Can you lose weight without being on a diet? Through exercise alone?

I'm working to lose 70 pounds or so.



I don't believe in diets. You should change your diet for good instead of going on temporary diets; they don't work anyway.



I'm a very healthy eater, besides the fact I don't snack. My parents tend to feed me junk food and such, but I don't like it personally.



Answer on Can you lose weight without being on a diet? Through exercise alone?



No, you'll only build muscle mass beneath the fat, making you gain weight. Working out doesn't transform the fat cells in the area you target to muscle cells with the wave of a magic wand. You burn fat when your blood sugar level is somewhere in the middle between high enough to make insulin turn it to fat and low enough to trigger cravings and fatigue. And the only way to do that is to eat a balance of protein and carbs. Doing that doesn't have to be a diet, just a little friendly advice from your food pyramid. Try eating a lot of eggs and other natural fats, and stay away from the processed sugar and chemicals. Protein has a hormone that counteracts insulin and burns fat, eating a carb along with it, a fruit or vegetable with every meal, stabilizes your blood sugar. Working out alone will take a lot longer. You'd have to burn all the energy you consume and then some.

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