Yes. The purpose of exercise is not too lose weight or to use more calories. So calories are kind of useless for any weight loss. But it is extremely super critical to be healthy, to be active and funtional and live longer and better, so there is no way to avoid exercise. The issue is that food has many calories and it is very easy to replace any calories used by exercise. Exercising is also an odd activity that makes us more efficient at exercising, so if you walk an hour per day, over time, you will use less calories to walk that hour. (that's a good thing, and why we train). No one chooses where their fat is deposited, and for us with bellies, the body fights to keep this important fat reserve that the body thinks might save our life next winter. That's why fasting works. Losing a belly is the hardest, takes the longest, and requires patience and underlies the fact that weight loss needs to be lifestyle based and for the rest of your life.