weight loss with no exercise

It's still all about CICO. Exercise helps the deficit and is for your health, but is not necessary for weight loss. You may need to tighten your logging as you get closer to goal, but you'll get there.

Yeah you can totally lose weight without exercising. especially considering you are on your feet everyday as it is. as long as you count calories carefully and stay within your limit you should be fine. back when I was in high school I didn't exercise, but lost and maintained through careful eating.
suggestions : Maybe you can try something like swimming? I think that may even benefit your knees. or perhaps short walks around the neighborhood?

I lost 24lbs in 4mths with zero exercise. And had a very sedentary lifestyle.

I lost weight without exercise before, I just stuck to 1200-1300 calories. Took me about 6-7 months to lose about 55lbs.

I am 5'3", 34 years old. I went from weighing 15 stone to 11 stone by diet alone. I was working in retail, so also on my feet all day. I now have a cushy desk job that I love and I have lost a further stone since, I did start to incorporate exercise when losing this most recent stone.

I think one of the reasons ppl encourage exercise (particularly heavy lifting) is so that when you lose the weight, you keep as much muscle as possible, rather than lose both fat and muscle.

hnyzthms wrote: »

So I've posted a couple of times regarding exercise with knee pain.

so a little bit about my self my cw is 156 lb my height is 5ft 3ins. I work as a nurse and do 3 * 12 hr shifts a wk so am on my feet majority of my shift.

I have suffered with my knees the last 3 yrs which used to only play up with kneeling and lots of squats. I started jogging the last 2 wks and have had knee pain (especially the left) last 4 days. It's easier if it is straight. The knee it self aches but burns when bent for a period of time and thigh muscle hurt too. So trip to drs this wk.

Anyway I know it's about CICO but I see a lot of success stories are from people who include exercise or have a lot of weight to lose at the beginning .

So my question is, has anyone lost say the last or only had 14-18lb with no exercise just diet?

As knee has stopped play at the min. As walking even painful at the min

I lost my first 45lbs with absolutely no exercise. I have dysautonomia so exercise wasn't easy for me at first since I tend to pass out from it. I went to cardiac rehab and worked my way up until I could do it regularly.

hnyzthms wrote: »

So I've posted a couple of times regarding exercise with knee pain.

so a little bit about my self my cw is 156 lb my height is 5ft 3ins. I work as a nurse and do 3 * 12 hr shifts a wk so am on my feet majority of my shift.

I have suffered with my knees the last 3 yrs which used to only play up with kneeling and lots of squats. I started jogging the last 2 wks and have had knee pain (especially the left) last 4 days. It's easier if it is straight. The knee it self aches but burns when bent for a period of time and thigh muscle hurt too. So trip to drs this wk.

Anyway I know it's about CICO but I see a lot of success stories are from people who include exercise or have a lot of weight to lose at the beginning .

So my question is, has anyone lost say the last or only had 14-18lb with no exercise just diet?

As knee has stopped play at the min. As walking even painful at the min

I lost most of my weight without any exercise at all. After I hit my original goal weight I decided to keep losing, to get rid of a few 'vanity' pounds (about 10lbs). I upped my calories to do a slower paced loss/started transitioning into maintenance, and I also started walking a mile a day, 3-4 days a week. Over the course of three-ish months I upped the calories more, upped the walking and lost around 15lbs, which brought me to the low point of my updated maintenance range. I've been successfully maintaining in that area now for two years, with very minimal exercise. During the winter months I do nothing. Spring I start walking again and then do some body-weight exercises.

I have a current bmi of around 19.4 and a bf% of around 21% I have never stepped foot into a gym and I never will. I maintain my weight loss by CICO/what I eat. I also have perfect blood panels and blood pressure etc. I've found what works for me and it's sustainable long term

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

weight loss happens in the kitchen. plenty of people have done it with no exercise. you have to be tighter on what you eat and weighing your food, but yes, it can be done.

Lets qualify that further - its a LOT harder to do it just through diet. Every little bite you take has to be accounted for. That gets lame after a while. Exercise does wonders for metabolism, body chemistry(shedding fat/preserving muscle), and overall health. Sure, the kitchen is where it mainlyy happens but IMO and in my own experience with a lot of weight loss, exercise makes it a helluva lot easier.