If you eat less but do not exercise can you lose weight?

Answer 1

The answer, as with most diet related questions, is it depends.

Firstly, protein is one of the most well marketed products of all time. Much like alcohol, fat and carbohydrate, protein is an energy source that our body uses. By adding protein on top of your normal diet, you will in fact increase weight as you energy intake increases. Some people want weight gain, such as athletes or bodybuilders, and this may assist in this (anabolic state).

It can be used in weight loss, as it does increase satiety (the sensation of feeling full). By including a protein based food or supplement into your healthy eating plan may assist in weight loss, as long as you maintain and 'energy in less than energy out' routine (catabolic state).

Answer 2

The baseline plan behind weight loss is to burn more than you eat. However, most of that burning is done by your basal metabolism, what your body is using up at tickover.

While exercising is good, it's close to impossible to lose weight through exercise unless you've got your diet under control. A single muffin can take about one hour of dedicated work to use up.

Answer 3

yes.