I am eating too much junk and processed food while watching movies and youtube videos. I want to stop as it affects my health. Any suggestions.

  • funkajunkEnglish
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    10 months ago

    So many people still don’t realize that weight loss comes down to 90% diet and 10% exercise.

    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I’d say it’s more like 70/30 personally. It also gives you some wiggle room with a low cal diet. But you definitely can’t just do some running then go out for bucket of KFC all the time.

      • funkajunkEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Calories burned from running isn’t that great of a return.

        An estimate is that a 200 pound person burns 792 calories per hour running at 5mph (12min/mile, or 8kph) on a firm, level surface. A 140 pound person burns 555 calories in the same scenario.

        Source: https://captaincalculator.com/health/calorie/calories-burned-running-calculator/

        It’s much simpler to not consume excess calories, if you maintain a caloric deficit and don’t exercise at all you will lose weight.

        • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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          10 months ago

          So yeah, with a 1500 calorie deficit diet, that’s about a 3rd of what you eat for the day, so like 33%. That’s a pretty big chunk, and easily allows you to snack on occasion and still hit your deficit. I’d say it’s pretty helpful, but diet is still absolutely necessary for any results.