Can help tone the body. Can help turn some fat into muscle. Exercise makes you tired. Exercise increases your appetite. The immediate effect of exercise is a decrease in appetite.
Exercise is boring.
With proper exercise people can increase muscle tone in certain areas and can speed along the general loss of fat. This helps the overall appearance but not necessarily in specific areas. You have to have athletic ability to get the most out of an exercise program. A complicated program of sophisticated athletic activities is unnecessary for a recovery lifestyle. Simply walking a half hour to hour a day during time when you normally would have been sedentary is enough exercise to provide balance in your life.