This confirms what I've thought for a long time, that one should make a difference between health and slimness. I'm convinced there are technically overweight but very healthy and fit people out there. Exercise for general health, but tweak your diet if you want weight loss...

So maybe it is a good thing that I am not able to exercise to the same intensity as other people. I don't find myself craving food after my workout but then I only walk at just barely 2 miles per hour and, judging by what the weights are set on when I get to a machine, the weights I use are not very impressive .

However, I have been losing weight on this regime (sp?), just not very rapidly. I do try to have a little protein as an after workout snack because I have heard that it is beneficial to muscle recovery.

I agree too. Personally, I have to get my food in line in order to maintain or lose.
....and exercise matters so much to good health and well being...

I read this on CNN a couple of days ago and I agree too. Way too many people undue their workout with overeating.

The only thing I don't like is that these types of articles don't emphasize that exercise is good for so many other health reasons other than just weight loss.

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Originally posted by GoingSkiing:
I just saw the author of this Time Magazine article interviewed on CNN...

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How does he look? Is he skinny?

A lot of people belive that you can as he puts it;
"[...]convert, [...] fat to muscle [...]" but that doesn't happen.
You can burn fat (& thus get smaller & weigh less) but it does not convert to muscle. You can not create more muscle. You are born with all the muscle you will ever have. You can increase their size and make them stronger but you will not grow new muscles.
I learned this from a very interesting series on the Discovery Channel called "The Human Body - Pushing the Limits" a couple of years ago. It covered sight, strength, sensation, and brain power. It is available on DVD.