Slim Vegetarian: Re: [Vegetarianslimming] Re: Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin- article from TIME

Agreed Cassie! I have recently taken up riding my bicycle around town instead of the bus. It takes less time and isn't nearly as hard as I had been thinking it would be. Just took me to get up and out there a couple times to realize. And yes, the mental benefits are great! :-)

Cindi

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Cassie Dixon <roxy87cabriolet@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Cassie Dixon <roxy87cabriolet@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Vegetarianslimming] Re: Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin- article from TIME
To: "Vegetarianslimming@yahoogroups.com" <Vegetarianslimming@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 4:54 AM

Along with the mental health benefits you recieve from excersize and increased heart rate. I am going to keep it up, too!

Cassie

"life's a garden, dig it!"

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On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:21 AM, bantrymoon <bantrymoon@comcast. net> wrote:

The article was interesting, but it's got a tone that we all need to be

careful about. It's easy to read something like that and take away the

message that exercise is useless. That's the kind of whiz-bang headline

that sells magazines. But all it's saying is that exercise in a gym

isn't a panacea for weight loss, not that we don't have to do any

physical activity.

It would be a foolish thing to assume that an hour in a gym counteracts

overeating. We know that if we eat more calories than we burn, we gain

weight. It would be a mistake, though, simply to throw up our hands and

avoid it altogether. Exercise does help burn calories, it just isn't

enough all by itself.

Without exercise, losing weight would be a lot harder for me. I work out

5 days a week, running for 40 minutes and lifting weights for 20. In

Weight Watchers, that counts for 6 points I can add on the days I

exercise. I'm allowed 20 points without exercise. Obviously what I eat

is the major part of the program, and that extra 6 points isn't

insignificant. But it's just 6 points, not the whole nine yards.

Exercise is vital for good health as well as an important factor in

maintaining a healthy weight. I plan to keep on doing it!

Cheers,

Trish

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