When people increase their physical activity beyond a certain point, their total daily energy burn stops increasing because the body reduces other movements and metabolic processes, making additional exercise less effective for losing weight.

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Increasing Energy Flux to Maintain Diet-Induced Weight Loss

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2019 Oct 21

When you exercise a lot, your body sometimes slows down other movements and processes to save energy, so you don’t burn much more overall — but doing a moderate amount of exercise still helps you keep off weight by helping you feel less hungry.

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Increasing Energy Flux to Maintain Diet-Induced Weight Loss

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DOI: 10.3390/nu11102533

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After losing weight through dieting, keeping the weight off typically requires higher levels of physical activity because the body naturally reduces energy use and increases hunger, making it difficult to maintain weight loss by eating less alone.

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