Additionally, activity tends to diminish appetite in obese individuals while increasing the body's ability to preferentially metabolize fat as an energy source. After Weight Loss in Women. J. Clinical Nutrition. Exercising will not guarantee maintaining weight loss but it does help. Exercise can be divided into anaerobic and aerobic types.
Anaerobic exercises use large groups of muscles very strenuously for short periods of time.
Weight lifting is an example of anaerobic exercise. Anaerobic exercise does not burn a lot of calories, however, it results in increased muscle mass. Increasing muscle mass increases resting metabolic rate, or the number of calories you use while in a resting state. The resting metabolic rate is an important component of the total number of calories required per day to maintain body weight. If your resting metabolic rate increases, you can consume more calories and continue to maintain your weight.