Does jogging on the spot make you lose calories?

The key to weight loss is to use up more energy during the day than what you get from eating during the day.

This leave you with basically three options:

- eat less/healthier

- exercise more

- or a bit of both

Now, the big thing to realize is that putting the energy in (=eating) is so much faster than using the energy up (= exercising).

If you're overeating, it's pretty much impossible to exercise hard enough and long enough to lose any weight through exercise alone.

Something like a cupcake might take 5 minutes to finish, and it'll take ONE HOUR to burn off.

So you see you really need to start by controlling what you eat.

Once you've managed that, then exercise can certainly help.

But jogging on the spot is a so-so-choice.

First, it won't be a very good burn, maybe 400 cals/hour tops.

Secondly, it'll be dead boring. Sticking with it long enough to burn any important amount of calories/energy will be a real challenge.