The Truth About Exercise and Weight Loss – Balance and the Right Choices

If you want to lose weight, you need to ensure a negative energy balance. At the end of the day, you need to have burned more calories than you have consumed. You can do this by exercising a lot, but nutrition plays an even more important role. In this blog, we will tell you why balance and making conscious choices are the key to successful weight loss and a healthy lifestyle.

'You can't outtrain a bad diet'

Think you can eat whatever you want as long as you exercise regularly? We're sorry to disappoint you. A recent paper in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that while exercise is an important tool in reducing the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and other health problems, it's not enough when it comes to weight loss or healthy lifestyle habits. "You can't exercise away a bad diet," the authors write. "To truly live a healthy lifestyle, you need both a balanced diet and exercise," writes Deborah Rohm Young, Ph.D., director of behavioral research at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. "You can't have one without the other."

Exercise and good nutrition are both important

According to Young, exercise and diet play several important roles in maintaining health. Exercise has many benefits, including building muscle, improving bone density, managing diabetes, and improving mental health. A heart-healthy lifestyle that includes exercise and a healthy diet can help reduce risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure. But for those looking to lose weight, the benefits of exercise are limited if poor diets aren’t changed.

It's all about balance

Many people overestimate how many calories they burn during exercise. An hour of easy cycling burns about three hundred calories. A piece of apple pie or a large slice of pizza and the calories are back on. Although exercise is important and muscle mass plays a role, especially because of the afterburn effect, nutrition plays a crucial role in achieving your weight loss goals. Of course, you don't have to banish all your favorite treats for the rest of your life. Enjoying a glass of wine or a bitterbal every now and then is fine, but if you do this daily, all your efforts to lose weight will be lost. It's all about balance.

The Happy Bodies approach to successful weight loss and vitality

At Happy Bodies, we teach you how to find the right balance between exercise and nutrition, so that you can get the most out of your efforts. If you want to lose weight sustainably or maintain your weight, it is necessary to make conscious choices. In addition to our training sessions, we also offer workshops and lectures on nutrition, health and self-care. We want you to not only lose weight, but also regain vitality and a sense of well-being. Our coaches help you make the right choices, develop healthy eating habits and find a balanced lifestyle that suits your needs and goals.