About weight loss

In order to lose weight, one must create an energy discrepancy, or a difference between the number of calories burned and the number of calories consumed. Many people think that more exercise is necessary to reach that energy disparity since energy expended is more than energy consumed (Berkowitz & Bowman, 2013).

The conventional opinion holds that the best method to lose weight is to engage in a strenuous exercise program, yet this conventional wisdom is incorrect. Diet is the best technique to reduce weight if you genuinely want to do so. I t is a fact that exercise burns calories, but it burns a lot less calories than one can ever imagine.

There is a belief that people burn the most calories through intense activities that leave them heaving or breadth and dripping with sweat. But this is not true because one can still burn a number of calories by just sitting on his/her bottom. The calories burnt on the butt are known as base metabolic rate (BMR) or resting metabolic rate (Danziger, 2012). This is a figure that describes the energy that one’s body uses in fueling its basic functions.

Research also shows that one who is physically active is more likely to gain weight than a person who doesn’t eat (Fenton, 2008). This is because exercise increases one’s appetite hence the urge to eat more. So the higher the exercise, the higher the appetite which leads to eating a lot and this leads to weight gain. Therefore, one looses more weight while eating less than working out.

Data Collection Method

For this research, the sample used was by comparing the quantity of calories burnt by 80% diet and 20% exercise. This method was exercised on a daily basis for five days to minister the rate at which weight is lost when one exercises and eats less food. Data collection method was quantitative data collection method which was recorded in a chart. Each change was recorded in the chart to show how weight was lost in both methods.

Data collected is illustrated below and it also includes the hypothesis test process and calculations for a descriptive statistics.

Losing Weight With 80% Diet and 20% Exercise

Day

Calories Burned through Exercise

Calories Burned Through Dieting

Monday

250

600

Tuesday

0

600

Wednesday

250

600

Thursday

0

600

Friday

250

600

Total

750

3000

The reason as to why eating less/dieting are much more successful than workout is because it takes a ton of activity to create a 500 to 700 calorie discrepancy through exercise. One has to run 7 to 10 miles daily to lose a pound per week (Watsono // & Jones, 2014). One doesn’t have to hit the exact ration which is 80/20 to reduce, but it is important for one to focus majorly on eating less when trying to lose weight (Wolf, 2017). An individual can lose weight without exercise but cannot lose weight if his/her nutrition counteracts his/her energy expenditure through exercise.

Hypothesis Method

Weight loss for eating less versus Work Out

This hypothesis answers the question whether people who eat less lose more fat than those who work out.

Eating Less

Sample mean = 5.9 kg

Sample standard deviation = 4.1kg

Sample size = n = 42

Standard error = SEM1 = 42 = 0.633

Work Out Only

Sample mean = 4.1 kg

Sample standard deviation = 3.7kg

Sample size = n = 47

Standard error = SEM2 = 47 = 0.540

The measure of variability = = 0.83

Hypothesis

The hypothesis gotten here shows that a person who eats less loses more weight than that who work out.

Conclusion

Straight wisdom states that, if one wants to shed kilos, the best way to do it is through a punishing exercise regimen but this wisdom is not right. If one wants to actually lose more weight, then diet is the best way to do it. I t is a fact that exercise burns calories, but it burns a lot less calories than one can ever imagine. There is a belief that people burn the most calories through intense activities that leave them heaving or breadth and dripping with sweat. But this is not true because one can still burn a number of calories by just sitting on his/her bottom.

The calories burnt on the butt are known as base metabolic rate (BMR) or resting metabolic rate. This is a figure that describes the energy that one’s body uses in fueling its basic functions. The reason as to why eating less/dieting are much more successful than workout is because it takes a ton of activity to create a 500 to 700 calorie discrepancy through exercise.

One has to run 7 to 10 miles daily to lose a pound per week. One doesn’t have to hit the exact ration which is 80/20 to reduce, but it is important for one to focus majorly on eating less when trying to lose weight. An individual can lose weight without exercise but cannot lose weight if his/her nutrition counteracts his/her energy expenditure through exercise.

References

Berkowitz, K., & Bowman, A. (2013). The stubborn fat fix: Eat right to lose weight and cure metabolic burnout without hunger or exercise.

Danziger, L. S. (2012). The drop 10 diet: Add to your plate to lose the weight. New York: Ballantine Books.

Fenton, M. (2008). The complete guide to walking for health, weight loss, and fitness. Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press.

Watson, B & Jones, J. (2014). The skinny gut diet: Balance your digestive system for permanent weight loss.

Wolf, R. (2017). Wired to eat: Turn off cravings, rewire your appetite for weight loss, and determine the foods that work for you