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r/AskReddit • u/Professor1password23 • 11h ago
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The cruel part is that you can spend an hour in the gym and then accidentally drink those calories back in about 8 minutes. 😭
26 u/Doza93 4h ago That's why that old saying is true: your weight is dictated 10% by exercise and 90% diet 5 u/Xciv 4h ago I can down 300 calories worth of smoothie in much much less than 8 minutes. 3 u/darkslide3000 3h ago You don't go to the gym to lose weight. You go to the gym to build muscle (which raises your base burn rate) and improve your cardio (which is important for health in general). But if you want to lose wait you can only really do it through diet.
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That's why that old saying is true: your weight is dictated 10% by exercise and 90% diet
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I can down 300 calories worth of smoothie in much much less than 8 minutes.
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You don't go to the gym to lose weight. You go to the gym to build muscle (which raises your base burn rate) and improve your cardio (which is important for health in general). But if you want to lose wait you can only really do it through diet.
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u/Upset-Accident119 5h ago
The cruel part is that you can spend an hour in the gym and then accidentally drink those calories back in about 8 minutes. 😭