Pray tell, where did I say that diet is unimportant ???
Doing physical exercise without controlling intake is a surefire way to fail any weight loss program, since you tend to overestimate the burned calories and compensate by eating more.
Let's take a REAL actual example, myself. I run 45/50 minutes x day (yes it's very possible to do that, as it is for the hundreds of people I meet daily in the park doing the same thing), burning an average of 500 calories x run.
To lose a pound you need to burn about 3500 calories. This would be about a pound every week.
Run half of the time(maybe more realistic, and perfectly achievable by most normal people) and we are talking about a pound every two weeks, without changing diet.
I have been running an average of three days for week over the last 6 years, according to my Nike+ record, and I have had very little problems in controlling weight over these years, as opposed as being seriously overweight before I starting working out.
Is diet more effective for weight loss? No, diet and exercise is a much more effective combination than any of those two alone, as doctors and scientists have been saying since, well, ever.
But I thought we were comparing a cardio workout to the 7-minutes workout, where diet entered into the discussion exactly ?
Doing physical exercise without controlling intake is a surefire way to fail any weight loss program, since you tend to overestimate the burned calories and compensate by eating more.
Let's take a REAL actual example, myself. I run 45/50 minutes x day (yes it's very possible to do that, as it is for the hundreds of people I meet daily in the park doing the same thing), burning an average of 500 calories x run.
To lose a pound you need to burn about 3500 calories. This would be about a pound every week.
Run half of the time(maybe more realistic, and perfectly achievable by most normal people) and we are talking about a pound every two weeks, without changing diet.
I have been running an average of three days for week over the last 6 years, according to my Nike+ record, and I have had very little problems in controlling weight over these years, as opposed as being seriously overweight before I starting working out.
Is diet more effective for weight loss? No, diet and exercise is a much more effective combination than any of those two alone, as doctors and scientists have been saying since, well, ever.
But I thought we were comparing a cardio workout to the 7-minutes workout, where diet entered into the discussion exactly ?