You need to both, they go hand in hand if you want optimal health and weight loss. And it’s like they say, you need to balance what goes in with what goes out. Which is easier said then done

it is simple because if you want to lose weight then you have to burnoff more energy than you take in. this does get harder to do as you get older and that’s why we gain weight.

Great article. Good information and you are what you eat.

yep food is just fuel for the machine!

Sounds simple enough when you put it like that.

Good tips thank you for the info definitely trying

sometime it would be great tot have a fairy that follows you round to tell you what works and what does not

Good article. Yes, it’s always been accepted that exercise was key, thus diet wasn’t as important. I’m glad we’re becoming more aware in society that our diet needs to be the focus.

Great article – thank you for sharing

Great read. Thankyou, now bring on the good weather so u can do both

I have 14kg that Id like to lose but I seem stuck and its just not moving…im becoming very frustrated.

True. Input less output equals results, either positive or negative.

I currently have been cutting back my portion sizes and watching what I eat. and have gradually lost 22 kilos.

Great read gave me a few things to think about thank you

Neither diet nor exercise is important. Diet is about restricting food intake; your body will fight that to its end. With exercise it is written; body training is of little profit. That’s the truth, take little time off; you will lose muscle mass much fast than gain it. Why? Your second brain, the stomach organs, only has one task; survival. It’s the first brain, in the head, that decides how well it survives. Enough being philosophical, now practical. Captain Common Sense says diet is this: “Eat More, Not Less!” Eat more varied food stuff that is closest to its original form FIRST! Then eat the rest after. Or another way to look, eat anything that breaks down to sugar, including bread and grain based foods LAST. Exercise, only to tone, strengthen and lengthen. Your body weight exercise is more than enough and the best part is, the better you get, the lighter the weight is. Try that at a gym.

I except your point of view and thank you for the article. BUT do feel that both are equally important.

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  • • jenniw replied
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  I totally agree – I don;t think you can do one without the other.

The concept is simple but I find that putting it into practice can be a lot harder. For example, I have a headache today and I will probably opt for something easy to eat and might not end up getting any exercise. Therefore balancing my input and output when I don’t have the energy to make sound food decisions becomes a challenge.

Both are very important, if you want to stay healthy and keep on the right track definitely both are important.

They are both nearly equal in some areas however usually it is 80% nutrition 20% movement there is no point exercising your body to exhaustion if you don’t give it good fuel to keep it going.

Thank you for the tips, they’re great

Thanks =) good tips im starting my new clean eating next week =) and gym when kids go back to school