What’s the first thing everyone does when they set out to lose weight? Join the gym.

That might be an important symbolic gesture. And it’s certainly good for other reasons. But it’s probably not going to help you lose a lot of weight, despite what most of us think. That message is starting to get out there, thanks, in part, to internet advice suggesting we put less stock in exercise to lose weight. Or, as the clickbait headlines put it, “Stop exercising to lose weight.”

The headlines might be misleading (we’ll get to that), but they are getting more people to face a certain reality: We burn way fewer calories than we think we do, even with a rigorous workout.

Read the entire article over at The Star.