Whats the point of exercise when trying to lose weight?

Allthingsglitter

I heard you don't need to exercise when trying to lose weight but whats the point? Is it just to build muscle?

Ready2Rock206

Keep lean muscle mass you have, be healthy, increase your fitness, increase your cardiovascular level, look better.... many reasons.

Christine_72

So i can eat more pretty much. Plus i cant stand sitting on my butt all day everyday, i need to move and be relatively active.

sardelsa

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

Keep lean muscle mass you have, be healthy, increase your fitness, increase your cardiovascular level, look better.... many reasons.

Yup this.
Personally I do it to look awesome

Alatariel75

Maintain muscle, improve fitness, burn extra calories... I don't necessarily buy this phrase but it sticks with me - "Weight loss is so you look good clothed. Exercise is so you look good naked"

lemurcat12

It's good for you, it's fun, my goal it to be fit, not just thin, you can eat more, it's nice to be strong and to be able to do things like run or bike for hours.

AnvilHead

A few of the many points:

1) It can help create the caloric deficit and/or give you more calories in your daily allowance (depending on how you look at it and what you do with those calories you burn during exercise).

2) Helps preserve lean body mass/muscle, so you lose more fat than muscle. Which helps with body composition/aesthetics, so you don't arrive at your goal weight looking like a smaller, saggier version of your former overweight self.

3) Improves your cardiovascular fitness and overall health (many diseases are correlated with inactivity).

4) Many people find it improves their mental health/sense of well-being, helps relieve stress/anxiety, etc.

5) Helps preserve bone density, improve balance/agility (increasingly important as you age), strength to perform everyday tasks.

middlehaitch

I do it so I can grow old disgracefully- I am succeeding

Cheers, h.

(In all honestly - what @AnvilHead said.)

MaddMaestro

I do it for the strength and endurance. You're right though, just eat well and eat less and you can still lose weight without the exersice.

Seffell

Mainly to be able to eat more and still lose at the same rate. But also for good looks

BabyBearFrigon

AnvilHead wrote: »

A few of the many points:

1) It can help create the caloric deficit and/or give you more calories in your daily allowance (depending on how you look at it and what you do with those calories you burn during exercise).

2) Helps preserve lean body mass/muscle, so you lose more fat than muscle. Which helps with body composition/aesthetics, so you don't arrive at your goal weight looking like a smaller, saggier version of your former overweight self.

3) Improves your cardiovascular fitness and overall health (many diseases are correlated with inactivity).

4) Many people find it improves their mental health/sense of well-being, helps relieve stress/anxiety, etc.

5) Helps preserve bone density, improve balance/agility (increasingly important as you age), strength to perform everyday tasks.

THIS. Yes. Many more reasons, but these touch base on my own thoughts/facts.

ziggyc

muscles burn more calories than fat when you're not even doing anything. you'll lose weight a little faster because of that. plus it'll help prevent flab from weight loss.

njitaliana

The more you move, the better your chances of avoiding diabetes, fatty liver, and other illnesses.

amtyrell

Exercise can be fun too.

SCoil123

My goal is to be fit. Skinny fat does not appeal to me so I work out. I want to protect my bone density, maintain/build muscle mass, eat more without worry, sleep better and have more energy to do activities with my family.

TheRambler

Isn't the goal to be overall healthier ??

annacole94

It's good for my mental health, it makes me look better (I love my arm muscles), it saves me money (by cycling to work), it improves my immune system, it's good for my heart, it burns calories, and it generally is how you live longer and better.

I'd rather be fat and fit than skinny and unfit, if I had to pick. Glad I don't.

Bob314159

Losing weight, by itself - is not a solution to being healthy.

Certain types of exercise - when obese - have dangers of body damage.

I exercise [with a trainer's advice] purely for loosening and strengthening - not for weight loss.

cmtigger

Overall health. Many of us are working on ourselves overall. Some of us are trying to stop or slow other health problems. Exercise has a lot of health benefits other than building muscle.

kq1981

I do it for my mental health, love me some endorphins. And also so I can eat more if I want to

jgnatca

Why lose weight if it doesn't include getting healthier?

Exercise does this only more directly.

Exercise got me a healthier complexion, mobility, flexibility and energy. I can hop, skip, leap. I'm a different person because I exercised my lighter self.

lorrpb

So you can get off the toilet on your own when you're 80. Don't snicker.. Lots of people cant. Healthy aging starts before you get there.

Klmom123

To eat more. I love when those calories get added to my daily allowance lol

estherdragonbat

It started because I wanted a cushion in case my measuring was inaccurate. (Not so much what I eat at home. But if I go to a restaurant that's not in the database, I'm really just guessing at the calories. Is the pizza at Slice N Bites closer in calories to that of Pizza Hut, Papa John's, or Dominos? And close still isn't exact. I'll err on the side of high-average, but... still a guess. If I also take a 20 minute walk, that's 95 more calories to play with.) Over time, I got used to exercising, I'm liking the way it makes me feel, and as I've lost weight and my daily calorie allotment has shrunk, I find I need those exercise calories to feel full. (And now I'm typically exercising about 300-400 calories worth/day.)

fitmom4lifemfp

Can't even believe you're asking the question. I've worked out regularly for 30 some years. Why??
Yardwork, lifting heavy *kitten* whenever I need to without injury, stress-busting, improved balance so I don't fall on my @ss when I get old, heart health, and so on and so on...

Kind of a no-brainer.

tgcake

Health.

I'm losing weight to better my health, and I exercise/am more active to increase my fitness, and better my health. They go hand in hand, in my opinion.

Rocknut53

AnvilHead wrote: »

A few of the many points:

1) It can help create the caloric deficit and/or give you more calories in your daily allowance (depending on how you look at it and what you do with those calories you burn during exercise).

2) Helps preserve lean body mass/muscle, so you lose more fat than muscle. Which helps with body composition/aesthetics, so you don't arrive at your goal weight looking like a smaller, saggier version of your former overweight self.

3) Improves your cardiovascular fitness and overall health (many diseases are correlated with inactivity).

4) Many people find it improves their mental health/sense of well-being, helps relieve stress/anxiety, etc.

5) Helps preserve bone density, improve balance/agility (increasingly important as you age), strength to perform everyday tasks.

Nailed it, as usual!

PaulaWallaDingDong

Because one of these days I will hit the perfect score on Wii Fit Plus advanced step aerobics 100% of the time. MARK MY WORDS!!!

Alatariel75

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

Because one of these days I will hit the perfect score on Wii Fit Plus advanced step aerobics 100% of the time. MARK MY WORDS!!!

I really regret selling my Wii.

PaulaWallaDingDong

Alatariel75 wrote: »

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

Because one of these days I will hit the perfect score on Wii Fit Plus advanced step aerobics 100% of the time. MARK MY WORDS!!!

I really regret selling my Wii.

Everyone and their uncle is selling them in Facebook Marketplace! I'm a hoarder so I never sell anything.

PaulaWallaDingDong

I got a step riser for the balance board on Amazon and use dumbells. I sweat buckets.