Can rocking make you lose weight...I have a hypothesis lol

JaydensMama418
JaydensMama418 Posts: 21
edited November 9 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey everyone. My name is Kristin. I am 23 years old. 4'11 and my start weight was 185. When I was a kid id sit on the couch and rock back and forth. At 18 I stopped doing it and thats when I started to lose weight. I would eat anything and everything and wouldnt gain weight and I wasnt exactly active except for in school at gym. Thats about it. I now have a Son and im trying to eat healthier and exercise alot more. I lost 10lbs. Then I overate for a week and gained 5lbs...So ive lost 5lbs ugh.
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  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    Huh? Is there a question in there somewhere? Also, if you lost weight when you "stopped rocking" how would said "rocking" hp you lose weight?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Ummm. Wat?
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Ummm. Wat?

    Okay so it is not just me? Lol
  • CariJean64
    CariJean64 Posts: 297 Member
    Can someone translate that post for me, please?
  • leomom72
    leomom72 Posts: 1,797 Member
    wait, so you stopped rocking and you lost weight ? i dont rock anyday, so why am i not losing weight...LoL..actually, i and apparently others are confused by this post
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Rock n' rolling is good for weight loss I hear.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    I thought she was talking about music because I love to dance :)
  • schle009
    schle009 Posts: 63 Member
    What I gathered from this is that she overate for a week and gained some lost weight back after having a kid...which makes you gain weight anyway... and something about the fact your metabolism is better when you're younger meant she didn't gain weight as fast.
    ...I still don't get the point.
  • My Sons 2....Sorry im a stay at home Mom cant post a huge long post...What I meant was I was 120lbs my senior year of highschool. I never gained weight. Id eat whatever I want and wouldnt have a care in the world about it. I stopped rocking on the couch at the age of 18. Thats when I gained 25lbs. My heaviest was at 200 when I was pregnant with my Son. Im just wondering if the rocking on the couch counts as exercise. I do it to relieve stress sometimes. I did it today for 2 hours.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    does your rocking chair have some magical weight loss properties….???

    no, it does not count as exercise.

    You gained weight because you ate too much, not because your magic rocking chair stopped functioning…

    wow ….
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    My Sons 2....Sorry im a stay at home Mom cant post a huge long post...What I meant was I was 120lbs my senior year of highschool. I never gained weight. Id eat whatever I want and wouldnt have a care in the world about it. I stopped rocking on the couch at the age of 18. Thats when I gained 25lbs. My heaviest was at 200 when I was pregnant with my Son. Im just wondering if the rocking on the couch counts as exercise. I do it to relieve stress sometimes. I did it today for 2 hours.


    Rocking on the couch? This is going to sound horrible, but right now I'm picturing someone in a straight jacket, in a padded room, rocking back and forth.

    And no. I doubt that counts as exercise or had anything to do with you not gaining weight.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited December 2014
    Um...I think it's a nervous habit. You should probably think about why you are rocking back and forth on the couch for two hours straight.

    Is it possible that this rocking soothes you, and when you don't have something physical to sooth you, you eat instead?

    Anyway, I'm outtie. I'm no shrink, ya see.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    can't be a serious thread….
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    does your rocking chair have some magical weight loss properties….???

    no, it does not count as exercise.

    You gained weight because you ate too much, not because your magic rocking chair stopped functioning…

    wow ….

    She's saying she lost weight AFTER she stopped rocking on the couch.

    Don't worry. You weren't the only one confused and misreading that the first time around.
  • whitehorse67
    whitehorse67 Posts: 101 Member
    What?......I don't get it.....I think I should be drunk when I read posts like this....might help.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    PikaKnight wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    does your rocking chair have some magical weight loss properties….???

    no, it does not count as exercise.

    You gained weight because you ate too much, not because your magic rocking chair stopped functioning…

    wow ….

    She's saying she lost weight AFTER she stopped rocking on the couch.

    Don't worry. You weren't the only one confused and misreading that the first time around.

    what??????

    crap, let me re-read...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    PikaKnight wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    does your rocking chair have some magical weight loss properties….???

    no, it does not count as exercise.

    You gained weight because you ate too much, not because your magic rocking chair stopped functioning…

    wow ….

    She's saying she lost weight AFTER she stopped rocking on the couch.

    Don't worry. You weren't the only one confused and misreading that the first time around.

    she re-clarified later and she gained after she stopped rocking….

    I think..hell,I am confused now….
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I think she mis-wrote on the original post.

    " I stopped rocking on the couch at the age of 18. Thats when I gained 25lbs"
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    PikaKnight wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    does your rocking chair have some magical weight loss properties….???

    no, it does not count as exercise.

    You gained weight because you ate too much, not because your magic rocking chair stopped functioning…

    wow ….

    She's saying she lost weight AFTER she stopped rocking on the couch.

    Don't worry. You weren't the only one confused and misreading that the first time around.

    she re-clarified later and she gained after she stopped rocking….

    I think..hell,I am confused now….

    Oh wait. You are right. She did change it.

    I just....umm....errr...

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    PikaKnight wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    PikaKnight wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    does your rocking chair have some magical weight loss properties….???

    no, it does not count as exercise.

    You gained weight because you ate too much, not because your magic rocking chair stopped functioning…

    wow ….

    She's saying she lost weight AFTER she stopped rocking on the couch.

    Don't worry. You weren't the only one confused and misreading that the first time around.

    she re-clarified later and she gained after she stopped rocking….

    I think..hell,I am confused now….

    Oh wait. You are right. She did change it.

    I just....umm....errr...

    3739957.gif

    its all good ….

    this thread make no sense...
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Small movements can add up to a certain extent. It's called NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis). It's one of the reasons why two people with similar stats might have varying calorie burns for the same time frame-- if one fidgets and the other doesn't then the fidgeter will burn more calories.

    But I don't know that the difference in NEAT alone would account for weight loss or gain. We're not talking about a lot of calories.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    They say people who fidget lose more weight than people who don't. So, just keepa Rockin' :#
  • Qskim
    Qskim Posts: 1,145 Member
    She's talking about how when she was younger she rocked back n forth on the couch and therefore added to her NEAT which contributed to being at a stable weight until she was 18 and then she stopped rocking back n forth (cos well...) and therefore should she start the rocking again to add to her NEAT. Lol is it in database?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I feel drunk from reading this, without the alcohol or extra calories. Thank you.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I got a pm the other day from someone on here asking why I don't exercise and if I can help her stop chewing her nails... Totally random :o
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited December 2014
    OP the rocking chair won't work but if you walk back and forht in your living room like this you should drop some fat real quick like…

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  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I'm actually rocking my baby in a chair as I am reading this... I feel the burn!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    I'm actually rocking my baby in a chair as I am reading this... I feel the burn!

    When you come down, plant your feet flat on the floor, squeeze the glutes and push off. Hold the baby tight though. Don't want any accidents.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    does your rocking chair have some magical weight loss properties….???

    no, it does not count as exercise.

    You gained weight because you ate too much, not because your magic rocking chair stopped functioning…

    wow ….

    Where does one buy a magic rocking chair? I really want one now lol. Thin the furniture store would think I was crazy if I asked for their "magic furniture" collection?
    I got a pm the other day from someone on here asking why I don't exercise and if I can help her stop chewing her nails... Totally random :o

    Oh man, I was totally going to PM you about nail biting as well.. :-p



    On a serious note, if your "rocking" was actually the cause of no gain before you stopped, no one with anxiety would be overweight, since that is a nervous movement.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Do you rock at work?
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