Anyone just dieting (not working out)

Why wouldn't you want to work out? Do you have an injury?

Why wouldn't you want to work out? Do you have an injury?

This. Not trying to shove the work out and eat less approach down your throat, but there's numerous health benefits outside of weight loss from working out and it really doesn't take much time each week to see said benefits.

That's me for now. Gonna start lifting eventually, but for now I'm just dieting. One the one hand if I lift while cutting I won't lose as much muscle, on the other hand it'll mean spending a LONG time watching my lifts stay the same or go down, so I'm going to cut until I've lost a fair bit of my fat and then start lifting .

I am, I am really just too tired and too busy to be bothered to try and fit it in... I'm shattered when I get home. Will try when it is lighter in the evenings though.

It may help you though reducing your tiredness from everyday. It's hard to imagine you starting but once you start, you most likely won't want to stop.

yes and no.

I have myself set up on here to burn 1200 calories per week via exercise, and I almost always hit that goal. I purposely under-log most of the time, but I am "sedentary" and will log things like 10 minutes of heavy duty cleaning or an hour and 30 min of walking around the zoo.

I don't go to a gym ever, and I don't do fitness DVDs or anything along those lines. I only get "serious" exercise on the weekend when my husband and I bike for an hour on a trail, walk quick enough to get the heart rate up, etc.

That's me for now. Gonna start lifting eventually, but for now I'm just dieting. One the one hand if I lift while cutting I won't lose as much muscle, on the other hand it'll mean spending a LONG time watching my lifts stay the same or go down, so I'm going to cut until I've lost a fair bit of my fat and then start lifting .

I get what you're saying, I see quite the rollercoaster of progression in the weight room while cutting, however, you're not doing your lifting numbers any favors by continuing to lose LBM while you are in a deficit. Might as well do whatever you can to try to increase LBM retention while you're cutting so that you're ahead of the game when you want to maintain or even bulk.

You're not alone. I currently work 2 jobs and don't have the time or energy right now.

I get what you're saying, I see quite the rollercoaster of progression in the weight room while cutting, however, you're not doing your lifting numbers any favors by continuing to lose LBM while you are in a deficit. Might as well do whatever you can to try to increase LBM retention while you're cutting so that you're ahead of the game when you want to maintain or even bulk.

I haven't lifted at all yet, so my numbers aren't hurting as I don't have any. Part of doing it right is establishing a positive routine, I think I will have a lot of difficulty sticking with a routine that sees my strength decreasing, which is a big part of it. I will start lifting before I bottom out on weight, and I'll probably spend some time at nogainz, but I want to minimize that time.

I'm currently just dieting alone. I'm trying to incorporate more activity into my day as well. I have a chronic pain condition and currently have been experiencing tremendous fatigue for the last few months, which has gotten in the way of adding as many workouts into my regime as I'd like. I know that exercise will give me energy, but I haven't had the stamina or energy to do much (and keep good form while doing it). Even after my walks, I need a few hours to rest. So until my doctor and I can figure out what's going on, I just plan to add walks in, and do what I can where I can. I'm losing weight at the rate I'd hoped to, but I'd prefer to be able to get stronger and tone up as well. Ah well. Baby steps.

I was wondering if anyone else was like me and just loosing weight dieting alone. It seems like i'm the only one not working out along with the diet plan

I also don't " work out ". I walk 45 minutes a day for exercise, walk twice a day with my dog ( which I don't log ) and since I do not have a car, I walk to the bus or subway, to the store and since I live on the fourth floor without an elevator I also climb on average 500 stairs a day. I do not count everything except my intentional personal walking, because I want to get used to a more active life style.I also don't walk to burn exercise to eat more....it's not something I am interested in, since I eat enough.
However when I started out in April last year I did not even walk ( coming off a walker I was not able to climb stairs yet ) for the first two month and I did lose weight. I started with walking 5-10 minutes at a snail's pace and even that made me feel better ( maybe psychological...who knows) than being completely sedentary. Since June last year I upped my walking to 45 minutes at a " fast pace " and feel much better for it.
I am not convinced that it makes a big difference as far as weight loss is concerned, but feeling good does it for me !

When I used MFP two years ago I didn't workout, just cut my calories and I did lose 10 lbs.. I was a full time student and a mother of two so between all the studying and my kids, I didn't have time.. So,yes I did lose it without working out

I encourage you to keep doing what is working for you now.

I try to be careful with general statements but I think I am on relatively safe ground to say many people either agree or see that a incremental approach to health and well being is a great method to build long lasting habits. If this for your is diet and "not working out" then get the diet under control until it becomes habitual.

Your diet (and here I use this as a noun not a verb) is a BIG part of the equation to the weight loss equation (now this is where you need to remind yourself that you want Fat loss not weight loss) - what people are concerned with is "use it or lose it" your body will use muscle as an energy source if it is not being used - so dieting alone will impact towards loss of lean muscle. In reality you probably are working out to some degree - it does not sound like you are lounging on your couch eating carrots to get thin - your body will shape itself to the energy (deficit or excess) and to what activities you currently do - Housework, running the kids around, weekend activities etc.... You may be more active than you realize?

Anyhow I have dieted without "working out" and do not regret this for one moment. At that time I was absolutely ecstatic with what I achieved. This approach was right for me then and was all I could really cope with at that time of my life. Now I want a more more athletic look and feel so I am watching what I am eating with exercise.

So what I am saying is stick with what is working for you be aware there are many (oh so many) options be at the very least aware of these and when you feel inspired then act and to do something towards this.

Why wouldn't you want to work out? Do you have an injury?

I'm just too busy. I mean I walk about 3-4 miles a day, to the bus and around my office but that's it. I don't like lifting weight or running. I also just don't like being sweaty as it makes my rosacae act up

Walking is exercising.

Why wouldn't you want to work out? Do you have an injury?

This. Not trying to shove the work out and eat less approach down your throat, but there's numerous health benefits outside of weight loss from working out and it really doesn't take much time each week to see said benefits.

^this

And I'm fascinated by people who intentionally do no exercise whatsoever (barring injury, of course...and even then, that they wouldn't work around it). I'm not saying that everyone has to spend an hour+ in the gym every day, but *zero* exercise? Not even an occasional long walk?



ETA: Daily walking = exercise. I knew I should have read both pages before posting...

I get what you're saying, I see quite the rollercoaster of progression in the weight room while cutting, however, you're not doing your lifting numbers any favors by continuing to lose LBM while you are in a deficit. Might as well do whatever you can to try to increase LBM retention while you're cutting so that you're ahead of the game when you want to maintain or even bulk.

I haven't lifted at all yet, so my numbers aren't hurting as I don't have any. Part of doing it right is establishing a positive routine, I think I will have a lot of difficulty sticking with a routine that sees my strength decreasing, which is a big part of it. I will start lifting before I bottom out on weight, and I'll probably spend some time at nogainz, but I want to minimize that time.

this makes no sense