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    Posts: 16
    edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    If you were told that no matter how much you exercised you wouldn't lose any more weight, would you still exercise?

    For me, yes. I love my morning run, my kick boxing. The feeling I get after a workout is amazing, gotta love endorphins :wink:

    I love challenging myself, pushing myself to new limits. Plus, it gives me so much more energy and I love refuelling my body with good food.

    Exercise = Very happy me :happy:

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    • Posts: 85
      Definitely. Gotta love that runner's high :smokin: LOL
    • Posts: 43
      No haha.

      I do love the feeling i get after stepping off the treadmill, i just dont like the leading up to it, the struggle, the sweat...its just not something i enjoy. The only reason i work out is because i have done MFP for about 4 months in the past without working out, and without losing a single pound (Im 10 stone) so i guess i have to eat well AND exercise to let the weight drop off (2 days into trying that theory!!)
    • Posts: 1,118 Member
      I am not exercising to lose weight. I am exercising to be healthy.
    • Posts: 1,865 Member
      Yes, I would still exercise. I don't particularly enjoy it, but I can tell it makes a difference in the way I feel afterwards. If I lay around all week, my body feels like mush. If I workout at least three times a week, I feel like I have more energy overall.
    • Posts: 13,247 Member
      Since I've been approximately the same weight for over a year now... I suppose the answer is yes. :laugh:
    • Posts: 1,959 Member
      Lol, Yes been told that by my brother, whom refers to me as fatty! My mom who thinks I'm neglecting or ignoring my husband because I exercise too much. I feel better after exercise I'm not doing it for them, I'm trying to better myself so I say piss on what pessimist say!
    • Posts: 38,448 MFP Moderator
      Yes because there is always something you can improve.. whether its your body fat or a nsv like running a faster race or lifting more weight. Also, its been proven that those who workout keep the weight off as compared to those who stop exerciing.exercising.
    • Posts: 4,604 Member
      When it's cold out, yes. Last Winter I developed a real appreciation for how good I felt after I worked out in the brisk cold.

      During Summer? Nope. I can't force myself to workout most days even when I know it helps.
    • Posts: 2,819 Member
      Yes.
    • Posts: 27 Member
      yes.

      diet for weight loss.

      exercise for health and happiness <3
    • Posts: 119 Member
      agreed my exercising regiments have slowly shifted away from weight loss and more towards accomplishments and pushing myself to the fullest. If someone told me that i can lie I would be a little mad because weight loss is a nice bonus but i would still continue running.
    • Posts: 472 Member
      I'm happy with the weight I am now and am working on maintaining it, so yes, absolutely! I love the adrenaline I get from exercise, from beating a personal best and from knowing that I wouldn't have been able to do what I'm doing now a year ago. Exercise isn't just about losing weight. It's a way of life!
    • Posts: 1,267 Member
      Yes! I feel healthier.
    • Posts: 473 Member
      I am not exercising to lose weight. I am exercising to be healthy.

      ^^THIS^^ I might not do it as often as I do, but I definitely wouldn't quit all together becuase I know it's better for my heart. I've got a family history of heart problems, so I definitely wouldn't stop.
    • Posts: 1,178 Member
      I exercise for other reasons, I figure it only helps me 10% with weight loss
    • Posts: 2
      Probably. It feels good and helps me sleep which i have a hard time doing most nights. added to that the amazing feeling after and the way working out helps kill stress. I love it!
    • Posts: 38,448 MFP Moderator
      Also, i exercise so i can eat an extra 500+ calories. And i love to eat.
    • Posts: 16
      yes.

      diet for weight loss.

      exercise for health and happiness <3

      This ^

      "30% Gym, 70% Diet... Ab's are made in the kitchen"
    • Posts: 441 Member
      well, yea... exercise is about more than weight loss. You can diet and lose weight, you exercise to look fabulous, to maintain muscle mass, to have better blood pressure and a better resting heart rate, to feel strong, to look healthy, to stay flexible into old age... heck yea i would exercise
    • Posts: 412 Member
      Depends if you told me if I didn't exercise I wouldn't put on weight?

      In that case hell no, I have better things to do with my time. It isn't that I wouldn't be active but it wouldn't be time "slated for exercise", I'd be off doing more social stuff
    • Posts: 58 Member
      Yes. I love exercising. It's my happiness.
    • Posts: 407 Member
      Nothing works for me if I don't exercise - I don't eat right, I am super-stressed out, my knees hurt, my back hurts - I have to workout or my life just doesn't work. I also love it.
    • Posts: 4
      I don t exercise to lose weight. I exercise for the metabolic changes, in the aerobics and for the strenght.

      Asking how much fat you lose running is like asking how much muscle you build in the gym. The objective is the health, have endurance, have power and be strong
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