[nemomarx]

a little regular exercise helps with weight loss, at least in anecdotal stuff. not that you can burn away a bad diet with exercise but the cardio and exertion help with the stress of dieting (lots of nice endorphins in a runners high!) and seem to aid metabolism a little.

doing a half hour at the gym 5 nights a week was like half of my weight loss routine basically.

[InitialLastName]

AIUI there are two other factors that are important with strength training and weight loss:

- Increased muscle mass raises your BMR, enabling the same weight loss rate at a higher caloric intake

- Strength training combats your body's tendency to burn muscle as well as fat when in a calorie deficit, focusing the weight loss on the body component you want to get rid of (the fat).