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Fat people should not be running anyway. First, it's ineffective for weight loss, second, your extra body mass puts stress on your joints, resulting in injuries. To lose weight you need a diet, not exercise. And if you want to exercise anyway you should ride a bike, not run.

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I am using the concept from the article to provide a counterexample. This isn't a conversation about how to lose weight, but about when to be "optimistic" ie apply yourself to the problem rather than giving up.

Being fat is a problem with caloric intake, not caloric usage.

I've found every time that I wanted to lose weight I needed to get my eating in order. That gave me more energy to work out, which of course helped even more.

But it starts with eating less.

Whenever I focused on just working out, I found I would just eat more and still have a caloric surplus. It never worked as a way to lose weight as I wasn't addressing the root of the problem, overeating.

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