Because of this common diet rule, millions of people to equate physical activity with punishment for eating. No wonder so many people either hate to exercise or use exercise to earn the right to eat. While it’s true that your weight is determined by your overall calories in versus your calories out, exercise is beneficial whether you’re trying to lose weight or not. So burn those calorie burning charts and ignore the display on the treadmill! Instead of using exercise to pay penance, focus on how great you feel, how much more energy you have, how much better you sleep and how much healthier you”re becoming. In the long run, you’re more likely to stay physically active because it feels good than because you’re forced to.On Friday, Oct. 5th I’ll be on “In the Loop with iVillage” live from Chicago at 12-1pm Eastern. You can watch online at http://intheloop.ivillage.com/?ivNPA=1&sky=ggl|ivillage|lv|.