&gt; The calories burned while exercising are minuscule compared to food intake.<p>Not at all true; since I&#x27;ve started tracking my burn rate, my high-exercise days are about 50% higher than my low-exercise days (at not even at the extreme ends of either; high extreme is about 100% higher than the low extreme.)<p>&gt; Being overweight is primarily an eating issue, not an exercise issue.<p>Being overweight (at least, insofar as its a particular health concern, which is mostly about <i>body fat</i> rather than <i>weight</i>) is a complicated issue that varies between individuals and can involve lifestyle -- particularly both eating <i>and</i> exercise -- and other health conditions. The most valuable intervention -- whether its dietary changes, exercise changes, medication, surgical intervention, or otherwise -- may be different for different people.<p>&gt; Daily recommended calorie intake averages ~2000 calories.<p>That&#x27;s the standard used for the bases for percentages of daily recommended intake of various nutrients in FDA-mandated labels, for a variety of reasons [0], but its not actually the average recommendation for maintenance intake. [1]<p>&gt; I was going over that by ~1000 per day before adjusting my habits, and I don&#x27;t think I was unusual.<p>So, you were eating about maintenance level for a young adult male, but probably living a sedentary lifestyle. Either increasing activity to an active lifestyle or reducing eating could correct that.<p>&gt; You cannot outrun the fork.<p>Repeating that multiple times doesn&#x27;t make it true.<p>&gt; I&#x27;ve lost over 60 pounds in the last year by changing my eating habits.<p>And after stabilizing my weight by altering my eating habits, I lost over 60 pounds in a year by altering my exercise habits (a combination of twice-weekly 1-hour gym workouts and something like 15 hours a week of dance class&#x2F;parties&#x2F;practice.)<p>&gt; I started doing regular Freeletics (like CrossFit) 8 weeks ago, and actually stopped losing weight.<p>If you didn&#x27;t ramp up your eating, the most likely reason is because you&#x27;ve been gaining lean body mass at the expense of body fat. That&#x27;s at least as good as just losing body fat (and better than losing weight if it <i>isn&#x27;t</i> body fat that is being lost.)<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;health&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2011&#x2F;08&#x2F;why-does-the-fda-recommend-2-000-calories-per-day&#x2F;243092&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;health&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2011&#x2F;08&#x2F;why-does-t...</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.webmd.com&#x2F;diet&#x2F;estimated-calorie-requirement" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.webmd.com&#x2F;diet&#x2F;estimated-calorie-requirement</a>