Dr Priti Nanda SibalFounder - Functional medicine clinic

Exercising but not loosing weight🤔? Know why.

Name: Exercising but not loosing weight🤔? Know why.
Uploaded: 2020-07-07T00:30:01+00:00
Duration: 1 min 11 s
Channel: Dr Priti Nanda Sibal
Description: In this short monologue, Dr. Priti Nanda Sibal debunks the common myth that exercising alone leads to weight loss. She emphasizes that roughly 80% of…

7 Jul 2020 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Dr. Priti Nanda Sibal debunks the common myth that exercising alone leads to weight loss. She emphasizes that roughly 80% of weight management is determined by what we eat, while only about 20% comes from physical activity. Using the rapid growth of gyms in India as a counter‑example, she argues that if exercise were the primary driver, obesity rates would have dropped dramatically. She urges viewers to focus on dietary choices—what they put on their plates and how much they consume—alongside moderate activity, to achieve a healthier, “obese‑free” India.

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I want to talk to you today about a very, very big myth. I am exercising, but I'm not losing weight. I have started going to the gym. I am not able to walk because I have a twisted ankle, and that is the reason my weight is not, you know, decreasing. Have you heard this before? Do you ever think like this? If yes, I want to tell you that you are wrong. Science behind this says that 80% of your weight is about what you put on your plate, and it is just 20% which is exercise. And to prove this, we all are testimony to it. If exercise was the only thing which we had to do for weight loss, in the last few years since gyms have been mushrooming, India would have become less obese than more. And you know the answer. From today, please be cautious about what you put on the plate, in addition to how much you walk, and if you walk and talk together. Whatever the case, remember, 80% is what you put from your plate into your mouth and then digest it or not. Happy times, obese-free India.