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>>depends how much exercise you get. I'd rather be able to eat relatively freely and exercise than eat lettuce all day.
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>To lose weight you either need to reduce your calorie intake and/or burn up more calories then you consume. The average male consumes/needs 2500 calories per day. Let's assume that is spread over 3 meals a day of roughly equal calorie portions of 800 calories each. If you run at say 7mph you will burn roughly +/-80 calories every 20 minutes or 240 calories in an hour. That’s a fair running speed. How many hours can the average person spend on that level of physical activity per day vs. just cutting out, or reducing by half, one meal of 800 calories? For the average person diet is by far the bigger issue (although not necessarily the easier one to tackle).
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>(Yes, I realize these are averages and include generalities but it is the general idea I am expressing.)


Next time I meet an average male I'll try and find out how much he eats.