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by carteazy 537 days ago
While that is a logical assumption, it’s not actually true. [1]

If you intake X calories, your body will use them to provide you energy for exercise. If you don’t exercise, you won’t always just turn it into fat - your body will find another find other uses of the calories such as producing stress hormones.

Exercise is important but will not make you lose weight alone.

[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5556592/