Loosing weight without exercise

CamillaEdwards

How long is this actually possible for? Previously, I have managed to successfully loose 3 stone by dieting alone (no exercise regime). Although to be fair I put two stone of that back on and have recently re-lost one stone. However, at the time I was doing a job where I was walking around. Whereas now I am in an office. So have one more stone to loose to get back to where I was but its slow! I know I need to start enjoying exercise somehow but struggle for ideas! What are your thoughts guys? Thanks for all your help.

queenliz99

It's all about the intake of calories. Exercise is for health well being and calorie intake is for weight loss or gain.

CamillaEdwards

queenliz99 wrote: »

It's all about the intake of calories. Exercise is for health well being and calorie intake is for weight loss or gain.

Thank you. I suppose we all overthink it a little....

ettaterrell

I've lost 18 lbs and never worked out. I think it mostly depends on what your eating. I eat LCHF, lots of eggs, cheese, bacon, meat, veggies and salads.

MommyL2015

The smaller you are, the smaller your deficit will be and the longer it will take to lose, but exercise is not necessary.

SezxyStef

Exercise is not necessary...but it helps keep you fit and healthy. Along with avoiding muscle loss if you do some form of resistance training.

I find those that don't exercise while losing don't like the end product as they feel they are "flabby" or "soft" or "skinny fat".

ald783

You can lose all your weight and get to goal without exercising, but exercise has a lot of benefits aside from assisting with weight loss and allowing you to eat more. Not that vanity is everything, but it's good for toning and giving you a firmer look, which weight loss alone can't do. Also, you'll just feel better when you're getting your heart rate up on a regular basis. It sucks to feel winded just going up the steps, which can happen even when you're thin. However, there's nothing wrong with incorporating exercise in slowly, and trying to get the hang of eating healthily first.

ettaterrell

SezxyStef wrote: »

Exercise is not necessary...but it helps keep you fit and healthy. Along with avoiding muscle loss if you do some form of resistance training.

I find those that don't exercise while losing don't like the end product as they feel they are "flabby" or "soft" or "skinny fat".

Very true!

joinn68

Exercise doesn't help you lose weight but it's almost indispensable in order to maintain... Your issue apparently isn't with weight loss without exercise since you've done it before but with maintenance. Starting now will already give you the habit

SergeantSausage

How long is it actually possible for?

As long as you want ... until you eventually lose it all, starve, and die.

That's really the only limit, right? Starvation and death.

That's kinda how deficits work.

Most of us stop long before then, 'cause ... Death.

Yi5hedr3

Kinda depends on what kind of weight you want to loose....muscle, or fat....

tracie_minus100

As stated already, exercise is not required for weight loss.
It is so so so good for health though, both physical and mental (for me, anyway). Plus it allows me to eat a bit more, which is pretty nice.

UncaToddly

I don't do "stones" so I don't know how much that actually works out too currently but I have not been exercising at all and lead a very sedentary lifestyle. I sit for a living, I sit when I drive home, I sit and play on the computer and and lay down watching TV with the wife at night, so no real exercise.

What I do know is that at the beginning of the year I was at my max weight of 387 pounds at 6' tall. I started trying to work on portion control and by my initial appointment with the bariatric specialist in August I was down to 368 pounds. I went back for my 2nd followup appointment on Wed. and I am down to 333 pounds. I am still not exercising. This was done on a setting of 2160 calories that has ranged from around 1400 to 2600 but averaged 1900 over the last 29 days.

So yeah, it can be done.

FabianRodriguez94

Eating less will make you smaller, but exercising while eating less will tone and shape your body as it shrinks.

rleider

Enjoying exercise....Ok there lots of ways. The best way is through distraction!
Like reading books? Get on an exercise bike with one. Like movies or music? Same. Like more sedentary hobbies? Give yourself a rule. Every 30 mins of your hobby you walk a mile. You can't do that hobby unless you do.
Also, my mom used to do this, when she went to a store she parked as far away as possible. Take the stairs. Learn to jump rope for fun. Dance dance dance. When I walk, if I get bored, I count by steps or try not to step on the crack (like the children's game).
Go somewhere to walk/jog that has lots of people and people watch! People are weird/funny to watch. Listen to comedy station on Pandora while exercising. Laughing will get your lungs going! Go for a swim.
Be young and silly and you'll find that exercise is everywhere and not so bad. You don't have to don a pair of running shoes and sweat to burn calories.

AnvilHead

queenliz99 wrote: »

It's all about the intake of calories. Exercise is for health well being and calorie intake is for weight loss or gain.

Exercise is also for body composition. A person who's 5'4", 130 lbs. and 35% bodyfat looks a lot different than a person who's 5'4", 130 lbs. and 22% bodyfat. Weight is the same, BMI is the same, but what you see reflected in the mirror isn't.

Some people hate the term "skinnyfat" and like to insist that there's no such thing, but there's actually a medical name for it - it's known as MONW (metabolically obese, normal weight). An excerpt from the abstract (emphasis added):

...Despite differences in the criteria for identifying MONW subjects and the small number of subjects involved in most of these studies, their consistent results indicate that: (i) the prevalence of the MONW syndrome ranges between 5% and 45%, depending on the criteria used, age, BMI, and ethnicity; (ii) when compared with control subjects, MONW subjects display an altered insulin sensitivity, a higher abdominal and visceral adiposity, a more atherogenic lipid profile, a higher blood pressure, and a lower physical activity energy expenditure; and (iii) MONW subjects are at higher risks for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.