{"id":17732,"date":"2022-10-30T22:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T22:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ovadiahearthealth.com\/old-site\/?p=17732"},"modified":"2022-10-30T22:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T22:47:42","slug":"you-cannot-exercise-your-way-to-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ovadiahearthealth.com\/old-site\/2022\/10\/30\/you-cannot-exercise-your-way-to-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"You cannot exercise your way to weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve all had the experience of jogging on the treadmill for an hour only to realize we’ve burned a scant 100 calories. We only \u2018earned\u2019 a single cookie or a bag of chips after all that effort, and usually throw up our hands in defeat on the way out the door.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Calories in, calories out’ (CICO) is an overwhelmingly pervasive myth in our society. After all the years we\u2019ve spent collectively \u2018burning off’ calories, both our weight and our health has <\/span>moved in the wrong direction<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is something clearly wrong here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Weight loss misconceptions like CICO are not serving Americans well. And yet, it remains an embedded part of our cultural consciousness that prevents us from achieving true <\/span>metabolic health<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why? Because it seems so simple.<\/span><\/p>\n

Debunking the exercise + CICO myth<\/h2>\n

We’ll start with a definition.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ‘calories in, calories out’ model says you can lose weight by exercising your way into a deficit. For example, you could eat 2,000 maintenance calories and burn 500 calories to create a 25% deficit. Doing this for a week adds up to 3,500 calories, which is the most common number thrown around for a pound of human fat.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the ‘calories in, calories out’ model of eating and exercise is not the best way to lose weight.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are some obvious flaws:<\/span><\/p>\n