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    Weightloss without intense exercise results needed ?

    Posts: 648 Member
    edited November 2024 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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    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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)
    • Posts: 648 Member
      That's great thanks :)
      Ive burning knee problem with pain so need to see my doctor
    • 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.
    • Posts: 648 Member
      Yes thanks :)
    • Posts: 16,049 Member
      I've lost 24lbs in 3mths with zero exercise
    • 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."
    • Posts: 709 Member
      i always heard exercise is for your heart, your diet is for your weight loss.
    • 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...)
    • Posts: 1
      christinev297 wrote: »
      I've lost 24lbs in 3mths with zero exercise
      What type of diet were you on?
    • Posts: 16,049 Member
      csferco615 wrote: »
      show previous quotes
      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

    • Posts: 147 Member
      35 lbs lost with just eating less, and very minimal exercise.
    • Posts: 378 Member
      Bump
    • Posts: 2,950 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.
    • 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:
    • 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.
    • Posts: 10,133 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.
    • 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.
    • Posts: 648 Member
      christinev297 wrote: »
      I've lost 24lbs in 3mths with zero exercise


      How many cals are you on well done
    • 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

    • 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)

    • Posts: 14
      Good job!!
    • Posts: 1,390 Member
      About 70 lbs lost in 8-9 months with just walking. I do more exercise now to keep it off.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Posts: 2,817 Member
      schooler1414 wrote: »
      Good job!!

      Thank you :)

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