Weight loss without exercise

Cococookies82
Cococookies82 Posts: 9 Member
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I was wondering if anyone has not done exercise but counted calories and lost weight

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  • glenelliott5872
    glenelliott5872 Posts: 150 Member
    Not a great idea as you loss too much muscle mass as well as fat
  • Busy911
    Busy911 Posts: 28 Member
    sarahozigi wrote: »
    I was wondering if anyone has not done exercise but counted calories and lost weight

    Yes, I lost 120+ lbs with no exercise and maintained the loss for over 20 years.
  • wunderkindking
    wunderkindking Posts: 1,615 Member
    Without additional or intentional exercise, yep. I was already pretty active, but I only change one thing at a time in my life. If I'd tried to add intentional exercise on a regular basis to dietary changes necessary to lose weight I'd have failed and rage quit the whole thing.

    Once I dropped some weight and handled my eating habits I had more energy, more space in my brain for another change and exercise came in but only because it was now FUN.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,437 Member
    There’s lots of people here who have had very successful, very large losses without exercise.

    The saying is “weight loss happens in the kitchen”.

    Folks will tell you that exercise “buys back” calories over and above your daily calorie goal, and doesn’t contribute to weight loss.

    However, my personal experience had been, as I lost weight and felt better, I began exercising more, leading to feeling even better, leading to more weight loss, leading to an ultimate snowball effect. Exercise most definitely sped up my personal weight loss, but YMMV and I may be a unicorn.

    In any event, there’s nothing like exercise- be it just simply walking (doesn’t have to be elaborate or killer exercise)- to contribute to feeling healthier.
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