Weightloss without intense exercise results needed ?

sandown12
sandown12 Posts: 648 Member
edited November 10 in Health and Weight Loss
hi I lost 71lbs in 2012 i regained 1/2 tore my calf muscle & ive knee problems
I wondered how much weight you lost with only walking as exercise in how long ? Thanks
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  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    I lost 60+ pounds in about 6 months with only walking as my exercise. Just keep a weather eye on your diet, weigh and log everything faithfully, etc.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    I think it all depends on how many calories you are eating. Ive seen numerous success stories of people losing 75+ pounds without exercise.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited January 2015
    58 pounds since the first of October
    Still going strong

    First weeks no walking and have build it up to now 70 minutes daily walking ( and even some jogging in it)
  • sandown12
    sandown12 Posts: 648 Member
    That's great thanks :)
    Ive burning knee problem with pain so need to see my doctor
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    i have knee and back problems but since i started walking it is getting stronger and stronger. The last time my knee protested is almost a month ago :) Lucky me. Of course all the weight loss helps.

    I hope that this will help you too.
  • sandown12
    sandown12 Posts: 648 Member
    Yes thanks :)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I've lost 24lbs in 3mths with zero exercise
  • jakichan
    jakichan Posts: 109 Member
    Exercise is overrated. In fact too much exercise can be counterproductive, as your body demands extra calories for all that work. However, no matter how much you exercise if your nutrition is off you won't lose. Cyclists say "You can't outride a bad diet."
  • La5Vega5Girl
    La5Vega5Girl Posts: 709 Member
    i always heard exercise is for your heart, your diet is for your weight loss.
  • jakichan
    jakichan Posts: 109 Member
    Truth. I'm still "obese" (about 50 pounds to go). But my resting heart rate is 52bpm now. If I see a doctor I don't know and they take vitals I have to clue them in. Someone "my size" shouldn't have a heart rate that low, according to one doctor. (He was a rude fellow, so I dropped him like I drop slow cyclists...)
  • csferco615
    csferco615 Posts: 1
    christinev297 wrote: »
    I've lost 24lbs in 3mths with zero exercise
    What type of diet were you on?
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    csferco615 wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    I've lost 24lbs in 3mths with zero exercise
    What type of diet were you on?

    I do alternate day fasting. Eat my tdee on one day and 500 the next, and repeat. I haven't been this weight since high school. I'm 42 now

  • ek0513
    ek0513 Posts: 147 Member
    35 lbs lost with just eating less, and very minimal exercise.
  • nomorebingesgirl2014
    nomorebingesgirl2014 Posts: 378 Member
    Bump
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,859 Member
    122lbs lost since April 18th with nothing but deficit + some walking/increased general activity level as the weight's come off and I feel better.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    nicsflyingcircus wrote: »
    122lbs lost since April 18th with nothing but deficit + some walking/increased general activity level as the weight's come off and I feel better.

    Awesomeness! ! Well done :smile:
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    If you want to lose weight, you don't need exercise. If you want to be healthy, you should both lose weight and exercise.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    I lost my first 30 lbs in three and a half months with walking as my main exercise (occasionally I'd turn on music and dance in the living room when I wasn't able to get out for a walk in the daylight). But accurate logging and maintaining a calorie deficit is what enabled me to lose weight. Exercise is for my health.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    sandown12 wrote: »
    hi I lost 71lbs in 2012 i regained 1/2 tore my calf muscle & ive knee problems
    I wondered how much weight you lost with only walking as exercise in how long ? Thanks
    You don't have to exercise to lose weight, all you have to do is eat less calories than you burn. That's it.
  • sandown12
    sandown12 Posts: 648 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    I've lost 24lbs in 3mths with zero exercise


    How many cals are you on well done
  • sandown12
    sandown12 Posts: 648 Member
    Thanks for your replies and well done

    It's not that I don't want t to exercise my knee pain stops me

    I'm not sure if I'm eating the right calories

    I did fasting 5:2 but only lost 6lbs in 2 weeks then nothing for 4 weeks

    I lost 71lbs in 2012 cal counting but lots exercise

  • schooler1414
    schooler1414 Posts: 14
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    58 pounds since the first of October
    Still going strong

    First weeks no walking and have build it up to now 70 minutes daily walking ( and even some jogging in it)

  • schooler1414
    schooler1414 Posts: 14
    Good job!!
  • dopeysmelly
    dopeysmelly Posts: 1,390 Member
    About 70 lbs lost in 8-9 months with just walking. I do more exercise now to keep it off.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    exercise is for health...calorie deficit is for weight loss. The only thing exercise does is help create a bigger deficit but you don't "need" to exercise to lose weight. I personally lost my first 25lbs in 3-4 months without exercise lost the last 35 with weight lifting. Prefer to do it with exercise.
  • thecraftinista
    thecraftinista Posts: 66 Member
    A few years ago I lost about 60lbs in four months from just walking. Granted, I also switched my diet quite drastically and cut out most fat and added sugar and had small portions, but the only exercise I did was walking.
  • rainbow118
    rainbow118 Posts: 95 Member
    I just started my diet jan. 1st. For exercise I go on my elliptical for 30mins, I don't work out fast just get on and go. I have bad SI Joints so intense exercise is out of the question. I have lost 6lbs so far with diet and exercising 3-4 times a week.
  • liekewheeless
    liekewheeless Posts: 416 Member
    sandown12 wrote: »
    Thanks for your replies and well done

    It's not that I don't want t to exercise my knee pain stops me

    I'm not sure if I'm eating the right calories

    I did fasting 5:2 but only lost 6lbs in 2 weeks then nothing for 4 weeks

    I lost 71lbs in 2012 cal counting but lots exercise

    Don't worry about stalling. I tend to lose several pounds a week and then stall. As long as I keep at it I have a big drop again later. I average about 1 to 1.5 lb a week but it's really more like drop 5 or 6 in two weeks and then nothing the rest of the month. Then all of a sudden I start dropping again.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    schooler1414 wrote: »
    Good job!!

    Thank you :)

  • sandown12
    sandown12 Posts: 648 Member
    Thankyou
    Hopefully will sort knee out ive a treadmill at home so could try that
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