Trying to lose weight and putting it in numbers is demoralizing. I’ve started riding a stationary bike for 5 miles and then doing minor weight lifting after and I maaaaybe lose 200 or so calories. Is that not a good exercise? I’ve been doing this almost everyday starting 2 weeks ago. But it’s starting to feel useless if it’s such a minor amount of calories burnt. Is this a good trend to continue? What am I missing?
Edit: everyone here has been incredibly helpful, and surprisingly consistent with one another. I feel much more confident about what I’m doing and what I need to do. Seriously, thank you all.
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Short version: It works exactly like you said. Loosing weight is way easier by eating less, than exercising more.
Other version: The less you eat, the more your body gets accustomed to less calories and will try to save as much as possible, reducing your weight loss., which sucks The more you exercise and more fit you get, the more calories the body will need to sustain the fitness, which is great. The more you exercise, the more you will crave calories, which sucks.
Its best to not get too hung over on trying to burn calories with exercise, but instead finding an exercise you love and keeping fit. On the other hand it is crucial to understand how many calories you ingest and try to keep it in the range you want and it is really vital, not to try to reduce too much too fast, because your body will adapt and you will suffer while not loosing a lot of weight.
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