Doing exercise, even just walking or (slow) cycling will itself not burn that much calories, breathing will only be twice as fast, so not much energy is being burned. What it does do is turn on the burning of fat, very slowly. During exercise I do eat to keep my glucose blood level up. The burning of fat goes very slowly, what came on in years time will not burn in half an hour. It can last a few days, at least, if I make sure to not have a high glucose blood level. So after exercise I prefer to eat a bit of fatty foods (salmon, peanuts) and proteines (cooked eggs) and fiber. Not too much, just a bit, and I feel my body doesn't ask for more food. If I do cause a glucose high, my body will stop burning fat and ask for more fast energy by feeling hungry again.
I do understand not every body works the same, but this works for me in dropping weight. Doing exercise and not eating much for a few days. I am sure exercise has other benefits that are more indirect and less visible, but since the aim is losing weight, this is my direct way of dealing with it.
Professional athletes do this the other way around. They don't want burning of fat, they are sharp as a knife already. So after sports, they eat a huge bowl of pasta, or something similar, to stop that burning of fat immediately.
Doing exercise, even just walking or (slow) cycling will itself not burn that much calories, breathing will only be twice as fast, so not much energy is being burned. What it does do is turn on the burning of fat, very slowly. During exercise I do eat to keep my glucose blood level up. The burning of fat goes very slowly, what came on in years time will not burn in half an hour. It can last a few days, at least, if I make sure to not have a high glucose blood level. So after exercise I prefer to eat a bit of fatty foods (salmon, peanuts) and proteines (cooked eggs) and fiber. Not too much, just a bit, and I feel my body doesn't ask for more food. If I do cause a glucose high, my body will stop burning fat and ask for more fast energy by feeling hungry again.
I do understand not every body works the same, but this works for me in dropping weight. Doing exercise and not eating much for a few days. I am sure exercise has other benefits that are more indirect and less visible, but since the aim is losing weight, this is my direct way of dealing with it.
Professional athletes do this the other way around. They don't want burning of fat, they are sharp as a knife already. So after sports, they eat a huge bowl of pasta, or something similar, to stop that burning of fat immediately.