It seams a really interesting deck . Gonna try it . <| sep |> I ' m not sure where you ' re pulling this 9010 split in favor of dieting from , but its definitely bs . Its used a lot in conjunction with dieting because running for 45 mins ~ 100 calories burned . So if you run everyday for 45 mins , you will burn an extra 700 calories a week . Awesome . That ' s like 15 th of an lbs week . Where as if you cut your diet from 3 , 000 calories a day , to 2 , 500 calories a day you will lose 1 lbs a week . At the same time . Its very hard to keep yourself at an exact calorie amount , so if you run for 45 mins , then eat a little extra you basically negate all of your running . With cutting calories , eating the same amount extra would be a negligible difference . As such , Eating the same exercise will always be significantly less effective than just cutting calories period . Especially since you cannot expect someone to just start working out for 2 hours a day in order to lose any meaningful amount of weight over the short term .