Experts have actually kind of backpedaled recently on whether exercising regularly is absolutely essential to short term weight loss goals, saying that the initial weight loss isn’t really accelerated by a normal workout routine (unless you are doing some insane calorie burning during those workouts), and that the biggest thing when you are initially trying to get rid of the pounds is to cut calories, since calories butting is what takes weight off the body, period.

However, even though they say that the initial weight loss isn’t really affected by exercise, the long term weight loss is definitely closely associated to one who regularly works out, since long term, you can burn off those few extra calories you may consume in one day due to excess calorie consumption, and long term, exercise actually helps to raise the metabolism and keep it there permanently, not something that happens generally if you do not make it a habit to workout on a daily or at least regular basis.

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