In weight loss, what is more important, dieting or exercise?

Hi Deepa....
Both are important....my choice is exercise.....it is simply my preferred choice just because....i can burn whatever i eat otherway around is possible....i love eating and it is equally a pleasure for me....at this point of time let me give this example....
The Greatest swimmer of all time Micheal Phelp eats 8500+ calories in a day....what would hv happened if he is not working out.....can you able to imagine.....where is diet playing a role....it is the exercise that is very crutial.....
The next best example the entire world going through....lack of Physical activity/exercise which is missing making people obese.....it is better if i dnt even talk about it....more than enough is already said about it.....
Final verdict it is exercise and without diet one can still be fit not otherway round that is what i think and do.....all the very best for ur workout.....!!!

hi deepa and anil...
actually the term diet is extremely under estimated by the world today. every one relates this term to starving, and putting yourself into under nourishment. but this is absolutely wrong. DIET actually refers to eating healthy and nutritionally balanced diet.
people only see DIET as a provision of calories. but they forget its most important function that is provision of important nutrients which are required for the normal functioning of a person's body. many are aware of the importance of nutrients as their deficiency causes severe medical conditions (ex. calcium- rickets, osteoporosis,vit A- nigh blindness) if not these, problems like protein energy malnourishment is very severe in many communities even in india.

there are many cases where the person being excessively obese cannot indulge heavily in workouts as there may be some physical limitations due to the weight, such people mostly suffer from pain in bone joints,knees and heels or back pain
it is advisable in such cases to first lose weight with the help of a gud diet regime until they actually can involve themselves in physical exercises. and it will be unfair if you forget the role that DIET plays in weight loss for the physically challanged.

Talking of practicality, every other person in the world can not work out at a pace that respected mr. micheal phelp does. and even he would agree to the role of specific nutrients in increasing stamina and prolonging point of exhaution.

so i say diet and exercise are both equally important and they go hand in hand .. comparing between both is like chosing between your left eye and your right eye.

@Payal,
i completely agree with you...it makes an absolute sense....however between the two my first personal choice will be physical activity next is diet.

First of all cut the junk food, even if you are not working out!
Then analyse your weight, select the right diet plan and start walking! Once you get into that practice, you will see how you turn up! Best of luck,

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Thanks everyone for all the answers. I guess there are no shortcuts !!

Both are equally important and are two sides of the smae coin..

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hi deepa i think exercise is more effective then dieting.
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Hey.... I think diet and exercises goes hand in hand. Taking less calories in diet is as necessary as burning calories through exercises.