Welcome to Fit Body Happy Joints. My name is Shannon. Today we're going to talk about exercises role on leanness or fat loss.

I get a lot of questions about weight loss like should I add more cardio is

evo enough exercise for weight loss how do I lose belly fat short answer it's

diet not exercise but I want to explain all of the research around this and exercises

potential contribution to fat loss, but it's probably not contributing to fat loss in the way you may think.

So my hope is to avoid contributing to diet culture's view on exercises punishment and as a way

to quote unquote shrink your body.

My hope is that this information will help give your brain evidence

to exercise for yourself instead of against yourself.

And I hope that it will help you carve a more clear path

towards your goals without as much frustration.

So in this episode, I'll present the research on exercise and exercise effect on metabolism

which it can ultimately aid in fat loss.

At the end of this episode I'll kind of summarize everything as I usually do and give you a practical plan

for yourself going forward. Before we get into this episode it's important to

address something. Being as lean as possible is not necessarily healthy or recommended.

And I need to acknowledge and understand that there may be many of you listening

who don't need to focus on leanness at all. Maybe you focus on building muscle or

maybe you focus on overall keeping your heart healthy and all those things but

maybe leanness doesn't need to be a focus.

There's a state called low energy availability, L.E.A.

which affects those who are very active but they're not eating enough.

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