• Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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    4 hours ago

    You burn 73 calories by running less than 10 minutes.
    A 30 minute jog burns over 300.
    Do that twice a week and it amounts to a body weight difference of 90 lbs. (300000 calories) over 10 years with the same diet.
    A healthy weight isn’t something you achieve quickly and then you’re done and can go back to your old “normal” lifestyle.

    The human body is kinda magical. If you live an active life, take the stairs, exercise, commute by bicycle, and walk a lot, it’ll change to become better at being active over time.
    If you sit on your ass all day and eat a lot, it’ll optimize itself for sitting on its ass and eating a lot.
    So your body does its best to adjust to what you want to do.

    (Of course there are medical exceptions where that doesn’t work right, too. And the prevailing culture and car-centric infrastructure in the US doesn’t make it exactly easy to be active in your daily life.)