Can I lose weight without Exercise?

a few quotes

Trying to lose weight by starving yourself is like trying to get rid of weeds in a garden by not watering it.

Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip.
Arnold H. Glasgow

Eat clean, train mean, live lean

What are you trying to change? Your body, or just the number on the scale?

(personal I exercise and thoses quote is one I use alot)

"I workout, because I can. When I get tired, or I am short on time, or I want to quit...I think about how lucky I am to be healthy enough to workout daily. Be grateful for your health and your ability to become STRONGER. Don't ever take it for granted!"

"If you did have a million-dollar racehorse, would you let him stay up half the night drinking coffee and booze, smoking cigarettes and eating junk food?" "Would you treat a 10-dollar dog or a 5-dollar cat this way? What about your billion-dollar body?"

yes it is possible, I have lost almost 70lbs with a walk every now and then but I would strongly suggest you do some weight training. I say from experience that, just losing the weight without exercise leaves you looking kind of saggy and personally does not look that good.

Oh yeah the guy above is right about that though, if you have alot to lose weight training supposedly helps alot with excess skin.

Yup! It's possible... my husband is on MFP and the most exercise he does is walking the dog... and he's lost 60lbs.

To lose weight, yes, all you need is to eat at a calorie deficit. But it is recommended to include exercise to help prevent muscle loss and to strengthen your muscles and increase endurance/stamina.

Lose weight? Sure just intake less calories than you burn...Get into shape another story entirely.

I agree with the 80/20 comment. And I believe a person can lose with 100% nutrition and 0% exercise, but would you want to?? Do you want to hit your goal weight and still have a high body fat percentage? You will essentially be what is called skinny fat if you do that, most likely. Your body will burn muscle mass along with fat, whereas if you exercise you can prevent that from happening to a point.

I'd say is it possible to lose most of the weight with little to no exercise.

Once you get closer to your goal,however, it will be harder and harder to lose fat with just a calorie deficit and NOT lose lean muscle. I lost 33 lbs, just with diet alone. I liked the number I saw on the scale, but it was at the cost of weak, flabby muscles, a saggy butt, no stamina, and poor energy. I strongly suggest strength training, if not now, then at least 10-20 pounds away from your goal weight.

Losing weight is about eating less that you burn, exercise or not. You asked if it's possible and then went on to show that you have done it. You answered your own question.

Yes, to gain the weight you ate more than you used, so the opposite is true. Here is some simple math. If you eat about 2700 calories a day and eat every 3 hours you will lose weight and your body won't think it is starving.

Roughly (very roughly) when you weighed 325 lbs you were eating between 5250 to 5720 calories per day. Average calories burned by an inactive man is about 2000-2500 per day. If you were eating 5250 calories a day but are now eating about 2700 calories a day this means you are eating about 2550 less per day.

About 3200 calories equals 1 pound.

You've been dieting about 24 days.

The Math

5250 (calories you used to eat) -2700 (about the number of calories you are probably eating) = 2550
2550 calories x 24 days (April 2 to April 26) = 61,200 total calorie deficit
61,200 calories / 3200 calories per pound = a total wight loss of about 19.125

Any exercise will add to the fat loss. As for the exercise I've learned something very important. You need muscle mass. Your heart is a muscle. If you loss weight withouth increasing your muscle mass you risk some heart problmes. That said, losing the weight from 300s to 200's will do your heart some good. There are some real simple do at home for 20 minute exercises that will help with speeding wieght loss, won't exhaust you, and will be great for your heart. Light light light, ease into it

You will lose about as much muscle as you do fat by doing nothing beyond running a calorie deficit. If you want to be lean, rather than just light, you need to lift weights to combat muscle loss.

Mark, if your budget can handle it, get yourself a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM). Get the kind that has a chest strap, they're about $90. It's a great investment in your fitness plan. I like the Polar FT4 as a good all around model.

I know a guy who did it with no exercise, but it took him two years and he ate very little. But then you have to ask yourself, can you live with it taking two years or maybe even longer. And the closer you get to your target weight, the harder it will be. But no judgments, we all have choices to make and I wish you the very best.

they say no pain no gain...


so if you don't workout you would still be loosing weight but very slowly....