Anyone losing weight with no excercise?

EthanJeremiahsMama wrote: »

Hi everyone. Was just curious if there’s anyone out there who’s lost weight / is losing weight by eating healthier and sticking to a calorie deficit without excercising?

Of course you can lose weight without exercising. A better question is if you should not exercise.

And this answer to that is if you can exercise, you should exercise. This doesn't have to be in a gym, although gyms are useful for strength training.

Statistically speaking, active people will live longer and have a better quality of life. I can't find the recent thread about this, but here's another: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10681263/physically-fit-women-nearly-90-less-likely-to-develop-dementia/p1

Also: Ruth Bader Ginsburg workout routine keeps her too fit to retire at 85.

I lost 65+ pounds with no exercise, well...with the exception of N.E.A.T. exercising (decluttering my home, inside and out and maintaining my decluttering with daily regular/ordinary chores (dusting, sweeping, ironing, house cleaning, etc.). What's N.E.A.T. exercise?
N.E.A.T.= Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis:
(from website https://www.verywellfit.com/neat-non-exercise-activity-thermogenesis-2241984 )
"NEAT or non-exercise activity thermogenesis are the movements we make when we go about our daily business. NEAT includes the physical movement in our lives that isn't planned exercise or sports—sleeping and eating don't count either. Examples of NEAT include activities such as cooking, shopping, and even small movements such as fidgeting. While it might not seem like a lot, it turns out that NEAT can have quite a substantial impact on our metabolic rates and calorie expenditures. "

With N.E.A.T, the scale moves downward REALLY slowly, BUT the inches off your body FLY off at nothing less than a miraculous rate. My 65lb loss took almost a year, BUT my body shrunk from a size 22w (219.8lbs) to size 10 (current weight=154.4) The incredible amount of inch loss comes when the scale hasn't moved in sometimes a month or more. It's MEGA encouraging to see when the scale isn't moving, my clothes sizes are/do move significantly downward/lower--I LOVE that! What's extra good to/for me is the "N.E.A.T. exercising/cleaning/decluttering" that I do, I get to "see" immediate results (a cleaner and prettier, more minimalist environment) AND because my environment is far less cluttered, that helps my mind (emotions--seeing/feeling more positive and more enthusiasm/hope with/in my life and thinking ) and my stress levels go down too (which helps me sleep more soundly and wake up with more energy and more positive and upbeat attitude and that helps me make better food and drink choices as well--it's so connected with weight blastification and I'm GLAD it is ) , so that encouraged me to start walking (to and from the grocery store instead of driving). Also in my N.E.A.T. "exercising" inspired me to listen to some jamming music and dance while I declutter/clean.

Lastly, I'm a rebel at heart and HATE the idea that I must (fill in the blank) to lose weight. N.E.A.T
exercising is helping me get down to size and live in a lovely, clean more organized environment WITHOUT going along with the crowd ways of doing things (what I MUST do to achieve success in (fill in the blank). Long story short, weight loss equals CICO, but adding N.E.A.T helps me mentally as well.

Yes I did and I regret it. I lost a ton of muscle mass and could barely lift boxes during a move last year. I wondered how much I'd struggle if I had baby soon... if I'd be able to pick them up. So I am not in the gym.

I think at the beginning if you start exercising right away it can be overwhelming changing your eating and activity all at once. I started out NOT exercising but as I saw my weight loss slow a little, I felt the need to begin just walking to speed up the process. That made my weight loss progress faster and now I've lost 22 lbs. I've still got a ways to go to the tune of 120 lb. but I know I'll get there through healthy eating and moderate exercise. You don't have to exercise but it certainly speeds things up not to mention toning your muscles.

I recently started exercising more thinking I would allow myself some extra calories to eat in a day but in burning 250 calories at the gym my appetite goes too crazy and I gain weight. I lose weight better when I dont exercise.

For most of my first 50lbs loss, I couldn’t walk more than about 20 meters, or stand for more than a few minutes. The only thing I could do at the time was tolerate being hungry (lots of pain meds) so that’s what I did.

I looked like death warmed-up, by the time I hit BMI 25. I’ve been exercising religiously since then (2 years), to make up for it.

Yep, had a friend lose 25 pounds this year with no exercise. She says she will start exercising as she gets closer to goal weight.

Diet is like 90%. Exercising helps and will tone you up. I haven't started exercising yet and have lost 40lbs