Simplest approach to weight loss?

[threeprong]

Here's some math.....

Let's say your friend is 220lbs and wants to lose 20lbs of mostly body fat.

He must exercise so that he burns 9 calories to lose 1 gram of fat.

So he wants to burn 9071 grams of body fat... that's 81, 739 calories of exercise.

A "good" workout on an elliptical for 30 minutes will burn 350-450 calories.

If he combines this type of workout with an calorie deficit of -500 per day....

He'll lose the weight in a couple of months.


If he starts running or jogging, combined with a calorie-deficit diet he'll lose the weight in 30 days or so.



It is math.