How can exercise ruin your weight loss? CORTISOL? need to lose 84 lbs?

Visha_01
Visha_01 Posts: 17 Member
edited November 23 in Health and Weight Loss
So, my family is having a mini biggest loser and it's only been a week (started Sept 2015) and we almost have 4 months of losing weight with the price of $ 445 for the winner. I was really into it and my initial weight is 215.4 pounds. I started my journey a week ago and it's been only six days since I'm on my diet and so far I lost 4 pounds by eating one meal a day (1200 k cal) with no exercise. with this diet, larger people with a lot to lose(I want to lose 84 pounds) are not advised to do an exercise besides from brisk walking until losing 50lbs on diet because larger people produces more cortisol (stress hormone that holds on to fat) This produces stress, which impedes weight-loss, and in fact, puts your body into fat-building mode since it starts to "freak out" (if you do exercises) and seek ways to store fat for hard times ahead. Because, being big has you taxing your body severely at a calorie deficit. It is already hard enough on your body as you maneuver your weight around.

So, I just want to ask if anyone of you have any advice if should I or shouldn't exercise ? I'm planning to do Shaun T's hiphop abs every MWF and play badmonton TTH. Which path should I take to lose MORE and to LOSE fat fast?

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  • Labyrinthine93
    Labyrinthine93 Posts: 46 Member
    Bunk for the most part. If you want to exercise do it, if you don't, don't do it. Your deficit will determine your loss, as long as you are in a deficit you'll lose. Exercising of course might cause temporary water retention for muscle repair, but it's temporary. If you are up for it, I say do it. I wouldn't suggest anything too extreme if you're new to it.
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    Do what now?
  • dhimaan
    dhimaan Posts: 774 Member
    Are you a good badminton player? I am pretty good.
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    edited September 2015
    Visha_01 wrote: »
    So, my family is having a mini biggest loser and it's only been a week (started Sept 2015) and we almost have 4 months of losing weight with the price of $ 445 for the winner. I was really into it and my initial weight is 215.4 pounds. I started my journey a week ago and it's been only six days since I'm on my diet and so far I lost 4 pounds by eating one meal a day (1200 k cal) with no exercise. with this diet, larger people with a lot to lose(I want to lose 84 pounds) are not advised to do an exercise besides from brisk walking until losing 50lbs on diet because larger people produces more cortisol (stress hormone that holds on to fat) This produces stress, which impedes weight-loss, and in fact, puts your body into fat-building mode since it starts to "freak out" (if you do exercises) and seek ways to store fat for hard times ahead. Because, being big has you taxing your body severely at a calorie deficit. It is already hard enough on your body as you maneuver your weight around.

    So, I just want to ask if anyone of you have any advice if should I or shouldn't exercise ? I'm planning to do Shaun T's hiphop abs every MWF and play badmonton TTH. Which path should I take to lose MORE and to LOSE fat fast?

    Is your goal to lose weight, maintain the weight loss, or just yoyo diet and win the cash? If it is the second, keep doing what you are doing. If it is the first, sorry to say it, but you are not on the right track. Sustainable and healthy weight loss does not happen this way, it is not a race. Figure out how much you need to eat to lose about 2 lbs per week, add exercise because being sedentary is not healthy, regardless of weight loss goals, and figure out an eating plan you can live with for the next years, not weeks.
    Are most people in your family overweight? I would guess so for the contest to have a purpose. If yes, then while participating might sound like the right thing to do, aiming to win is not necessarily the best idea. If your family had healthy eating/exercise habits, then there woudl be no need for the biggest loser. "Let's all support to lose each other to lose weight" is awesome. "Let's see who can do it faster" is not. See this is a motive to start your weight loss journey, but be smart about it. Do not starve and think of the big picture and where you want to be in a year or 5 years, do not get obsessed with losing fast.
  • Damien_Scott
    Damien_Scott Posts: 108 Member
    The majority of pure weight loss is diet. Exercise can help the process but is mostly used to become "Healthy and fit". Exercise will help a bit, but if you end up adding exercise calories to your daily goals then you will just be eating back what you burned anyway.

    If you exercise you will lose weight slower or even gain weight as you build muscle. Your muscles will also retain water when you start a new exercise regimen. All of this stuff is different for every person and situation, so your mileage may vary.

    You might also want to divide up your calories into at least two meals a day. Even if you go up to 1400 calories/day you will still lose good bit. I know how hungry I get toward the end of work (3rd shift) after only eating dinner. My girlfriend started at about 1450 calories and then worked her way down to 1200 after about a month. Shes lost 16lbs so far, but the weight loss has slowed down a lot for both of us.
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    All the cortisol/stress hormones in the world won't stop you from losing fat in a deficit. If that was the case, no one would starve to death (and I imagine that would be a pretty stressful situation).

    Even so, exercise shouldn't be stressful. A beginner shouldn't go and try and do an ironman triathalon.

    The only reason you shouldn't exercise is that your calories are already so low! You could be eating way more and still lose weight at a much healthier speed. If your logging is correct and you are really only eating 1200 calories then adding in exercise will drop you below the minimum 1200 calories. You would want to eat most of your exercise calories back but I get a feeling you won't want to do that.
  • Visha_01
    Visha_01 Posts: 17 Member
    dhimaan wrote: »
    Are you a good badminton player? I am pretty good.

    Yes, I'm a varsity player for 10 years. high school & college. Exercise is really my thing. Until I got pregnant and fat
  • Visha_01
    Visha_01 Posts: 17 Member

    Damien_Scott wrote: »
    The majority of pure weight loss is diet. Exercise can help the process but is mostly used to become "Healthy and fit". Exercise will help a bit, but if you end up adding exercise calories to your daily goals then you will just be eating back what you burned anyway.

    If you exercise you will lose weight slower or even gain weight as you build muscle. Your muscles will also retain water when you start a new exercise regimen. All of this stuff is different for every person and situation, so your mileage may vary.

    You might also want to divide up your calories into at least two meals a day. Even if you go up to 1400 calories/day you will still lose good bit. I know how hungry I get toward the end of work (3rd shift) after only eating dinner. My girlfriend started at about 1450 calories and then worked her way down to 1200 after about a month. Shes lost 16lbs so far, but the weight loss has slowed down a lot for both of us.

    16 lbs in a month is really good. I would love that!
  • Visha_01
    Visha_01 Posts: 17 Member
    KateTii wrote: »
    All the cortisol/stress hormones in the world won't stop you from losing fat in a deficit. If that was the case, no one would starve to death (and I imagine that would be a pretty stressful situation).

    Even so, exercise shouldn't be stressful. A beginner shouldn't go and try and do an ironman triathalon.

    The only reason you shouldn't exercise is that your calories are already so low! You could be eating way more and still lose weight at a much healthier speed. If your logging is correct and you are really only eating 1200 calories then adding in exercise will drop you below the minimum 1200 calories. You would want to eat most of your exercise calories back but I get a feeling you won't want to do that.

    Most of the time I am eating 1200 kcal, FYI, I'm a varsity player (badminton) for 10 years (HS & College) If you would ask on how I did get fat, well I got pregnant and I got addicted to chocolates and cakes. So I don't really think my body would go into a state shock ? what do you think?
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    I second Visha_01, if you are eating only 1200kcal, then you will need to eat back your exercise calories or your net intake will get too low to be healthy.

    I personally feel that everyone should be exercising, whether they are trying to lose weight, gain weight or leaving their weight alone. Exercise is necessary for basic health and I have never seen anything that convinces me it is detrimental to weight loss - as long as you stick to your net calorie goal.
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