Sweat......Lots of sweat......Good or bad for weight loss?

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  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    When fat is lost, it is mostly exhaled as carbon dioxide (84%), with the remainder (16%) being excreted as water.

    Hubby sweats streams, me barely at all.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Sweat a lot! I just like to feel gross for the last few minutes and right afterwards so that I will enjoy that shower even more! I sweat a ton on cardio days! When I lift weights I sweat some ..

    Anywho, it depends on the person, the temperature (outside and inside your body) and what type of "work" you are doing.. It does not matter if you sweat or not!

  • luv_lea
    luv_lea Posts: 1,094 Member
    I don't know for sure, but I DO know that's it's horrible for my eczema. :neutral_face:
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    How much you appear to sweat is in large part genetic.

    I sweat a ton, especially from the head. It's great for getting a sense of how hard I am working out--terrible for social dancing.

    I know that I am getting a great workout when I start sweating from the elbows and ankles.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    If all I had to do was sweat I'd just crank up the heat...
  • jlahorn
    jlahorn Posts: 377 Member
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    i know yoga burns a lot of calories

    Unfortunately, it does not. Even "power yoga" burns fewer calories than a 3.5 mph walk. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/weight-loss/in-depth/exercise/art-20050999?pg=2

  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    If all I had to do was sweat I'd just crank up the heat...

    lol. thanks for that.

    i barely sweat and when I do its just the back of my neck. I still get a great work out....I just don;t really sweat.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    jlahorn wrote: »
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    i know yoga burns a lot of calories

    Unfortunately, it does not. Even "power yoga" burns fewer calories than a 3.5 mph walk. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/weight-loss/in-depth/exercise/art-20050999?pg=2

    learn something new every day! I thought it burned a fair amount!
  • cskone38
    cskone38 Posts: 50 Member
    gia07 wrote: »
    Sweat a lot! I just like to feel gross for the last few minutes and right afterwards so that I will enjoy that shower even more! I sweat a ton on cardio days! When I lift weights I sweat some ..

    Anywho, it depends on the person, the temperature (outside and inside your body) and what type of "work" you are doing.. It does not matter if you sweat or not!

    Really now?
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    cskone38 wrote: »
    gia07 wrote: »
    Sweat a lot! I just like to feel gross for the last few minutes and right afterwards so that I will enjoy that shower even more! I sweat a ton on cardio days! When I lift weights I sweat some ..

    Anywho, it depends on the person, the temperature (outside and inside your body) and what type of "work" you are doing.. It does not matter if you sweat or not!

    Really now?

    yes, really.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    I sweat much, much more as a slimmer, fitter person that I ever did before. I'm not losing weight now.
    Sweat is a cooling mechanism, and the amount you sweat working very hard may be the amount another person sweats carrying the shopping in from the car. I don't it's much of an indication of effort or 'fat burning'.
  • Roxiegirl2008
    Roxiegirl2008 Posts: 756 Member
    I am a sweat hog. I mean so much so my trainer calls my sweat drips "little rivers of awesomeness" haa! I sometimes wish I didn't sweat as much as I do. Like no matter the temp outside I will always have lots of salt deposit (or whatever it is) all over my face after a run. Thankfully they make travel pack of baby wipes for my face.

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