Posted: Mar 10, 2011 2:54 am
Scot Dutchy wrote:Exercise does not lose weight. It can even make you heavier but well leaner. Muscle is three times as heavy as fat so turning fat into muscle can increase your weight.
Calorie counting helps me. To me it is logical if you burn more calories than you eat you must lose weight.
That depends on the type of exercise. Cardio generally burns without producing much new muscle tissue, whereas weight training does produce more muscle tissue. Runners are usually pretty lean and light, weight lifters tend to be heavy and high in muscle mass.