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What if exercising to burn calories is actually keeping you stuck?

In this episode of Body Like You, we’re rethinking fat loss, calorie burn, exercise, and mindset. If you’ve ever started a workout plan hoping it would finally make fat loss happen faster, this conversation will help you understand why exercise alone is a terrible way to lose body fat and why chasing calories burned can damage your relationship with your body.

You’ll learn why fat loss ultimately depends on energy balance and a calorie deficit, but also why the advice to “eat less and move more” is far too simplistic. We’ll talk about total daily energy expenditure, why exercise only makes up a small percentage of daily calorie burn, and how your metabolism adapts when you increase activity.

Most importantly, this episode explores the mindset trap of treating exercise as a transaction: “I worked out, so I earned food,” or “I burned calories, so my body owes me weight loss.” That approach often leads to frustration, body resentment, overexercise, and giving up.

You'll hear how to separate exercise from punishment, calorie debt, and body dissatisfaction and begin seeing movement as a way to build strength, vitality, body trust, and positive body image.