obese people to find a winner who lost the most weight.
It is said that those who lost over 100kg eventually gained it all back; those who actually manage to maintain it
are mostly people whose bodies are still over 100kg, even though they exercise all day and strictly manage their diet...
The reason doctors call Wegovy and Mounjaro "insane scams" is because
as long as you keep injecting them, you keep losing weight... that's the crazy part. If you just stop eating without the injections, you will never lose weight like that.
Exercise is for health and maintaining a good physique (muscle, balance, etc.)... but for pure weight loss, it is similar to starving yourself.
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