LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center has found that people who exercise regularly, but do not lose as much weight as expected are eating too much. Doctor Tim Church says they looked at people who were overweight or had obesity over a six-month period and came away with those results.
“Exercise is terribly important for your health and exercise is super important in keeping the weight off, but for the inital weight loss and for most people it all starts with what they eat,” said Church.
Church says an additional 100 to 150 calories a day can diminish the effect of a calorie-burning exercise.
“Not like they are going out and getting an extra hamburger or eating an extra pizza, it’s just a little bit more that’s sabotaging them,” said Church.
Church says 25-percent of the people in their study didn’t gain weight or put on extra pounds and he says it all comes down to how much you are eating.
“Exercise is never a bad thing, but when it comes to losing weight, you have to start with the diet, you have to start with the intake,” said Church.
