Is it possible to lose weight without exercise?

Yes, all of mine so far.

I can't exercise. I may be able to shortly... you'll all definitely know if it works this time

My plan has always been to lose enough weight for my blood and joints to forgive me. Then I'll look at cardio for health / fitness and some kickboxing for fun and hypertrophy.

You're obviously an intelligent person and I refuse to stoop to the level of simply saying you're wrong... that would be arrogant and ignorant. I will say that I disagree with your approach, though. In previous posts, *I think* you are referring to studies that evaluate both physiology and psychology as a whole. While there is nothing wrong with that and I'm sure much valuable information is gained through that method, I prefer to separate the two. If I'm wrong about what you're referring to, please send me some info about the specific studies as I'd love to read them.

I hold that the biology of the matter dictates that a caloric deficit is what generates fat loss. More activity, especially strength training (and a high protein diet) has been proven to preserve LBM and largely offset many of the physiological changes that normally accompany overall weight loss while generating a larger caloric deficit and thus more fat loss than diet alone. Psychology and willpower dictate that most people will in turn eat more calories in this situation, reducing their overall deficit to a point that it may equal what they could generate through diet alone. Those who find a way to maintain a majority of the larger deficit they generated through exercise will lose more weight than those who do not... and those who only diet. Physiological changes occur in response to a long-term caloric deficit, whether it was generated through diet alone or diet plus exercise. The Minnesota Starvation Experiment is perhaps the most useful study in this regard.

I completely agree about the psychological part, but the physiological part has been measured and proven many, many times. The human body "machine" needs fuel (calories) to run. It needs even more when it is under physical stress. it has to get that fuel from somewhere. If demand exceeds supply, it simply must take from storage. Of course there are many factors that alter the rate at which those things happen, but fuel requirements are still fuel requirements. If the human body could do work without fuel, we'd never need to eat at all

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Sure you can lose weight without exercise. You will lose muscle along with fat and be unhealthy.

That's not entirely true. One doesn't have to be fit and exceptionally strong to be healthy. Case in point, a friend of mine lost over 100lbs and is confined to a wheelchair. Her health is great and she did no exercise (with the exception of wheeling her chair around at even 100lbs heavier) to lose it.

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A person can eat the same amount they always have and add exercise, and weight loss will occur. I don't understand why some people are so insistent that this is not the case.

Because it's not.

I used to put away easily 4000 or more calories on any given day. I would have had to add several hours a day of high intensity exercise to lose weight without changing my eating habits. Totally unrealistic. "possible" yes, but completely unrealistic and unsustainable. On the other hand, cut those calories, and I could sit on my rear all day and drop pounds.

Joshdan, we aren't disagreeing, I think. Just focussing on different areas of the whole weight loss science arena.

As I said, my husband is an engineer and posting with you is like talking to him. I am aware that we seem to be disagreeing, yet I don't disagree with what you post - until, like him, you separate the thing that, in my opinion/training etc, makes the human machine different from the mechanical one - psychology.

Your last post is correct, I cannot separate the psychology, and that is, as I see it, the root of our seeming disagreement.

Nothing wrong with it, and I hope I am not frustrating you as I enjoy the exchange of info from different perspectives.

Good luck with your continued weight loss

I havent been to a gym once since I started.

My only exercise is my job, walk to and from work, and the very occasional walk on my days off.

Many members here exercise as they have sedentary jobs like working in an office, or because they want to tone or SIMPLY because they love it! But its not really my thing and I cant afford a gym membership so I just stick to walking when the mood takes me.

A person can eat the same amount they always have and add exercise, and weight loss will occur. I don't understand why some people are so insistent that this is not the case.

If someone is already eating well over their TDEE (say a 1000 calories a day) then adds exercise (with a 500 calorie burn), they would still be in a 500 calorie surplus. You don't lose weight on a surplus.
So that would depend if they were on maintenance calories for statement to be true.

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