Exactly. Well said. One thing to add, though - the purpose of exercise is to
prevent muscle degeneration, and stop muscle wasting along with regaining
lost muscle. Every pound regained requires up to 50 calories per day simply
to maintain itself. Since the average 70 year old has lost 30-35 pounds of
muscle, assuming regaining 30 lbs of muscle would result in 1500 calories
daily to maintain it. If someone's lost that much muscle, no doubt their
hormones are in a big mess, too.

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P.S. One other note to the group, everyone here needs to read Taubes'  
article on exercise.  Again, he's got it half right.  But the half I  
really like is that if you're exercising to lose weight, you are by  
and large wasting your time.  The purpose of exercise is to improve  
functional capability and decidedly *not* to burn calories.  Calories  
will take care of themselves if you eat right, the best example being  
a ketogenic paleo diet.  Anyway, here's a link to the article: http:// 
nymag.com/news/sports/38001/