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For other readers: disregard the FUD above regarding running and exercising. Exercising generally curbs hunger, boosts mood and helps solidify adherence to good eating habits. It won't fuck up your joints if you very gradually increase your total exercising volume. For instance, start alternatively walking and running for half an hour three times a week (never getting winded in the process, stop running and start walking every time you start breathing hard), and from there add ten minutes of exercise per week. You'll do fine.

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I find that exercise increases my hunger. I exercise quite a bit (5-8 hours per week) and it makes me eat more, not less. And I find that I need to channel this into food that meets my macros rather than junk, but if I don’t plan, I’ll end up with empty calories.

It surprises me to hear that people don’t get hungry when exercising and how energy expenditure curbs hunger for some people. I wish it worked like this for me.

I'm in the same boat in that I get hungry when I exercise, however I also seem to crave healthier foods when I do. For whatever reason, that protein + salad that wouldn't satisfy me prior to excercising perfectly hits the spot when I do. I have to guess there's a whole lot of biological signals + psychology happening there.

It is my opinion not FUD, I clearly mean well, and you read a lot of non existent negativity into my post and didn't understand the points made as written - the overall guiding principle should be whatever works for a particular individual.

> It won't fuck up your joints if you very gradually increase your total exercising volume.

Congratulations on more or less paraphrasing my point.

Somebody who is a couch potato who takes Nike commercials overly seriously is not unlikely to push too hard and injure themselves - extremely common for beginners. We are saying the same thing. Ease into it.

By developing the walking habit first you've also carved out time for such things, the most important thing is consistency.

Even minimal but consistent effort is better than going for a few runs here and there and not forming a routine around it.

I don't doubt you mean well, but you still spread FUD, right off the bat. And went on to give ok advice, I'll give you that, but still. You start off with "running/exercising is inefficient and will fuck up your joints", I'm saying do a run-walk-run and know that exercise helps adherence to a good diet. What do you think is the better advice?

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