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exercising for weight loss
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I've been vegetarian for 44 years, eating mostly healthy foods. I've never been much of a soda pop drinker; I think it's yucky. I rarely eat fast food, haven't for decades; I think it's yucky.
I was very active for a dozen years before ever coming to MFP, getting that 150 minutes of exercise and more pretty routinely every week, low resting heart rate, decent strength and endurance, competing athletically and even winning the occasional place medal.
So I was doing these things:1. get the recommended amount of exercise
2. eat a wide variety of healthy foods
3. limit the junk food
But I was obese, BMI over 30. And I stayed obese. And my cholesterol/triglycerides were high, and my blood pressure was high.
So what did I need to change?
Here's what I did change: I ate less. I ate mostly the same foods, just less. I exercised pretty much the same amount. I still didn't eat much soda pop, fast food, etc., because I still think it's yucky.
My fitness hasn't changed much: My rowing machine race pace is about the same, my resting heart rate is about the same, my endurance is about the same.
But my body weight has dropped by 50+ pounds. My blood lipids are excellent. My blood pressure is normal. My BMI is around 22.
What I think: Proper calorie intake for weight management + solid macros/micros/fiber/phytonutrients for nutrition + exercise for fitness = best odds of long term good health.
I've written that "equation" over and over in threads here.
If anyone needs to move toward better health, it matters what their starting point is. The starting point differs.
Adding exercise would've done nothing for me except put my life severely out of good balance - people need to do more in life than just exercise IMO. Me, I needed to manage my calorie intake. Period.
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Well I agree those are pretty good tips for maintaining a general healthy lifestyle. She could make sure to get plenty of exercise, make healthier food choices and limit "junk" and she very well could lose weight. I'm sure those three changes would result in some weight loss for a lot of people. But she might not, depending on how much she's eating, and what her starting point was. I think that's the point everyone is making.1
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OldAssDude wrote: »OldAssDude wrote: »OldAssDude wrote: »I bolded the part of your post which may be helpful. Which is nothing.
Do you think a calorie deficit is caused from just counting calories?
No... It's not.
You can either eat less than you burn, or burn more than you eat, and you "must" do both to be successful long term.
Are you saying that total health is just weight?
please explain why people should be at a healthy weight, but not be at a healthy fitness level.
The OP is exercising so your participation in this thread seems to revolve around being a contrarian. People are trying to assist her with why she is bingeing... will exercise help with that too? I am glad to see that you recognize that eating less than you burn is a course of action. Growth in views is important at any age.
I don't really feel the need to answer your questions because I haven't said whatever it is that you are imagining that I am saying.
The OP has only been exercising for 2 weeks.
And yes. Exercise will help with binge eating. The more a person exercises the less time they have to sit around thinking about eating.
And for some people, the more they exercise, the hungrier they get - and the more difficult it is to maintain a calorie deficit.
It takes me close to an hour to burn 500 calories running. I can easily wipe out 500 calories in five minutes of eating.
Exercise is a good thing for a lot of reasons, but it's not a panacea for weight loss. You can't out-exercise a bad diet.
You can eat 500 calories in 5 minutes?
That sounds like gluttony.
And you can't out-diet an unfit body.
I'm coming into this conversation after the split, so I'm missing some of the back story...
But hell yes you can eat 500 cals in 5 minutes. It's not even that hard. Heck, I can do it from "healthy" foods, too.
I don't disagree with some of what you've said in this post, but the blanket nature of the way you're saying it (or how it's reading to me) makes it open for criticism.
1 cup of trail mix generally has around 600-700 calories. I've seen my (non-gluttonous) brother eat that much in 5 minutes. It's not at all hard to eat 500 calories in 5 minutes when you're talking about calorie-dense foods.
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janejellyroll wrote: »OldAssDude wrote: »OldAssDude wrote: »OldAssDude wrote: »I bolded the part of your post which may be helpful. Which is nothing.
Do you think a calorie deficit is caused from just counting calories?
No... It's not.
You can either eat less than you burn, or burn more than you eat, and you "must" do both to be successful long term.
Are you saying that total health is just weight?
please explain why people should be at a healthy weight, but not be at a healthy fitness level.
The OP is exercising so your participation in this thread seems to revolve around being a contrarian. People are trying to assist her with why she is bingeing... will exercise help with that too? I am glad to see that you recognize that eating less than you burn is a course of action. Growth in views is important at any age.
I don't really feel the need to answer your questions because I haven't said whatever it is that you are imagining that I am saying.
The OP has only been exercising for 2 weeks.
And yes. Exercise will help with binge eating. The more a person exercises the less time they have to sit around thinking about eating.
And for some people, the more they exercise, the hungrier they get - and the more difficult it is to maintain a calorie deficit.
It takes me close to an hour to burn 500 calories running. I can easily wipe out 500 calories in five minutes of eating.
Exercise is a good thing for a lot of reasons, but it's not a panacea for weight loss. You can't out-exercise a bad diet.
You can eat 500 calories in 5 minutes?
That sounds like gluttony.
And you can't out-diet an unfit body.
I'm coming into this conversation after the split, so I'm missing some of the back story...
But hell yes you can eat 500 cals in 5 minutes. It's not even that hard. Heck, I can do it from "healthy" foods, too.
I don't disagree with some of what you've said in this post, but the blanket nature of the way you're saying it (or how it's reading to me) makes it open for criticism.
1 cup of trail mix generally has around 600-700 calories. I've seen my (non-gluttonous) brother eat that much in 5 minutes. It's not at all hard to eat 500 calories in 5 minutes when you're talking about calorie-dense foods.
One PB&J sandwich and a glass of milk is over 500 calories, and it would take me longer to make it than it would to eat it. That's hardly gluttonous.5 -
OldAssDude wrote: »OldAssDude wrote: »OldAssDude wrote: »I bolded the part of your post which may be helpful. Which is nothing.
Do you think a calorie deficit is caused from just counting calories?
No... It's not.
You can either eat less than you burn, or burn more than you eat, and you "must" do both to be successful long term.
Are you saying that total health is just weight?
please explain why people should be at a healthy weight, but not be at a healthy fitness level.
The OP is exercising so your participation in this thread seems to revolve around being a contrarian. People are trying to assist her with why she is bingeing... will exercise help with that too? I am glad to see that you recognize that eating less than you burn is a course of action. Growth in views is important at any age.
I don't really feel the need to answer your questions because I haven't said whatever it is that you are imagining that I am saying.
The OP has only been exercising for 2 weeks.
And yes. Exercise will help with binge eating. The more a person exercises the less time they have to sit around thinking about eating.
And for some people, the more they exercise, the hungrier they get - and the more difficult it is to maintain a calorie deficit.
It takes me close to an hour to burn 500 calories running. I can easily wipe out 500 calories in five minutes of eating.
Exercise is a good thing for a lot of reasons, but it's not a panacea for weight loss. You can't out-exercise a bad diet.
You can eat 500 calories in 5 minutes?
That sounds like gluttony.
And you can't out-diet an unfit body.
A piece of pecan pie is over 500 calories - takes about 5 minutes to eat, or less. I can eat a 600 calorie burger in about 5-10 minutes. Not gluttony, but reality for a lot of people.4
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