While that's not exactly what this article is saying, it is consistent. Basically, if you decrease your exercise, you'll gain weight. If you then increase your exercise, you don not lose the same amount, you lose less. So, it's easier to keep it off, rather than take it off. Once again, research confirming what we already knew!
Interestingly, the article also discusses the minimum distances necessary for "substantial weight loss." While this term wasn't defined, I would imagine they are talking about more than a pound or two. Further, they only address running, not other forms of exercise. I figured women would likely require more distance per week than men (given body fat percentages), but I didn't realize the gap was so large: men require at least 15.5 miles, while women require almost double - 29.8 miles (per week).
Having been a runner for years, I can attest that 30 miles per week is significant running. Maybe not for a serious distance runner, but that's more than most people (male or female) are willing to do simply to "get in shape." If you run five times per week, you're talking about six miles per outing - a lot of running. What is not said, however, is how much exercise is required to maintain a certain weight, once you have lost it with both exercise and diet. I would guess, however, you'd need to run less than thirty miles per week to maintain, as long as one wasn't gorging (like, say, me yesterday during th Superbowl).
While that's not exactly what this article is saying, it is consistent. Basically, if you decrease your exercise, you'll gain weight. If you then increase your exercise, you don not lose the same amount, you lose less. So, it's easier to keep it off, rather than take it off. Once again, research confirming what we already knew!
Interestingly, the article also discusses the minimum distances necessary for "substantial weight loss." While this term wasn't defined, I would imagine they are talking about more than a pound or two. Further, they only address running, not other forms of exercise. I figured women would likely require more distance per week than men (given body fat percentages), but I didn't realize the gap was so large: men require at least 15.5 miles, while women require almost double - 29.8 miles (per week).
Having been a runner for years, I can attest that 30 miles per week is significant running. Maybe not for a serious distance runner, but that's more than most people (male or female) are willing to do simply to "get in shape." If you run five times per week, you're talking about six miles per outing - a lot of running. What is not said, however, is how much exercise is required to maintain a certain weight, once you have lost it with both exercise and diet. I would guess, however, you'd need to run less than thirty miles per week to maintain, as long as one wasn't gorging (like, say, me yesterday during th Superbowl).