I sort of favor the more exercise, more food approach.  This is partly
because I want to build strength (since I compete in weightlifting)
and partly because I think our bodies were meant to be used more than
most of us use them, and that more exercise -- up to some point,
anyway -- is good for them.  I don't know just where that point is,
and I'm sure it's different for different people.  Surely, though, 6
hours of physical activity a week is not a lot, if most of the rest of
one's time is spent at a desk, driving a car, and relaxing at home.
Many of us have lifestyles that do not offer a lot of opportunities to
be active, so we go to the gym instead.  (I wonder if we have anyone
here on asd who earns his/her living performing physical labor.  I
expect fewer such folks have problems with overweight.)

It seems you're rather putting a negative slant on things to suggest
that "more exercise, more food" is compensating for overeating with
exercise.  That's not necessarily any more accurate than saying that
it's compensating for overexercising with food.  It's just that the
two things need to be in the right balance.  

In the whole course of losing 117 lbs. (well, 119 at the moment, but I
want to gain a couple of pounds back) over 2 years, I've never viewed
exercise as some sort of justification or penance for overeating, nor
even as a way of burning calories.  I just view it as part of my
overall commitment to a healthy and fit lifestyle.  I did a lot of
weightlifting long before I ever undertook the weightloss journey.
Now I'm doing a reasonable amount of cardio, but it's because I'm
enjoying the challenge of trying to turn myself into a bit of a
runner, and seeing what level of cardio fitness I can achieve.  And
I'm taking long lunchtime walks because it seems to be good for my
soul to get out into the outdoors and away from the office for a
while.  (And it's good for my friend Ted, who walks with me and needs
the exercise :-) .)

Chris
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