Exercise may be the 'most potent medical intervention ever known'

Re:Exercise may be the 'most potent medical intervention eve... by deadbabe on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @11:58PM (#42571751)

Agreed. I’ve come to realize I don’t know anyone in my life who ever lost significant weight and actually kept it off permanently through exercise.

I go to the gym regularly and when I look around and see other women who have been working out for a long time, they are pretty much the same body shape I’ve always seen them.

Once you reach a new weight, that’s just your body’s new normal. I stress to people now that they should aim to never gain weight in the first place unless it’s muscle.

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Re:Exercise may be the 'most potent medical intervention eve... by ijidak on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:30AM (#42571942)

With GLP-1 doesn't this change the calculus?

It seems that it will be easier than ever to get back to a healthy weight.

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Re:Exercise may be the 'most potent medical intervention eve... by dragonwriter on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:38AM (#42571977)

> With GLP-1 doesn’t this change the calculus?

GLP-1 agonists are not exercise and thus using them would not change the calculus on how common it is to lose “significant weight and actually [keep] it off permanently through exercise.”

Nor does their availability change the validity of GP’s advice.

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Re:Exercise may be the 'most potent medical intervention eve... by ijidak on Thursday January 02, 2025 @03:18AM (#42572697)

Sorry, I was referring to this part:

> Once you reach a new weight, that’s just your body’s new normal.

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