Exercise doesn't help you lose weight...say what?
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^ That's awesome! Nice job! I'd like to drop 15-20lbs myself. Going to try revamping my diet a bit and see what happens. I take walks at night and lift weights 2-3 times a week but I'm not really looking to go to the gym and run on a treadmill for 60 minutes.1
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It's about creating a deficit. How people accomplish that is individual. I see a lot of people say it is easier to eat less but that isn't true for everyone. For some it's easier to keep eating the same and increase activity.1
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Anyone here lose serious weight with changes in diet only and little to no exercise?
I hate commenting on zombie threads, especially one like this that should die, but since I actually read through the whole thing I'll respond...
Yes, I've lost over 130lbs with almost no exercise. About four months into the diet, I occasionally started walking a couple miles, a day or two a week, for maybe a week or two, then nothing for months and months, rinse repeat. I was losing without the exercise so I just couldn't stay motivated to keep it up. I'm trying to walk more now that I've got less than 15lbs to go, but that doesn't change the fact that up until now it's been pretty much free of exercise.3 -
Sorry, but I don't agree with this.
Maybe that's because of my own genetics... But personally working out has been what has drastically changed my body. Even when I go through periods of eating poorly (essentially a dirty bulk) I still do not gain fat and my body changes.
Even when I cut, my diet consists of mostly whatever I want but with different portions and timing. Still, I'm able to manipulate my weight simply by lifting and the amount of cardio I do.
Diet does matter and can contribute to weight loss, but I would highly and always argue that exercise DOES matter a lot. Again, my own genetics may play into my transformation... However, there is no way to say that exercise was not the catalyst for my weight loss.5 -
Cherimoose wrote: »ashleypetrie4 wrote: »You can't out run a bad diet
Not sure i agree with this cliche. Many have lost weight while eating foods perceived as "bad", simply by increasing their calorie output.
"Most studies indicate that .. when combined with dietary restriction, exercise has a synergistic effect and enhances weight loss beyond the effect of diet alone."
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23174547
Yep. You can't outrun a " terrible " diet ... but I eat 2000 cal a day and burn 1000 cal everyday and lose 2-3 lbs a week. Can outexercise a moderately bad diet for sure. Look at all my rail thin runner friends. We eat way more and way worse than you guaranteed and the largest of us is a size 42 -
I agree with you. You can eat your "normal amount" and then exercise burning 500 calories a day, or not exercise and eat 500 calories less, or a combination of both. I think you are arguing semantics though honestly. I think she means you can't exercise and then stuff you face all day and expect to lose. You need to pay attention to how much you eat either way...
Damn I didn't realize this thread was so old2 -
I only exercise to be able to eat more. Oops.1
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I agree with your friends. You can't outrun a bad diet. It is much harder to run long enough to burn off a candy bar than it is to just not eat it in the first place. Exercise is great for a lot of things, just not weight loss. However, I do like earning a 100cal snack after a good workout. Very satisfying.1
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It also depends on type of exercise. I have fallen in love with boxing. I burn 400-600 calories per class and have built muscle increasing my BMR. That class absolutely provides my deficit for the day without needing to diet.1
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Anyone here lose serious weight with changes in diet only and little to no exercise?
I have lost 115 lbs without intentional exercise - medical issues. I did swim last summer (and expect to do so again this summer) but I have never set foot in a gym, or done a single jumping jack or squat or whatever. I just cant. I am thinking of trying out yoga, though some positions will be impossible (cant kneel or overflex knees) or maybe tai chi.2 -
There's typically a lot more room to adjust CI, vs adjusting CO (especially if you're not at a spectacular fitness & endurance level).1
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Cherimoose wrote: »ashleypetrie4 wrote: »You can't out run a bad diet
Not sure i agree with this cliche. Many have lost weight while eating foods perceived as "bad", simply by increasing their calorie output.
"Most studies indicate that .. when combined with dietary restriction, exercise has a synergistic effect and enhances weight loss beyond the effect of diet alone."
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23174547
I think in this case bad isn't greasy cheese burger, but 2000 calorie surplus etc
As in you can't perform enough exercise in a day if your eating too much.
In my experience I burn like 8-10 cal per minute on a treadmill etc. if I was over eating by 1000 or more calories I would have to use the treadmill for like 1.5 hours just to maintain my weight.
This. I think those who are making the argument against the cliché may be working from the assumption that the person in question is just eating at maintenance. Maybe OP is, in fact, eating at maintenance. But, how do you know unless you are already controlling/tracking your diet? Personally, I didn't get fat (necessitating my efforts to lose weight) by eating at maintenance level. Maybe I was a "glutton" as someone mentioned in an earlier reply. But, my need to lose weight was definitely a result of overeating, and I can confidently say I would not have been able to lose weight with exercise alone. I might have slowed the weight gain or stalled it, but I wouldn't have lost. Just my 2 cents . . . .0 -
I have to agree with a lot here it's 80% diet 20% exercise, I'm limited to 1370 calories per day, I exercise so I can live on around 1600 calories with a calorie net of 1300, without the exercise so I can eat a little more I would be starving and really not a joy for people to be around me lol, I weigh everything and count everything that goes into my mouth (even mints) and I have been losing 1-2lbs per week for a few months now, it works for me but it may not work for everyone, it's all about finding what works for you without overdoing it, everyone seems to have their own methods for it, livestrong goes by the whole burn more than you eat, I did that for 4 days, I was in a minus net calories for 4 days and by the 5th I was really depressed, had no energy and was just hungry all the time, we all make those mistakes, just find what works best for you and go by that, if it stops working then adjust and try new things till it starts working again.
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... Realizes she has been reading a thread that is almost two years old ...
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I think of it like this: weight loss is to exercise as getting sick is to going outside with wet hair during winter. While it's ridiculous that wet hair would "catch" bacteria or viruses, there is something about getting cold that may lead to you being less likely to fight something off. Technically, the old wives tale is false but getting overly chilled could lower your immune system. While you can lose weight watching tv all day, it seems that exercise does something that makes it easier to make healthier choices. Is it because exercise creates new habits? Gives you more energy? Relieves anxiety/stress? I have no idea but there seems to be a correlation between weight loss and exercise.0
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From excercise alone i went from a size 50 in pants to a 38 thats without changing my eating habits.1
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Zombie thread needs moar brainz.
Or not.2 -
I've lost nearly 60 and not a day in the gym...1
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