Can I lose weight while being sedentary?

AgidGirl

Hey there! Sounds like you're getting some really fantastic advice here so I'm not going to flood with you with anymore. Here is a FANTASTIC podcast I listened to recently about a woman who lost over 300 pounds. She started out just changing they way she ate and eventually incorporated in exercise. You should give it a listen...LOTS of good stuff. GOOD LUCK to you, friend!

http://www.halfsizeme.com/179/

kyubeans

stevencloser wrote: »

You are being corrected on this stuff in at least 3 threads dude.

Omg, this made me literally laugh out loud.

tlanger251

fatty2sixpack wrote: »

I am morbidly obese weighing in at almost 500 pounds. I am also sedentary. Myfitnesspal calculated that I need to eat 2700 calories a day. It said that if I keep on eating 2700 calories or less a day that I could get down to 477 pounds in 5 weeks. If I keep eating this many calories a day while being sedentary could I lose all that weight? Could I lose 10 pounds this month if I stick to eating that much calories a day?

I just lost 19 pounds being completely sedentary doing the Ketogenic diet.. I love it. In six months when I don't have to do research and writing all day, I'm going to work out, but until then I just eat under 1055 calories (i'm 5'4" and 127).

It really is a math problem. Eat less calories than your burn. Your first chunk of weight loss is usually water, stay hydrated!! When you lose weight, you'll have more energy and might want to be more active. Good Luck! Oh and if you can't stick to 2700, don't get discouraged, maybe that is too big of a deficit. Adjust a little as needed.

kshama2001

ceiswyn wrote: »

I started at almost 400 lbs, and at the time was unable to exercise due to joint problems (which were exacerbated by my weight, but not caused by it). Some days, I could barely limp the hundred metres across the car park.

For the first few months of this life change, therefore, I was losing weight by calorie counting alone. However, I spent that time eating really very little (slightly less than was healthy) so I can't comment on whether it's possible to lose weight eating 2700 kcal. The maths is probably right, but if it isn't working for you after a month or so you can always drop down a bit.

On the subject of exercise, while I was severely limited I did do what I could. I started off by walking a couple of hundred metres down the road, sitting on the wall for five minutes to rest my joints, and then walking back; just that, twice a day. After a couple of months, I found I could do without the rest. A couple of months after that, I found that I could occasionally walk around the block.

It is now ten months since I began. I can now walk briskly for half an hour, with occasional outbreaks of jogging. I cycle to work a couple of times a week (two miles downhill... the cycle home is rather more painful!). I go to the gym twice a week and hit the weights and machines. I swim 1km every Sunday morning. And I feel great.

Great job!

Due to knee problems, I too started slow and over time gradually worked up to being able to exercise more. I feel and sleep so much better when I exercise.

kshama2001

ellafoster2 wrote: »

Thank you for asking this question. I,too, weigh over 450 and I am unable to do much. I couldn't believe the amount of food I should eat and most of the time I can't. I don't eat if I am not hungry. I didn't think I could lose any weight, but most of the people here say it is possible.
Please go to the doctor before lowering calories and or exercising.
Good luck, and again, Thanks.

Before people starting logging everything they eat, it is common for them to think they are eating less than they actually are.

CharlieBeansmomTracey

tlanger251 wrote: »

fatty2sixpack wrote: »

I am morbidly obese weighing in at almost 500 pounds. I am also sedentary. Myfitnesspal calculated that I need to eat 2700 calories a day. It said that if I keep on eating 2700 calories or less a day that I could get down to 477 pounds in 5 weeks. If I keep eating this many calories a day while being sedentary could I lose all that weight? Could I lose 10 pounds this month if I stick to eating that much calories a day?

I just lost 19 pounds being completely sedentary doing the Ketogenic diet.. I love it. In six months when I don't have to do research and writing all day, I'm going to work out, but until then I just eat under 1055 calories (i'm 5'4" and 127).

It really is a math problem. Eat less calories than your burn. Your first chunk of weight loss is usually water, stay hydrated!! When you lose weight, you'll have more energy and might want to be more active. Good Luck! Oh and if you can't stick to 2700, don't get discouraged, maybe that is too big of a deficit. Adjust a little as needed.

why are you eating so little? at 5"4 you could eat more and still lose weight. that is too little for someone of your height.1200 is the least you should be eating unless you are an outlier, are under 5' tall,elderly/sedentary.

Tacklewasher

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

tlanger251 wrote: »

fatty2sixpack wrote: »

I am morbidly obese weighing in at almost 500 pounds. I am also sedentary. Myfitnesspal calculated that I need to eat 2700 calories a day. It said that if I keep on eating 2700 calories or less a day that I could get down to 477 pounds in 5 weeks. If I keep eating this many calories a day while being sedentary could I lose all that weight? Could I lose 10 pounds this month if I stick to eating that much calories a day?

I just lost 19 pounds being completely sedentary doing the Ketogenic diet.. I love it. In six months when I don't have to do research and writing all day, I'm going to work out, but until then I just eat under 1055 calories (i'm 5'4" and 127).

It really is a math problem. Eat less calories than your burn. Your first chunk of weight loss is usually water, stay hydrated!! When you lose weight, you'll have more energy and might want to be more active. Good Luck! Oh and if you can't stick to 2700, don't get discouraged, maybe that is too big of a deficit. Adjust a little as needed.

why are you eating so little? at 5"4 you could eat more and still lose weight. that is too little for someone of your height.1200 is the least you should be eating unless you are an outlier, are under 5' tall,elderly/sedentary.

Geez. My question was at 5'4" and 127lb, why lose more weight?

princeofmind

Tacklewasher wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

tlanger251 wrote: »

fatty2sixpack wrote: »

I am morbidly obese weighing in at almost 500 pounds. I am also sedentary. Myfitnesspal calculated that I need to eat 2700 calories a day. It said that if I keep on eating 2700 calories or less a day that I could get down to 477 pounds in 5 weeks. If I keep eating this many calories a day while being sedentary could I lose all that weight? Could I lose 10 pounds this month if I stick to eating that much calories a day?

I just lost 19 pounds being completely sedentary doing the Ketogenic diet.. I love it. In six months when I don't have to do research and writing all day, I'm going to work out, but until then I just eat under 1055 calories (i'm 5'4" and 127).

It really is a math problem. Eat less calories than your burn. Your first chunk of weight loss is usually water, stay hydrated!! When you lose weight, you'll have more energy and might want to be more active. Good Luck! Oh and if you can't stick to 2700, don't get discouraged, maybe that is too big of a deficit. Adjust a little as needed.

why are you eating so little? at 5"4 you could eat more and still lose weight. that is too little for someone of your height.1200 is the least you should be eating unless you are an outlier, are under 5' tall,elderly/sedentary.

Geez. My question was at 5'4" and 127lb, why lose more weight?

Numbers don't mean everything.
I'm sure they can tell when they look in the mirror if they have fat to lose.

CharlieBeansmomTracey

Tacklewasher wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

tlanger251 wrote: »

fatty2sixpack wrote: »

I am morbidly obese weighing in at almost 500 pounds. I am also sedentary. Myfitnesspal calculated that I need to eat 2700 calories a day. It said that if I keep on eating 2700 calories or less a day that I could get down to 477 pounds in 5 weeks. If I keep eating this many calories a day while being sedentary could I lose all that weight? Could I lose 10 pounds this month if I stick to eating that much calories a day?

I just lost 19 pounds being completely sedentary doing the Ketogenic diet.. I love it. In six months when I don't have to do research and writing all day, I'm going to work out, but until then I just eat under 1055 calories (i'm 5'4" and 127).

It really is a math problem. Eat less calories than your burn. Your first chunk of weight loss is usually water, stay hydrated!! When you lose weight, you'll have more energy and might want to be more active. Good Luck! Oh and if you can't stick to 2700, don't get discouraged, maybe that is too big of a deficit. Adjust a little as needed.

why are you eating so little? at 5"4 you could eat more and still lose weight. that is too little for someone of your height.1200 is the least you should be eating unless you are an outlier, are under 5' tall,elderly/sedentary.

Geez. My question was at 5'4" and 127lb, why lose more weight?

well yeah theres that too

CharlieBeansmomTracey

princeofmind wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

tlanger251 wrote: »

fatty2sixpack wrote: »

I am morbidly obese weighing in at almost 500 pounds. I am also sedentary. Myfitnesspal calculated that I need to eat 2700 calories a day. It said that if I keep on eating 2700 calories or less a day that I could get down to 477 pounds in 5 weeks. If I keep eating this many calories a day while being sedentary could I lose all that weight? Could I lose 10 pounds this month if I stick to eating that much calories a day?

I just lost 19 pounds being completely sedentary doing the Ketogenic diet.. I love it. In six months when I don't have to do research and writing all day, I'm going to work out, but until then I just eat under 1055 calories (i'm 5'4" and 127).

It really is a math problem. Eat less calories than your burn. Your first chunk of weight loss is usually water, stay hydrated!! When you lose weight, you'll have more energy and might want to be more active. Good Luck! Oh and if you can't stick to 2700, don't get discouraged, maybe that is too big of a deficit. Adjust a little as needed.

why are you eating so little? at 5"4 you could eat more and still lose weight. that is too little for someone of your height.1200 is the least you should be eating unless you are an outlier, are under 5' tall,elderly/sedentary.

Geez. My question was at 5'4" and 127lb, why lose more weight?

Numbers don't mean everything.
I'm sure they can tell when they look in the mirror if they have fat to lose.

it does when you arent eating enough calories and trying to lose weight at what is a healthy weight. if they have fat to lose they can do a recomp. yeah it takes time but its better than dieting down and maybe becoming underweight

an0nemus

The first thing you need to do....go to a doctor and talk about your weight and your eating habits. If you suffer from binge eating disorders there is medicine to treat it, but only your doctor can prescribe it.

The second thing is not to emotionalize your eating. Don't let negative emotions make you eat, don't let your eating lead to negative emotions.

Third thing is honesty...be honest to yourself about what and how much you're eating. Weight loss is a personal journey, as is weight gain. The only person you can lie to is yourself.

Lastly, move. Depending on what your doctor says (see item 1), go for a walk. Even if the walk is across the room and back again. Do that several times a day, then once an hour. As you lose weight moving WILL get easier.