So, you work off that donut you consumed before your morning work-out and think, "since I burned 300 cals, I can so totally eat whatever I want." Instead of keeping those calories off, you eat even more than you had before your workout. Suddenly, you've consumed all the calories back and don't realize it.
According to BodyScienceMedical, Experts say, "people tend to overestimate the amount of physical activity they get; they work out a little bit and treat themselves a lot."
People believe exercising for a mere hour will set them up for a whole day worth of eating unhealthy foods since they "worked out." However, if the person plans to lose weight, they won't consume that many calories thinking it's okay.
In addition, Dr. Michele Olson, professor of exercise physiology at Auburn University Montgomery, in Alabama, said it is difficult to shed pounds through exercise alone.
"One pound of fat has 3,500 calories," she explained. "If you ran a 26-mile marathon, where you burn about 100 calories per mile, you would burn 2600 calories, falling 900 calories short of burning one pound of fat," says HuffingtonPost.
The main goal is to maintain your weight lose. Don't pig out on junk food after an intense workout because then trouble emerges!
"Moderately intense exercise done in as few as 10-minute increments two to three times a day markedly reduces our risk of all causes of mortality, heart disease most effectively but all other causes, including cancers, deaths due to hypertension and strokes, etc.," she added.