So today I received a not-so-common question.  Janice is asking, "Can you lose weight by cutting calories and not exercising?"

The simple answer is, Yes.  By consuming less calories, you will eventually start using some of the stored fat and that will gradually reduce your weight, particularly when all you are trying to do is to lose a few pounds. 

However, most fitness experts recommend that weight loss should be accomplished through a combination of diet and exercise.  This is why.  One, when you do both, you lose weight faster.  With reduced calories alone, you will take forever.  So if you have a lot of weight to lose, you will need to do both.  Secondly, exercise also keeps your body more toned as you lose the fat - otherwise, sagging will occur.

But if all you can do is to cut back on eating and you do not really enjoy excercising, then eating less is definitely a great choice.

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