Busting A Myth — Daily Exercise To Lose Weight

Is it REALLY worth the effort?

Mrinal Walia
4 min readSep 5, 2022

My girlfriend and I were talking with a friend of ours a few days ago when the subject of weight loss and physical fitness came up. She desired to know “the secret” of our weight loss. You see, I would say that we’re among “the grads” mentioned at 60 in 3. We have managed to get our weight too much “healthier” levels. We continue to gain knowledge about healthy eating and weight loss but also have the opportunity to focus more on the fitness and prevention side of health. I started my journey with the idea that I could use daily exercise to lose weight and moved forward from there.

The following outlines our discussion.

The secret to weight loss

So, our friend wanted to know what we were doing differently. She knew that I had taken up running to lose weight in 2019, and the assumption was that running was responsible for my weight loss. I’ve dropped 62 pounds during my journey and 76 from my peak weight. She also knew that my girlfriend was teaching yoga, so it seemed logical that exercise was the key. That, of course, is what I thought — back before I started this whole adventure. I think the answer surprised her…

Step 1. Acknowledging My Weakness

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Mrinal Walia

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