Lose weight without working out?

The muscle tone part is just low body fat. My butt looks more curvy after working out but I haven't lost enough fat to show muscle cuts. Don't you care about your overall muscle and bone health later in life though? Also, large size doesn't equal curves. I'm a size 2 and very curvy in the hips.

Honestly, i think being a size 10 is perfectly fine for my muscle and bone health. Some peopel are just built bigger. A larger size does mean curves for me. When i was a size 12 i had nice curves but a flat stomach. Thats my goal. Mostly to just get rid of baby fat. To each their own but being under a size 10 is not what i want. I know most women would kill to look like that picture but I, personally dont want that look.

People aren't really built bigger unless you mean height differences. I wasn't trying to come across as offensive if I did also by the way. I was just curious as to why some people would diet and exercise but still settle on an overweight size in the end. I'm not referring to any sort of specific look also just to clarify. I'm talking more in a sense of overall wellness. Lifting weights and working out will prevent many health problems down the line.

Is it a purely aesthetic reason as to why you'd stick with a particular size rather than getting as close to ideal and healthy as possible? If that's the case then I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run.

I think a size 10 is very healthy.... but it does depend on the person I guess. For me, I am about 5'11'', so a size 10 is definitely healthy!

I think a size 10 is very healthy.... but it does depend on the person I guess. For me, I am about 5'11'', so a size 10 is definitely healthy!

Oh yeah definitely when you factor in height its a big difference. I'm super short so a size 10 makes me look like a bowling ball lol.

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I dont think there is anything wrong with your main exercise being walking. I switch my routine up, but lately i've been doing a lot of walking ( motivated by a crazy puppy). If I am just walking as my exercise for the day, I try to do an hour of walking.

Nothing wrong with that!

Thanks! I tend to think its a pretty good exercise myself

i've lost 14 lbs without working out. i have an injury that prevents me. but i want to work out and i'm trying to find alternative ways. Doc said lay off for 30 days. i wasn't doing anything strenuous or anything just have a very old injury that won't heal and causes me much pain. i can't wait to be able to at least Walk.

People are definitely built different. My sister is 5'6 and 135 lbs. Healthy weight. But still wears a size 9-10 because of her hips. It runs in the family. For me i dont think a size 10 is overweight and i think its healthy. Everyone has different ideals of healthy i guess. And yes, i also want to look good (to me) in clothes and i think i look best around there. To each their own. If you want to be a size 2, go for it. Like i said, i don't. I also dont want to spend time lifting weights. I have 2 babies at home and we go walking every day or run around the park. When my husband comes home from work i would rather spend time with my family in the evening than lift weights.

That's a muscle build difference though, not bone structure. I'm 5'3 and 134lbs but I usually wear a 2 and sometimes 4s. So it's not that your sister is built so differently than other women, she just has a higher body fat %.

It's great that you feel comfortable around there though. I was just wondering cause it didn't make sense to me, but its a little more clear now.

Ehhhh, my sister has very little body fat on her. Bone structure definitely is different among women. But we will have to agree to disagree my friend.

Body weight distribution also plays a role in someone's clothing size. If you have a big butt and hips you might need a larger skirt or trouser size but still have an overall healthy body fat percentage.

I've found that just fitting in time for walking (I walk about 4-5mph, not the laid back sauntering) is helping me. Granted I've not lost much weight yet, but I've found that watching my calories, and walking a couple of miles a day (it sounds like a lot, but I have to walk 2 miles from the train station to work and back each day and then now walk the mile and a bit home from my train station, it soon racks up) has been a very effective way of incorporating pretty effortless exercise into my daily routine, and even with "maintain" calories I've been gently dropping about 1lb per week.

I want to see where just doing that and maybe having 500 or so calories per day left over will get me, before I start ramping up the exercise. I'm gonna look at adding a little bit of weights exercise and something like stomach crunches too to try and tone.

You will most definately lose weight if you dont work out.
Most will be fat but a great portion will be lean mass.

This is where skinny-fat is born so dont be stupid.

Lift heavy weights 3 times a week to maintain lean mass and enjoy the fat loss....

Or....

Become a smaller version of your former fat self.

This.

I lost almost 60 pounds without doing any exercise other than walking and sex :]
However, that wasn't the best idea in the world. Yes, I am smaller. I weigh more than I did in high school, am in the same size jeans, but my body looks completely different. I am a smaller size, but still carry my fat in all the places I always have. As well, I still have a once huge tummy, that's not small and slightly saggy because I didn't do ANY muscle toning while losing the weight. I'm now trying my balls off to fix what I messed up.
Just my two cents..