Participating in regular exercise can help burn calories, boost weight loss, and offer other important metabolic benefits. Metabolic benefits refer to how your body converts the foods you eat into energy.

Can you lose weight by just working out?

Exercise while ignoring your diet just isn't a good weight loss strategy, says exercise physiologist Katie Lawton, MEd. “To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume or eat fewer calories than your body uses each day,” says Lawton. “If you don't have a caloric deficit, you will not lose weight.”

Is working out 30 minutes a day enough to lose weight?

Aug. 24, 2012 -- Thirty minutes of exercise a day may be the magic number to lose weight. A new study shows 30 minutes of exercise a day works just as well as an hour in helping overweight adults lose weight.