Some people say living healthy is easy while others say it is the hardest thing they have ever done in their lives. Whatever side you agree with, one thing is for sure. Living healthy is better than living unhealthy. While this is true, what if your fitness coach told you that you had to choose between diet or exercise? Which one would you choose to lose the weight? Although you would want to choose the easiest way, it is better to choose the healthiest way or the more important way. Keep reading to learn which one is better for weight loss than the other one.

1 – Dieting: Which One is the Best?

When you start your diet, you probably think you should choose which diet is best; low calories, low fats, or low carbs. Which one is the king here? The answer is none of them because if done right, they all three can bring some great results. It really depends on the individual and how they go about their diet. It truly depends on how much they eat and if they eat smaller portions every day or if they eat healthier food every day.

2 – Exercise: Is it Effective Alone?

According to a research study that was done on exercise alone, without cutting calories, fat, or carbs, it was found that exercising without changing your diet is not as effective as just changing your diet.

3 – Exercising and Diet: Should You Do Both?

Now, let’s decide on whether you should include changing your diet with exercise and see how effective doing both together is. According to another research study that was done, it suggests that doing both together isn’t as effective as just diet alone. The reason for this is because people are terrible at calculating calories in versus calories burned. This was found during the research study when people were asked to go to the gym and do some exercises. They were then asked to go to a buffet and eat the same number of calories they just burned. What they did was ate two to three times as much food as the calories they burned in the gym. Because of this, they didn’t lose the weight they should have since they didn’t calculate calories burned versus calories taken in the way they should have to lose the weight they could have and should have lost.

So, what did we get with this information? Changing your diet is better for weight loss than exercising is. Although, this may be true, according to the research studies that were done to find this answer, this doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t also exercise while dieting to achieve our weight loss goals. Think of it this way, which makes you happier and releases more endorphins making your happier? Going to the gym and exercising or cooking in the kitchen and counting calories? Going to the gym does because physical activity is what causes the brain to release the endorphins to make us happier. This just means that by adding exercise to our changes in diet will make it easier to change our diets.

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