Lost weight by exercising a lot WHILE EATING A LOT (about 2,
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Even when I exercised a lot, I never relied on it for weight loss or maintenance. I watched what I ate. I've never been overweight. Make no mistake, exercise is important for health, weight loss not so much, especially if you are planning on overeating.
Thank you for your response, but how can it not be important for weight loss? And wouldn't it be especially important if one is overeating so that they burn the extra calories they're consuming? Burning more calories than calories consumed leads to fat loss, and exercise burns calories, right? But if what you're saying is that exercise won't result in weight loss if a person eats so much that they still aren't burning more than they consume, even with exercise, then I get that.LOL @ 2500 calories being "a lot"
When cutting (which I'm about to do in a couple weeks), I set MFP to net 2200 calories, which gives me 1.0 lb/wk loss. Add in my ~800 calorie average per day exercise, and I eat 3K+ almost every day.
For that exercise
- I do something every day
- Walk 2 miles on my lunch breaks M-F
- Run 2x a week, a shorter faster run (~5k), and a longer slower run (~5m)
- Strengh train 4x a week, about 1.5 hours each
- Do 1-1.5 hours of yoga once a week
Thank you for your response. Wow, is your metabolism very high because you have a lot of muscle? How did you figure out that 2200 is what you need to net in order to lose 1 lb. --just by trial and error, or did you use some formula, or some body composition monitor?0 -
LOL @ 2500 calories being "a lot"
When cutting (which I'm about to do in a couple weeks), I set MFP to net 2200 calories, which gives me 1.0 lb/wk loss. Add in my ~800 calorie average per day exercise, and I eat 3K+ almost every day.
For that exercise
- I do something every day
- Walk 2 miles on my lunch breaks M-F
- Run 2x a week, a shorter faster run (~5k), and a longer slower run (~5m)
- Strengh train 4x a week, about 1.5 hours each
- Do 1-1.5 hours of yoga once a week
Thank you for your response. Wow, is your metabolism very high because you have a lot of muscle? How did you figure out that 2200 is what you need to net in order to lose 1 lb. --just by trial and error, or did you use some formula, or some body composition monitor?
I keep a spreadsheet that calulates what my theoretical maintence should be for the previous 2 weeks by reconciling weigh ins (1 lb = 3500 cal) with daily calorie data from MFP. Been at it almost a year and a half now losing/gaining/maintaining, so I have enough data to cut through the noise of the fluctuations quite well.0 -
LOL @ 2500 calories being "a lot"
When cutting (which I'm about to do in a couple weeks), I set MFP to net 2200 calories, which gives me 1.0 lb/wk loss. Add in my ~800 calorie average per day exercise, and I eat 3K+ almost every day.
For that exercise
- I do something every day
- Walk 2 miles on my lunch breaks M-F
- Run 2x a week, a shorter faster run (~5k), and a longer slower run (~5m)
- Strengh train 4x a week, about 1.5 hours each
- Do 1-1.5 hours of yoga once a week
Thank you for your response. Wow, is your metabolism very high because you have a lot of muscle? How did you figure out that 2200 is what you need to net in order to lose 1 lb. --just by trial and error, or did you use some formula, or some body composition monitor?
I keep a spreadsheet that calulates what my theoretical maintence should be for the previous 2 weeks by reconciling weigh ins (1 lb = 3500 cal) with daily calorie data from MFP. Been at it almost a year and a half now losing/gaining/maintaining, so I have enough data to cut through the noise of the fluctuations quite well.
Oh, that sounds smart. I keep a spreadsheet too but haven't tried to calculate that --I don't know how to "cut through the noise of the fluctuations" because I've been recording my weight on numerous days of the week (I want to daily but often forget to), and it seems like it can take anywhere from 1 to 4 days for the calories eaten on one day to finally show up on the scale (like if I overate 500 calories more than maintenance on a Monday, the fat gain from that could occur as early as Tuesday or as late as Saturday), so that makes me think my calculation won't be right if I try to calculate my theoretical maintenance. Do you weight yourself daily? If so, does your fat gain/loss always take the same number of days to show up on your body after a certain day's consumption? How many days?0 -
When I eat a lot I have to lift real heavy and a lot so then the food can go to muscles rather than killing myself with cardio. I mainly do cardio because I enjoy it and exercising outdoors but as soon as I reduce my exercise and my large consumption starts to turn from clean healthy food to processed junk then the weight starts coming back. Im bad when it comes to low cal as I just end up binging anyway when Im in a *kitten* mood lol so eating more good food helps0
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I used to eat a lot, & exercise a lot!!! But then I used to feel like I had to go to the gym all the time to burn off all them added calories. So turned into a vicious circle for me. I ended up being over the gym for ages, and could never make evening commitments as I wanted to work out. Hey, if you can keep up with the workouts & manage to eat more calories, go for it!! Now I am trying to eat less, and not workout so much.... Have more of a social life .. apart from the gym lol... Good luck!!! Just don't burn yourself out without, that's what I say!!!
Calories in v's calories out at the end of the day0 -
Yeah I did this it's about the healthiest way to do it. I was eating 2500 calories a day and still losing 3 - 4lbs a week. I am currently moving towards maintenence. Currently eating 3000 calories and still losing. Will be upping again if I'm still losing after another week. I am a 6 foot 4 male with a large frame though. So being very active my numbers are going to be high.0
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