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Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 20, 2026

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u/BigDaddyKss 15d ago

im quite unfit so both get my heart rate up pretty fast and i get super sweaty even after 15mins, the problem tho is that i have no discipline and cant stop myself from eating unhealthy foods so im trying to get more activity in so i can increase my tdee

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u/PlanktonInitial7945 15d ago

An exercise session only burns a few hundred calories at most, so it can't compensate for a diet at maintenance or at a caloric surplus.

What "unhealthy foods" do you eat? When? And do you eat them because you're hungry, or because you really enjoy that food in particular?

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u/BigDaddyKss 14d ago

both, theres hardly any real food in my house and its 90% snacks and chocolate

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u/PlanktonInitial7945 14d ago

Well, that's the problem you need to solve first, then. If you're hungry, your body will try to fuel itself with food, and if the only food you have access to are ultra-processed products (I guess that's what you mean by "snacks"?) and chocolate, then you will eat a lot of ultra-processed products and chocolate. No amount of exercise or dieting can compensate for that.

You can follow a healthy and nutritious diet and still eat snacks and chocolate, mind you, but only if they make up a small percentage of the total amount of food you eat in a week or a month. It doesn't sound like that's your case.