[nitwit005]

If you exersize a lot, your body will ask for a lot more food. Your body does not want to starve, and using a bunch of calories without replacement leads to that result.

At some point you have to control your diet. But, if you can control your diet, the exersize clearly isn't a requirement.

[throwup238]

I find that’s only true for the first few months of training while you get the beginner gains. Running half an hour a day was by far the biggest contribution to my weightloss once I finished the couch to 5K program and my diet settled down. My body adapted relatively quickly to the new regime just like it did with my sedentary lifestyle but YMMV.

Once you can run frequently without gorging afterwards, the extra 300-500 calorie buffer makes dieting a million times easier.

(Lost 35 pounds in 2024, 90% of it during weeks in which I ran consistently)