But I don't have TIME to exercise!
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I don't exercise while watching TV, in fact I do little exercise at home. I do however use the gym & take a walk during one of my breaks at work. This just increases my overall burn for the day but it's not a 'I must exercise to lose weight' thing.
I do think there are lazy people out there yes. Those who want to lose weight but change nothing about their lifestyle - no exercise, no change in diet etc. Not everyone who doesn't exercise is the same.0 -
You have to appreciate that as human beings, it was never intended in our design to run marathons, spend hours in the gym, play sports, etc. So as long as you're eating what you need to eat and not more, and moving about regularly no matter how 'non-intense' that movement is (i.e. simple walking as much as possible), then you're doing what you're supposed to be doing. Additional exercise is just that, additional - not an absolute must to be healthy.
TL:DR - walk about and eat in moderation.0 -
I'm one of those people who do not do any exercise besides walking around 4-5 hours a week. I'm honest about it though I do not feel like going to a gym. I live in a place where I don't speak the language and it gives me a lot of social anxiety and I avoid going to public places as much as possible. But sure I could suck it up and go anyway. But I don't. I plan on going once I go back to my country in 5 months, but that besides the point.
I'm also not the biggest fans of excuses, but if there is one thing I'm even less a fan of is this born again mentality: "Hey look I work 2000 hours a week and took care of my fitness so can you". Not everything is about you people. Let us lose weight our way.
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scottacular wrote: »You have to appreciate that as human beings, it was never intended in our design to run marathons, spend hours in the gym, play sports, etc. So as long as you're eating what you need to eat and not more, and moving about regularly no matter how 'non-intense' that movement is (i.e. simple walking as much as possible), then you're doing what you're supposed to be doing. Additional exercise is just that, additional - not an absolute must to be healthy.
TL:DR - walk about and eat in moderation.
I don't know about the gym or marathons, but, all signs point to us having evolved under conditions that involved more activity than sitting at a computer (which is what a lot of people have to do for money these days). That said, any activity is good, agree absolutely, and walking is great. And if it's just the diet that people can manage with the time they have, weight loss in itself does a lot to improve health.0 -
Man the judgment in this thread. I miss exercise and hope to get back to it. I have chronic migraines that were under control and suddenly stopped being so. Exercise aggravates them and I'm not going to roll the dice and push things until my neurologist sorts that whole issue out. I keep my weekly trainer appointment for now, but that's pretty much it. I've paid dearly for it sometimes, too.
Everyone has their own path to walk. This whole thing... diet, fitness? It's like pieces to a puzzle. For some people, maybe it's easier to focus on one piece at a time instead of looking at everything all at once.
Exercise has many benefits, but it's not necessary for weight loss.0 -
billieljaime wrote: »i think a more suitable way to encourage people would be to tell them to find time to move more not to blast them and maiking them feel lazy and procrastinating.
People get busy and tired, sometimes the last thing we WANT to do is excersize at the end of a long full day, sometimes we want to take that last free hour and make that phone call, play a game, or lounge on the couch.
It truley is rude of you to make an assumption about a popultaion.
I think the point would have came across better by encouraging people to move more durring their day.....such as parking further away, taking brisk walks around the office when they can, going for walk or to the gym on the weekends, etc......??????
Not everyone wants to go gladiator style on a workout routine nor is there a need to, there is only a need to move more for general health and fitness. Not all of us are striving to be hard bodies, we are not all 20 here ya know.
I don't think that she stated anything about going "gladiator" style on one's workout routine. She is saying that people who state that they don't have time to exercise are really saying that it isn't a priority for them, which is true. It doesn't take a lot of time to do something, even if it is burpees x 10 mins or planks or jumping jacks---no equipment needed. Just like saying I don't have time to brush my teeth or get in the shower. Just saying. I think that she "hit the nail on the head."
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billieljaime wrote: »i think a more suitable way to encourage people would be to tell them to find time to move more not to blast them and maiking them feel lazy and procrastinating.
People get busy and tired, sometimes the last thing we WANT to do is excersize at the end of a long full day, sometimes we want to take that last free hour and make that phone call, play a game, or lounge on the couch.
It truley is rude of you to make an assumption about a popultaion.
I think the point would have came across better by encouraging people to move more durring their day.....such as parking further away, taking brisk walks around the office when they can, going for walk or to the gym on the weekends, etc......??????
Not everyone wants to go gladiator style on a workout routine nor is there a need to, there is only a need to move more for general health and fitness. Not all of us are striving to be hard bodies, we are not all 20 here ya know.
I don't think that she stated anything about going "gladiator" style on one's workout routine. She is saying that people who state that they don't have time to exercise are really saying that it isn't a priority for them, which is true. It doesn't take a lot of time to do something, even if it is burpees x 10 mins or planks or jumping jacks---no equipment needed. Just like saying I don't have time to brush my teeth or get in the shower. Just saying. I think that she "hit the nail on the head."
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OP - why are you telling people what to do?
I'm not even close to telling people what to do. Some people (as evidenced in this thread) don't consider exercise a priority because they simply don't like exercising, and I respect that. But the ones who say they want to exercise but don't have time to do so could have done three jumping jacks in the time it took them to say they don't have time to exercise. Just sayin . . .-1 -
Ok I have a serious question - do people really work out while watching tv? Not like, they just have the tv on to keep themselves from jumping off the treadmill. But I can't imagine doing squats while I'm watching my favourite show (if I had one, I don't right now, but say I did). That to me would be relax time.
I will be doing a two hour LISS cardio session today while watching one of the Six Nations rugby games.
It's too cold for me to cycle outdoors today so I get my training session done while watching something I enjoy. Win/win.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »Man the judgment in this thread. I miss exercise and hope to get back to it. I have chronic migraines that were under control and suddenly stopped being so. Exercise aggravates them and I'm not going to roll the dice and push things until my neurologist sorts that whole issue out. I keep my weekly trainer appointment for now, but that's pretty much it. I've paid dearly for it sometimes, too.
Everyone has their own path to walk. This whole thing... diet, fitness? It's like pieces to a puzzle. For some people, maybe it's easier to focus on one piece at a time instead of looking at everything all at once.
Exercise has many benefits, but it's not necessary for weight loss.
Obviously, she is not talking to you, since you would never say that you don't have "time". You can't until you have been cleared by your doctor.
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mamapeach910 wrote: »Man the judgment in this thread. I miss exercise and hope to get back to it. I have chronic migraines that were under control and suddenly stopped being so. Exercise aggravates them and I'm not going to roll the dice and push things until my neurologist sorts that whole issue out. I keep my weekly trainer appointment for now, but that's pretty much it. I've paid dearly for it sometimes, too.
Everyone has their own path to walk. This whole thing... diet, fitness? It's like pieces to a puzzle. For some people, maybe it's easier to focus on one piece at a time instead of looking at everything all at once.
Exercise has many benefits, but it's not necessary for weight loss.
Obviously, she is not talking to you, since you would never say that you don't have "time". You can't until you have been cleared by your doctor.
Exactly. Thank you, ereck44.-1 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »Man the judgment in this thread. I miss exercise and hope to get back to it. I have chronic migraines that were under control and suddenly stopped being so. Exercise aggravates them and I'm not going to roll the dice and push things until my neurologist sorts that whole issue out. I keep my weekly trainer appointment for now, but that's pretty much it. I've paid dearly for it sometimes, too.
Everyone has their own path to walk. This whole thing... diet, fitness? It's like pieces to a puzzle. For some people, maybe it's easier to focus on one piece at a time instead of looking at everything all at once.
Exercise has many benefits, but it's not necessary for weight loss.
Obviously, she is not talking to you, since you would never say that you don't have "time". You can't until you have been cleared by your doctor.
My story wasn't the thrust of my argument, though. I just gave it to illustrate that everyone has different circumstances. The point of what I was saying was in the second paragraph.
Anyway, she has gone on to clarify that she was talking specifically about the people who say they don't have time, but as another poster has pointed out, some people genuinely don't. I for one don't blame the mom on this thread for taking her one hour a day that she gets to herself for just sitting and relaxing. I'm sure she's plenty active anyway.
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sinfulsweetie wrote: »Wooow... I suddenly remembered why I stopped coming on here. This whole, "OMG. HOW DARE YOU SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TIME!"
I'm a single mother to a toddler with autism who works not 2, but THREE freaking jobs to care for that precious baby. I get MAYBE an hour of peace and quiet. Do I want to use my only hour to run laps around our apartment? No. I want to sit down and relax.
I often skip out on eating because 1. We can't afford it and 2. I don't have the time to bother with it.
Tell me again how I don't give a rip about losing weight because I don't have the time?
In the future, maybe you should be a smidge less judgmental and mind ya business.
My original post did not say OMG. HOW DARE YOU SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TIME". You have taken it completely out of context. As it turns out, I have an autistic daughter. She is now 32 years old. I was not overweight until I was 51 and stopped smoking. Regardless, even though I didn't realize it as exercising at the time, to try to reach her, we danced a lot together to Beatles music. We went to the free zoo and walked and walked. She loved to be lifted up in the air (I'll never understand why) so I did that a lot. She required a lot of time and patience, and after not being able to find child care for her, I placed her in a nearby residential environment and brought her home on weekends. She's been in a group home ever since, with me still picking her up on weekends, and now we're exercising together. She got her GED a little over a year ago, and is now taking classes in the local community college on Early Childhood Education.
Never underestimate yourself or your child.0 -
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Just got out of the hospital on Wednesday, exercise isn't a priority right this minute and probably won't be until I recover and even then it may be an iffy thing.
but if you can, enjoy it. If you don't do it, that should be ok too. everyone is different.
No judgments coming from here either way you go with it.0 -
Danilynn1975 wrote: »Just got out of the hospital on Wednesday, exercise isn't a priority right this minute and probably won't be until I recover and even then it may be an iffy thing.
but if you can, enjoy it. If you don't do it, that should be ok too. everyone is different.
No judgments coming from here either way you go with it.
Take care of yourself first, and best of luck to you in your recovery.0 -
Ok I have a serious question - do people really work out while watching tv? Not like, they just have the tv on to keep themselves from jumping off the treadmill. But I can't imagine doing squats while I'm watching my favourite show (if I had one, I don't right now, but say I did). That to me would be relax time.
I do because I have trouble sitting still. After I've been sitting at a desk all day, it's usually (not always) more relaxing to me to move my body around than to sit some more and pay for it the next day in soreness and creaky joints from disuse. So I do yoga, kettlebell exercises, try to do chin-ups, etc.
No way am I judging people who don't, though. I've been there too when times were really tough and I was working multiple jobs. If you want to rest, rest. Rest is important. You might lose weight by running yourself into the ground, but being skinny and unhealthy isn't really a worthwhile goal.
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atypicalsmith wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »Too late for a run, but not for a couple of flags
why? he's right, for weight loss, exercise isn't necessary.
I completely disagree. Exercise is necessary to keep your body functioning properly, increase your metabolism, and, believe it or not, it burns calories!!!
Exercise is wonderful and my life, but you don't need it for weight loss. I'm a real advocate of not taxing the body too much when it's in deficit. There's plenty of time for exercise when your body is in maintenance and a healthy low BMI weight.
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atypicalsmith wrote: »OP - why are you telling people what to do?
I'm not even close to telling people what to do. Some people (as evidenced in this thread) don't consider exercise a priority because they simply don't like exercising, and I respect that. But the ones who say they want to exercise but don't have time to do so could have done three jumping jacks in the time it took them to say they don't have time to exercise. Just sayin . . .
so you are telling them what do with THEIR time…got ya...0 -
my deficit was 550 to start with i could not lose weight until i added more deficit through exercise. i assumed move more to lose weight?0
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rachylouise87 wrote: »my deficit was 550 to start with i could not lose weight until i added more deficit through exercise. i assumed move more to lose weight?
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so you lost no weight on 550 deficit but added in exercise and burring another 150 to 200 was the key???0 -
rachylouise87 wrote: »my deficit was 550 to start with i could not lose weight until i added more deficit through exercise. i assumed move more to lose weight?
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so you lost no weight on 550 deficit but added in exercise and burring another 150 to 200 was the key???
She didn't say how many calories she was burring (sic). She said when she started exercising, which surprisingly burns calories and increases metabolism, she then started losing weight. Weight loss which comes from CICO doesn't require exercising, as your body burns plenty of calories just to keep you alive. You merely have to eat a lot less if losing weight without exercising is your intention. It happens a lot faster with exercise, although many people have health or other issues which makes being able to exercise very limited.-1 -
atypicalsmith wrote: »rachylouise87 wrote: »my deficit was 550 to start with i could not lose weight until i added more deficit through exercise. i assumed move more to lose weight?
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so you lost no weight on 550 deficit but added in exercise and burring another 150 to 200 was the key???
She didn't say how many calories she was burring (sic). She said when she started exercising, which surprisingly burns calories and increases metabolism, she then started losing weight. Weight loss which comes from CICO doesn't require exercising, as your body burns plenty of calories just to keep you alive. You merely have to eat a lot less if losing weight without exercising is your intention. It happens a lot faster with exercise, although many people have health or other issues which makes being able to exercise very limited.
what does 550 deficit mean then?0 -
atypicalsmith wrote: »OP - why are you telling people what to do?
I'm not even close to telling people what to do. Some people (as evidenced in this thread) don't consider exercise a priority because they simply don't like exercising, and I respect that. But the ones who say they want to exercise but don't have time to do so could have done three jumping jacks in the time it took them to say they don't have time to exercise. Just sayin . . .
So you like exercising. Yippee for you. We get it.
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Why was I flagged for putting up a derailed pic? I was just pointing out the obvious, not being unkind, abusive or offensive. This thread had obviously become derailed.
Are we flagging people for stating the obvious in a humorous manner now?
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ncboiler89 wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »I could go on and on.
But not weight loss
How not? Weight loss is ci vs co. You can either reduce the first or increase the latter. Or both. Exercise is certainly a weight control option.
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no such thing as " NO " time..... its a cheap way of getting out of something !
Starts in the kitchen then if you add alittle extra workout your body will reward you down the road.0 -
I get way further into your goal before Id post blasting messages like this one. You would have more credibility and possibly a better perspective0
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OP I totally get your point. It's funny to me how defensive people get about demanding that no one force feeds them that "EXERCISE" word. God forbid they actually do something that might increase their overall feeling of wellbeing. No instead they think they found some ancient secret loophole of how to lose weight using just math and willpower. Yes it works... we KNOW.
But to the ones who are so uptight about this being the wrong forum, and how dare you hold your head down on others, blah blah blah......just look at yourselves. What are you defending? Humans were not designed to sit around and count calories. Imagine what life would be like if from the beginning of time man starred at his phone.. or laptop. Haha. If everyone had the I don't wanna mentality.
You might get a few of your online buddies to join you in your crusade against exercise, posting hilarious gifs and meme's, but at the end of the day you know your just mad.
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OP I totally get your point. It's funny to me how defensive people get about demanding that no one force feeds them that "EXERCISE" word. God forbid they actually do something that might increase their overall feeling of wellbeing. No instead they think they found some ancient secret loophole of how to lose weight using just math and willpower. Yes it works... we KNOW.
But to the ones who are so uptight about this being the wrong forum, and how dare you hold your head down on others, blah blah blah......just look at yourselves. What are you defending? Humans were not designed to sit around and count calories. Imagine what life would be like if from the beginning of time man starred at his phone.. or laptop. Haha. If everyone had the I don't wanna mentality.
You might get a few of your online buddies to join you in your crusade against exercise, posting hilarious gifs and meme's, but at the end of the day you know your just mad.
If that is directed at me (yes I post humorous gifs and memes) and since I am the only one to post memes in this thread I would dare say you are directing that at me. Here are some facts for you.
Firstly I am not "mad" I use humor to bring joy to peoples lives not because I am "mad"
Secondly I exercise practically everyday and people who are familiar with my routine know that I workout pretty damn hard and consistently.
Thirdly nowhere did I discredit or argue against any of the responses I only voiced a grievance when I was flagged for abuse for an innocuous meme that merely stated that this thread had become derailed.
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