For some context I really want to loose weight and get rid of some pre hrt male fat I still have, I currently only eat one meal a day but from my thinking since they all seem to have some level of surgar I’m actually gaining weight even though I’ve only eating once that day. I’m not really sure but I know exercise will help and gym membership seems semi cheap.
Exercise will not help you lose a significant amount of weight. It can help tone your body, but a single cheeseburger can completely undo all the calories you burned during an hours long workout. What worked for me is using a calorie tracking app to make sure I’m eating less than Im burning, instead of just guessing based on the number of meals.
Exercise speeds up your metabolism and then muscles require more calories to maintain, which makes your calorie defecit easier to reach. I will admit calorie counting is one method that works, that is great advice.
I really eat one small meal a day tbh, I just thought adding exsise on top of that would be s good idea
If you’re actually eating that little, you shouldn’t try to do anything that will make you lose weight faster. If you lose weight too fast it’s very unhealthy for your body, and when your motivation is tied to body dysphoria, it can also be very bad for you psychologically.
Depends how intense your workouts are. Very high intensity exercise for 1 hour could burn off enough calories to eat 3 extra basic McD cheeseburgers and still be a net positive. Of course most people physically aren’t capable of burning that level of calories for very long (the exception being people like Olympic swimmers).
But I feel like I tend to over-eat post-exercise because I think I mistake tiredness as “need to eat” since often that’s how I tell I need to eat. Idk for sure since I don’t generally exercise for the calorie reason, so I’m not keeping track of how many calories I burn vs eat. If I burn an extra 2000 calories, I’d probably feel like I’m over-eating even if I only ate an extra 1500 on top of a normal amount of eating.