Tip: Jenny has two apples

Exercise helps you to lose weight for a number of reasons, one of them being that your body uses more energy when it has to do challenging things like lift heavy weights or run fast.

If you want to lose weight, you want that energy to come from stored fat - less stored fat equals lighter, leaner body.

So here's the thing:

Many people who are trying to use exercise as a weight loss tool ADD EXTRA CALORIES TO THEIR DIET WHEN THEY START EXERCISING. This makes NO sense! If you are doing this then all you are doing is feeding your body the extra energy it will use during exercise so it can avoid digging into your fat stores. Let me explain it like this:

Jenny has two apples. She wants to lose an apple. She goes and gets another apple and gives it away. Jenny STILL HAS TWO APPLES.

The moral of this story is if you want to lose weight, you must eat fewer calories than you use. Adding exercise does NOT magically allow you to eat more and still lose weight. Eating fewer calories than you usually do plus exercise is the fastest way to lose. Do it.

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