What is the most you've lost without working out

interesting, i would like to know as well:

I lost about 40lbs last summer using MFP and not working out. I rejoined this year, but I'm working out a LOT now. I feel so much better, and I'm hoping to lose weight and tone, instead of lose and be flabby.

I lost over 30 pounds just watching what I ate. Reduce the amount of calories you eat and no matter what you will loose weight. But I find it is easier to keep off the weight with exercise.

I lost 7 lbs in my first 2 1/2 weeks with just changing eating habits etc. I just started working out today, trying to give it a boost. Heard from fitness experts that diet is 75% of weight loss if that helps.

73lbs and i put it all back on and then some. it's definitely possible to lose weight without working out but i'm not sure it's reasonable to think you could keep it off forever without exercise.

16 lbs so far for me. However, I am a busy Mom who spends many days cleaning or going places with the kids. I wouldn't call myself sedentary, just no "official" exercise.

However, I am in the process of looking for an elliptical and we also will be opening our pool in a couple of months, so I will be adding exercise shortly.

when I did weight watchers, I was losing about 3lb a week, and doing very little exercise (maybe walking here and there, that's pretty much it really) - totally regret that as I'm sure I lost a lot of lean body mass, and the weight all piled on again when I was pregnant. (I gained far more than I should have done during pregnancy, i.e. it was pregnancy weight gain plus rebound weight gain from losing lean mass while doing weight watchers)

Since then I've paid much more attention to body composition and done strength training while losing fat (changed my focus from weight loss to fat loss too...) and lost weight more slowly, while eating significantly more, with no forbidden foods, and maintained my lean body mass. My body fat percentage is around 22% currently and I'm aiming to get it a little lower.

While it's totally possible to lose weight without exercising, I wouldn't recommend it, unless you have a medical condition or disability that makes exercise impossible (in which case I'd recommend getting advice from a dietician about how to eat to lose fat while minimising potential bad effects from not exercising). I'd recommend at least 2-3 days a week of strength training to maintain your muscle mass while you lose fat, plus having a moderate deficit, i.e. aiming to lose1-2lb a week, or 0.5lb a week if you're already in the healthy body fat percentage range. There's only so much fat the human body can burn in a week, if you're losing much more than this, then it's probably not just fat you're losing. If the deficit is too big you can still lose lean body mass even though you're exercising.

60lbs but it was a side effect from a medication i was taking
then when my body got used to the medication the side effects stopped and so did the weight loss
so i gained back 15lbs then joined MFP lost 10 of those 15lbs
then i got pregnant gained about 40lbs,so im back on MFP and ive lost 21lbs so far

I've lost all my weight from calorie counting. I did some minimal exercise. I'm now at a point now where I need to start exercising to do toning.

Went from 180 - 138.

I lost about sixty pounds without working out but then I hit a plateau, so I have stayed at the same weight for a while. I'm going to start going to the gym now so I hope to take off the 24 pounds I have left!

My experience, I lose about 1 pound per week just by limiting my food intake. I lose almost 2 pounds per week if I add 3 sessions of weight lifting for 30 minutes with that same diet. It works. Food is the bigger part of weight loss. But I like my body better when I am lifting.