Sweat......Lots of sweat......Good or bad for weight loss?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ialLlcdcw

I would say it's a good thing to sweat more. Because of that video right there.

tl;dr: You breathe and sweat out your fat. (80% is breathed out the rest is urine, sweat, tears whatnot)

Sweating varies from person to person, not a good indicator of "more loss"

If you specifically want the mass lost to be composed of water and minerals... Yes... Otherwise no... I am assuming you want to lose fat. Fat is metabolized to use as energy and not sweated out.

Well...fat doesn't actually cry so I would say that for weight loss it doesn't matter how much you sweat. The purpose of sweat is to cool you down.

I sweat like a boss, I wish it meant more weight loss!
I didn't mean for that to rhyme.

One can sweat just as much sitting on the park bench on a sunny day. Sweat is to cool the body temperature down and varies from person to person and how much clothing one is wearing in contrast to temperature they are working out in.
Sweat can be an indication of EFFORT, but doesn't necessarily mean more weight loss since that has more to do with what you're consuming rather than the exercise you're doing.

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Hahahahaha As someone who works outdoors and sweats A LOT, if sweating more meant fat loss I'd be 90lb in summer when it hits 105 F every year here in MD.

I don't know about you but I love to sweat when I am exercising bc you are getting all that excess water and toxins out of your body.

As much as people talk about water retention, I know that I can drop a couple of pounds worth of water weight just from sweating. But that doesn't equate to fat loss necessarily, I just know that each week the scale dips lower and lower, so I figure the sweat is paying off, even if it isn't an indicator of true weight loss.

gomezcasondra wrote: »

I don't know about you but I love to sweat when I am exercising bc you are getting all that excess water and toxins out of your body.

You don't sweat out "toxins". Sweat is comprised of mostly water, salt, and tiny tiny tiny amounts of ammonia and urea (both from protein breakdown). And when you drink water, you put it back in your body.

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i dont sweat hardly at all. work out in some form or another at least 6 days a week.

i dont think sweat equals fat loss LOL

herrspoons wrote: »

Doesn't make any difference. Sweating is about regulating temperature.

QFT It has nothing to do with calorie burn.

I can get a pretty good idea about the intensity of my workout by how much I sweat (if and only if the temp in the gym is normal, the weekend the air wasn't working I sweated more but burned less according to my HRM) I swear a lot when working out and moderate to high intensity I can easily drop 1 1/4- 2 pounds of water weight during a workout (yes I weigh before and after which gives me a good idea of how much water I need to drink to replenish and not become dehydrated. I cannot rely on feeling thirsty as I rarely (even when severely dehydrated feel thirsty due to low blood sugar issues)

Sophsmother wrote: »

I actually thought that a workout wasn't really doing anything for you if you didn't get your heart rate up and sweat. I thought it meant you were in calorie burning mode.

So if I do yoga or barre classes and don't get my heart rate up and break a sweat, it's still beneficial in terms of weight lifting loss?

your heart rate has to go up, but some people simply dont sweat, or dont sweat much (like me) and, as i said, my weight loss is consistent.

i know yoga burns a lot of calories, i would think barre does too? not sure. not my thing LOL regardless, im certain it would be great for toning and agility/ flexibility!