Should I exercise more or eat less to lose weight?

Should I exercise more or eat less to lose weight?
Dr. Fariba Dayhim, bariatric surgeon and bariatrician at Detroit Medical Center, answers the age-old question about what really drives weight loss
many people ask what is best for weight
loss exercise or the food we eat
i should say both but they have
different roles so you might have
experienced that that you may exercise a
lot and you don't see a ton of weight
loss
it's because actually there are new
studies that show for exercise to be a
weight loss tool it has to be intense
and it has to be more than 60 to 90
minutes a day
and that's not very practical for a lot
of people so don't think of your
exercise as the calorie burner it's
still essential but what actually
drives the weight loss is the amount of
calories that we eat the type of
calories we eat and also how we eat it
and when we eat it so it's not just what
we eat but also how we eat it like if
you graze throughout the day what we eat
type of calories like a half a bagel may
have the similar calories as an egg but
they're not the same type of calories
how fast we eat are we eating mindfully
are we eating with tv or computer or are
we just eating when we are eating and
enjoying it
so all those factors are when it comes
to
calories and type of calories and how
they're introduced in our body they're
more important than exercising weight
loss
however most people notice that you if
you don't do any exercise even with the
best meal plans weight loss may not be
very successful so think of your
exercise as a tool that does different
stuff
than just simply losing calories so for
instance we don't get younger
so our flexibility goes down and that
will decrease our mobility down the road
exercise maintains our flexibility and
thus are basic metabolism
it is a mood enhancer so for instance
you will have your own
drug factory when you are an exercise
studies have shown that exercise
increases our adrenaline think of
exercise as a mood enhancer something
that can help you actually stick to a
meal plan because you care about
yourself
more you are to put it in a simple way
you are higher
makes you high and also increases your
energy level increases your flexibility
and yes contributes some to the calories