Hah ! I was in love with a gorgeous redhead who was a majorette in a big college marching band . We partied together , got high together , I helped her pass her math courses , she cooked meals for me , etc . But I never even got a kiss , and she dated other guys . All these years later , I see how lucky I was , because in reality , she was a top rate bitch . <| sep |> No , but I only have so much patience for wading through cherrypicked shit that has little to nothing to do with the topic at hand . The bulk of evidence is in favor of exercise having a positive impact in influencing weight loss . Add in dietary alterations and that positive impact becomes much bigger . Replace cardio exercise with weight lifting . you ' ll lose weight even faster . This isn ' t difficult . It ' s stuff you learn in high school biology class . You ' re being shanghai ' d by a shyster and your own confirmation bias you ' re being blinded by your desire to keep this idea as a truth when the bulk of evidence doesn ' t follow your line of thought .