Simply Eating Less Does Not Work

Simply Eating Less Does Not Work

OK, simply eating less will work, but not as effectively as eating less and exercising. When you consistently eat less food than you need you are in an energy deficit and you will lose weight, but your metabolism with slow down, i.e. your resting metabolism rate will reduce.

This means that you will burn less energy throughout the day, which reduces your requirements even more, so you stop losing weight. Then you have to eat even less, and the cycle continues until a point where you are not receiving enough nutrients and vitamins to maintain a healthy body.

By exercising while dieting you keep your metabolism high and you build new muscle tissue which requires energy. By keeping your metabolism high you can more easily adjust your diet slightly to make changes to your daily energy deficit.