Weight loss without exercise

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  • kathyc609
    kathyc609 Posts: 258 Member
    I have lost 72 pounds with very very very little exercise. More that I just try to move a little more than I use to. I have no exercise program - I keep planning to start but just not taking the time for myself. So yes it is possible but I know for my health and to hurry the last 25 pounds I have to start. Good luck to all.
  • SalishSea
    SalishSea Posts: 373 Member
    I don't get the chance to exercise as much as I want to. I work 14hr night shifts in a city two hours away from me. I sleep in my car. I am the primary caregiver form my 80 year old rheumatoid arthritic granny. She lives with us. I am still plagued with endometriosis pain. I have a household to maintain, blah blah , blah. Excuses. I know people say don't make excuses regarding exercises, but these are just the facts of my life. I just can't fit in exercise every single day. Plain and simple.

    I have done amazingly well with eating a sane amount of calories. And infrequent exercise. I know that my body would look better if I could exercise. My abs would not be as squishy, my flubbery arms would be more toned. So I never give up trying schedule time into my day to exercise. Plus I feel like a million bucks when I exercise. So it is worth striving for.

    My plans for the were canceled and the ONLY thing on my to do list is exercise! 30ds here I come!
  • mrk34
    mrk34 Posts: 227 Member
    When I started losing weight I injured my knee and had surgery. For 12 months I could not exercise but kept losing weight.

    The role of exercise in weight loss has been wildly overstated. Exercise is great for our physical health and state of mind, and for preventing weight gain in the first place, but it has a disappointingly small effect on weight loss.
  • jestersand
    jestersand Posts: 61 Member
    The only person I know personally that lost weight without exercise was an old lady (80years old) at A Jenny Craig center. She ate a little less than her required calorie needs were and she dropped about 2lbs per week.
  • ashleey1000
    ashleey1000 Posts: 256 Member
    This is so me. Wanting to lose weight with no exercise. Idk y I can't find the motivation!
  • simplynaturalfarm
    simplynaturalfarm Posts: 73 Member
    Why would I want to? I can eat more and weigh more with exercise plus look good and stay healthy
  • KevDaniel
    KevDaniel Posts: 449 Member
    Of course you can, if you have a calorie deficit you will lose weight, even if your not doing anything you burn at least 1500 cals a day, likely more. So if weight loss is the only goal, yeah it is possible. Exercise of course has a ton of benefits aside from weight loss that should be considered. The old saying that diet makes up 75% of weight loss is accurate.
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    This is Johns/Jennies muscles without food or exercise......
    NVM...John and Jennie have no muscles.....
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I have a question which I'm sure others have asked...do you have a success story that involves losing weight WITHOUT exercising?? Reason for me asking is because I, myself, have slowly but surely lost weight without exercising like I should. I am a terrible procrastinator who will put off exercise til tomorrow, then the next day, and so on. I am eating alot better but just can't get motivated to do a workout!!!

    All you need to lose weight is a calorie deficit...exercise is not required if you create a calorie deficit in your diet as you do with MFP. MFP gives you a calorie goal with a substantial deficit built in...which is why, when you exercise, you eat back exercise calories back per the MFP method. Remember, MFP uses your NEAT in calculating your activity level, so exercise is extra...MFP does not use your TDEE...this is very important to understand when you're talking about eating back exercise calories or not.

    The very reasons you listed above are why MFP assumes you aren't doing exercise and creates a calorie goal (with deficit) to lose weight with any exercise being an extra activity that needs additional fuel.

    While you can lose weight without any exercise at all, exercise is a critical component to overall health and well being...but absolutely not necessary for weight loss.
  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    Yes you absolutely can lose weight without exercise.

    However, there are also hundreds of girls and woman out there that will get as low as the 100 to 110 lb range and still feel fat. It's not that they have a bad body image - it's because they have no muscle tone and still feel squishy.

    Because I exercised throughout my entire weight loss journey, I now can enjoy eating 2000+ calories per day at the bottom of my BMI range. I have muscle to keep my body burning calories, even at rest.
  • squatsandlipgloss
    squatsandlipgloss Posts: 595 Member
    You can lose weight without exercising. However, you will probably look better feel better and be healthier too if you do exercise. Taut well used muscles look better than squishy. Plus, muscle burns calories at a faster pace....so you can eat a bit more and remain trim. (I said a bit.....not a lot). Your diet and exercise complement each other.

    All of this. Truth, truth and truth.
  • graceire
    graceire Posts: 323 Member
    I don't think that I could lose weight without exercise. Maybe this sounds strange, but exercise keeps me accountable. It reminds me why I'm changing my eating habits, why I'm eating healthier. When I exercise, I want to eat well; eating crap after exercising just makes no sense in my head.

    No exercise = lazy Grace = eating-crap Grace = no-longer-losing-weight Grace.

    I also think that for me personally, my body goes into survival, hold onto all the calories, mode really easily. My metabolism is very much tied into my activity level it seems.
  • ac7ss
    ac7ss Posts: 15
    When you are losing a LOT of weight (30% of your total weight or more) just changing your diet will work for a while. I have found myself moving more now than before. When you are down to only 10% or so to lose, you will have to do something to make your body move. It isn't necessarily the areas you are exercising that matter, but your heart getting the blood moving, when it comes to health. (Body building is different.)

    Losing 1 lb of mass is done by making your intake 3600 calories less than output over a given time. It is as simple as that.

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