• XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Weight loss is almost 100% about calorie control, the exercise is just a great bonus.

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      11 months ago

      Resistance training is also meant to help a lot.

      If you’re eating a lot of protein and not lifting, it’s gonna get stored as fat.

      Muscle also burns extra calories at rest, though it’s more like 6 calories per pound per day. But if you put on 20lbs of muscle over the course of a year, that’s an extra 120 idle calories burned, which is not a number to scoff at.