30 min cardio

TMK0214

I go to the gym 6 days a week and do about 30-45 minutes of cardio. And 3 days a week I do weightlifting for about 30 min, and also 30 min cardio. Am I doing enough to lose weight? Or do I need to do more cardio, how long do you guys usually do cardio? I used to weigh myself every Monday but decided to only do it once a month now. But I don't wanna work out every day and barely lose anything and end up feeling like I should've worked out longer.

jemhh

If that is all you are doing, no it is not enough. You need to eat in a caloric deficit to lose weight.

alyssa0061

I do zero cardio and have lost 130 pounds so.... to answer your question on how long - 0 minutes.

sijomial

Am I doing enough to lose weight?

Depends how much you are eating.

My "cardio" varies from one hour to nine hours. I'm not doing it to lose weight, I'm doing it for fitness, enjoyment, a challenge and health.

livingleanlivingclean

You haven't mentioned anything about your eating habits, so no one can answer your question. You can do all the exercise in the world, but not lose weight because you eat too much. Focus on diet, and use exercise as a tool to allow you to eat more and shape your body - personally I prefer more weights and less cardio as I think it gives a better physique.

Azdak

You are doing more than enough exercise to support a weight loss program.

SteveMigotti

Weight loss is about 80% diet and 20% exercise. So unless you are eating properly, you won't be losing any weight.

CharlieBeansmomTracey

SteveMigotti wrote: »

Weight loss is about 80% diet and 20% exercise. So unless you are eating properly, you won't be losing any weight.

nope,you dont have to even exercise to lose weight. exercise is for health. it can help with a deficit. but all thats needed is a caloric deficit

Chadxx

Exercise is for fitness. Calorie deficits are for weight loss.

SCoil123

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

SteveMigotti wrote: »

Weight loss is about 80% diet and 20% exercise. So unless you are eating properly, you won't be losing any weight.

nope,you dont have to even exercise to lose weight. exercise is for health. it can help with a deficit. but all thats needed is a caloric deficit

While technically its true you lose through deficit alone if you do no exercise you sacrifice muscle mass more when losing which will also bring your calorie needs down even lower over time making it more difficult to continue losing unless you are prepared to continue eating less and less for the rest of your life. Long term the 80/20 approach is much healthier, and I believe more sustainable for most.

CharlieBeansmomTracey

SCoil123 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

SteveMigotti wrote: »

Weight loss is about 80% diet and 20% exercise. So unless you are eating properly, you won't be losing any weight.

nope,you dont have to even exercise to lose weight. exercise is for health. it can help with a deficit. but all thats needed is a caloric deficit

While technically its true you lose through deficit alone if you do no exercise you sacrifice muscle mass more when losing which will also bring your calorie needs down even lower over time making it more difficult to continue losing unless you are prepared to continue eating less and less for the rest of your life. Long term the 80/20 approach is much healthier, and I believe more sustainable for most.

actually you lose some muscle mass when you lose weight(its a normal part of weight loss),which is why most recommended losing it slowly,getting enough protein and lifting heavy(resistance/weight training).and you wont have to eat less and less the rest of your life. once you reach your weight loss goals,you will eat whatever calories is your maintenance to retain that weight. your metabolism will slow down a little with age,and the longer you are in a deficit. your BMR will also go down as you lose weight. if what you say is true then a lot of the people here who lost a lot of weight who didnt exercise,would have had a hard time losing the last say 20 lbs or so. and if that were the case people who eat very low calorie diets would not lose weight at all.

SCoil123

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

SCoil123 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

SteveMigotti wrote: »

Weight loss is about 80% diet and 20% exercise. So unless you are eating properly, you won't be losing any weight.

nope,you dont have to even exercise to lose weight. exercise is for health. it can help with a deficit. but all thats needed is a caloric deficit

While technically its true you lose through deficit alone if you do no exercise you sacrifice muscle mass more when losing which will also bring your calorie needs down even lower over time making it more difficult to continue losing unless you are prepared to continue eating less and less for the rest of your life. Long term the 80/20 approach is much healthier, and I believe more sustainable for most.

actually you lose some muscle mass when you lose weight(its a normal part of weight loss),which is why most recommended losing it slowly,getting enough protein and lifting heavy(resistance/weight training).and you wont have to eat less and less the rest of your life. once you reach your weight loss goals,you will eat whatever calories is your maintenance to retain that weight. your metabolism will slow down a little with age,and the longer you are in a deficit. your BMR will also go down as you lose weight. if what you say is true then a lot of the people here who lost a lot of weight who didnt exercise,would have had a hard time losing the last say 20 lbs or so. and if that were the case people who eat very low calorie diets would not lose weight at all.

Actually no.

1st I said "more" you lose more muscle which is a fact if you don't exercise
2nd your statement regarding people on very low cal only proves my point that with less muscle you need to cut cals lower and lower

Are you really arguing that exercise helps maintain muscle and allows for higher intake???

CharlieBeansmomTracey

SCoil123 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

SCoil123 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

SteveMigotti wrote: »

Weight loss is about 80% diet and 20% exercise. So unless you are eating properly, you won't be losing any weight.

nope,you dont have to even exercise to lose weight. exercise is for health. it can help with a deficit. but all thats needed is a caloric deficit

While technically its true you lose through deficit alone if you do no exercise you sacrifice muscle mass more when losing which will also bring your calorie needs down even lower over time making it more difficult to continue losing unless you are prepared to continue eating less and less for the rest of your life. Long term the 80/20 approach is much healthier, and I believe more sustainable for most.

actually you lose some muscle mass when you lose weight(its a normal part of weight loss),which is why most recommended losing it slowly,getting enough protein and lifting heavy(resistance/weight training).and you wont have to eat less and less the rest of your life. once you reach your weight loss goals,you will eat whatever calories is your maintenance to retain that weight. your metabolism will slow down a little with age,and the longer you are in a deficit. your BMR will also go down as you lose weight. if what you say is true then a lot of the people here who lost a lot of weight who didnt exercise,would have had a hard time losing the last say 20 lbs or so. and if that were the case people who eat very low calorie diets would not lose weight at all.

Actually no.

1st I said "more" you lose more muscle which is a fact if you don't exercise
2nd your statement regarding people on very low cal only proves my point that with less muscle you need to cut cals lower and lower

Are you really arguing that exercise helps maintain muscle and allows for higher intake???

did I say that exercise doesnt help maintain muscle? and yes if you workout you can eat more if you follow the NEAT(mfp) method. If you are getting enough calories,protein and other macros and dont exercise I am pretty sure that you would not lose as much lean muscle mass as say someone who doesnt get enough of either of those things. lean muscle mass is lost when you diet,its a given. how much depends on your diet too. as for having to keep lowering your calories, first of all no one knows how much muscle they are losing unless they are getting dexa scans or something like that, so when you lose weight, you lose some glycogen,muscle,fat,etc. you can prevent that with enough of the right macros.But what I am saying is that when you are in a deficit, you can prevent the loss of lean muscle mass more if you lift weights and get enough protein and what not. you will still lose some muscle,Im not saying you wont. Its normal with weight loss,.

If your maintenance calories are say 2500(for a person 250lbs) and you eat 2000 you will lose weight, and yes,as you get smaller you will need less calories so if you lost say 50 lbs,yes you would need to eat less calories only because you need less calories to fuel your body at that weight. a person at 200 lbs needs less calories than someone who is 250 lbs.I get that(if thats what you are trying to say). but can you prove that out of that 50lbs that most of it was muscle? especially if the person got enough of the right nutrients,macros and micros? you wouldnt know unless you did a dexa scan before and after..

yes,as you lose weight you need to lower calories, but thats not due to all muscle loss, a person with less mass to move around needs less calories to maintain that lower weight.If a persons maintenance is 2000 calories and they lose on 1500,then to retain that weight they will eat the 2000 calories. and yes, their maintenance will go down as well when they lose. my maintenance calories would be lower at 200 lbs than it would be at 250 lbs. I dont know where there is confusion on either end here.