http://weight-loss.fitness.com/ What role does exercise play in weight loss? Which sports really help you lose weight? Are there fitness clubs where overweight people can feel accepted and comfortable? Discuss these and other exercise-related concerns here. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:26:01 GMT vBulletin 120 http://weight-loss.fitness.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://weight-loss.fitness.com/ http://weight-loss.fitness.com/weight-loss-through-exercise/36596-need-advice-fast-pleasee.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:50 GMT Hi I am new here and I like the forum and i am so glad I learned that there is this kind of forum on the world wide web. Anyways I just wanted to ask a couple of questions and I would want to hear some good answers of course. it would be nice if someone that knows something about weight loss... Hi I am new here and I like the forum and i am so glad I learned that there is this kind of forum on the world wide web.

Anyways I just wanted to ask a couple of questions and I would want to hear some good answers of course.

it would be nice if someone that knows something about weight loss to explain me some things and give me some advices.

So I started going to the gym like 2 months ago and mostly the first month I did more Cardio like the Bicycle, Jumping on the rope, bunny hops and a couple of other Aerobic stuff.

I also do weight lifting but I don't lift too much the most is 50 Kgs = 110 pounds when I work out for my chest.

I ride that bike for like 20 to 30 minutes every day and I jump on the rope depending on how much I ride the bike so if i ride the bike 15 Minutes then I jump on the rope 15 other minutes ( of course with breaks after each 100 jumps or 70 Jumps )

I have lost weight I have lost like 5 Kgs = 11 Pounds for 6 weeks.


I eat once a day, I eat mostly meat ( chicken, beef ) and some potatoes and then during the rest of the day I would eat apples or a Tuna Fish since it ain't that fattening.


any Advices of how am I doing?? and what am I doing wrong and what am I doing right and what should I be doing in the future?????


if the Thread is in the wrong subforum I would ask the moderators not to delete the thread since i am new and I would appreciate if they moved it to the right section.

Best wishes TONNY. ]]> Weight Loss Through Exercise sturmgewehr http://weight-loss.fitness.com/weight-loss-through-exercise/36596-need-advice-fast-pleasee.html http://weight-loss.fitness.com/weight-loss-through-exercise/36588-effect-exercise-vs-diet.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:15 GMT Hello. I have a question (or, er, dilemma) about cutting calories vs. exercise. I know it is best to do both to lose weight, but there is a discrepancy I am noticing in my personal experience... I know losing weight can be extremely difficult, but the concept, at least, seems like it is fairly... Hello. I have a question (or, er, dilemma) about cutting calories vs. exercise. I know it is best to do both to lose weight, but there is a discrepancy I am noticing in my personal experience...

I know losing weight can be extremely difficult, but the concept, at least, seems like it is fairly simple: Burn calories/cut them out of your diet so that you have less per day than you need to function, and your body will burn fat instead. Keep your metabolism up by not eating too little and exercising, and this should work.

Short version is: I have tried diet and aerobic exercise, just exercise, and just diet. And what I'm noticing is that only the dieting seems to do anything. I exercised enough to average a 600 calorie deficit per day for months and lost nothing. Recently, I tried about the same deficit in calories, but done through (mostly/only) dieting with Slim Fast. Suddenly, I lost 3 pounds in 2 weeks.

I guess gaining some muscle weight with the exercise and losing some with the Slim Fast is a possibility, but I was doing aerobic exercise, and that seems a bit much. It seems I must not have been burning as much as I thought, but I took precautions to make sure I did not exaggerate how much I was burning. What's going on here?

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As for the long version, if that helps...

I have been big since I was a kid, and have never done a lot to change that. I exercised sometimes, but not with the specific goal of losing weight, since it was so hard to do it regularly. Otherwise, I'm usually very sedentary. Recently I graduated college, and thus had a lot more free time while looking for a job (plus people don't like to hire fat people as much, right ^_^; ) so I thought I'd give losing weight a go. When I started I was a litttle under 225 pounds, I think (though there was a month long overseas trip that made me drop almost 10 pounds of that that was unrelated to my dieting during this, hahah)

First, I tried just exercising. I figured if I was maintaining my weight for years before, then if I just eat the same and exercise and I'll lose weight. I didn't have a particular pace in mind, so long as I saw a downward trend. To exercise, I played DDR. I play heavy mode on DDR and for me it's much, much more tiring than any low impact aerobics exercise I've done off videos. But I know there's a little wait between the songs, so I decided to calculate my calories burned with low impact aerobics numbers anyway, and using the lowest figure I could find: 350/hr. I decided to throw off the 50 since I'd probalby burn that just sitting around.

So 300 extra calories burned per hour on DDR. I played an hour per day at first, then two hours per day. Over time I started fluctuating more, but usually did 2 more often than just 1. I aimed for doing it every day of the week (with the knowledge I would give myself a break as this would never work and I would inevitably miss a day or two ever week, which I did.) I did this for a couple months. ...My weight did not change. It fluctuated more per day than before at first, but I assume this was water-related, and there was no trend up or down. Could I be burning fat and gaining muscle? I didn't know, but I was skeptical since it's not like I was weight training.

So I tried the same exercise, but watching what I ate. I started paying attention to calories, and sure enough I was usually at/slightly above my daily maintenance level. So I watched my calories and made sure they stayed at 2000 (veeeery slightly under my maintenance level which is around 2100 and some) and kept up the exact same exercise. A month, still no change.

So I cut my caloires more, to 1700. For about a week. All the counting was driving me nuts, and my family/parents didn't know I was dieting (I've no desire to tell them. Long story. ^^) and kept trying to feed me at the same rate, and it was really hard. I gave up on that and went back to keeping it under 2000.

I got busy, and started only exercising an hour or two 2-3 times a week.

My parents went out of town for a month, so when they were gone I decided to try Slim Fast. (I know. Not a good long term plan, will gain weight back if I start eating more calories again afterward. Still, a test.) I aimed for 1400 calories per day, giving myself wiggle room up to 1700 on some days. I had two shakes, two snacks, and one meal per day. I exercised a couple times a week, though often on the days I exercised I ate 100 or 200 calories more. In two weeks, I lost two pounds.

Then this week I got lazy. I still aimed for the 1400-1700 area, but I was closer to 1700 more often than in the past two weeks. And I only ate three times a day (I had my "snack" with my shake). Because of business, I didn't exercise once this week. I even had pizza yesterday, though I still counted the calories and kept them under my limit. I was very ready for the scale to either go up, stop going down, or at least slow down its decent. But no. Instead, this week, I lost two pounds. Today I got on the scale and weighed, I think, less than I did in high school.

I guess I should be happy. But all I can say is, WTF, body? At the rate I was exercising before, I should have been burning about the same amount I'm cutting from my diet now. But then I lost nothing, and now with ONLY cutting calories, I'm losing 2 pounds a week?

I want a strong body. I don't want to be one of those people who's losing weight just because they're emancipated. I worry how much of that 2 pounds was muscle. (But it's difficult to test by measuring my stomach since it's so soft and giggly I get a different number every time I do it...even when the measurings are within a few seconds of each other, hahaha) I'd rather lose weight by exercise or slight diet and exercise than eating 1400 calories a day. This...is sort of pissing me off, hahaha.

All I can think is that my body is not burning calories at the rate I think it is when I exercise, yet I rounded all the numbers down to be safe. My friends tell me I'm probably burning 500, and I call it 300. How could I possibly be THAT off?

Admittedly, this '2 pounds a week with no exercise' trend hasn't been going on long. But...it's just frustrating, hahaha.

(On some side notes, as my diet is sort of secret, I do not weigh my food often. Yes, I know eyeballing can be bad, but I was eyeballing both when I was on Slim Fast and off, so if I was getting too many calories by eyeballing, I should still have gotten too many on Slim fast (though admittedly not quite as much since you can't wrongly eyeball Slim Fast). Also, my nutrition probably sucks. I try not to eat too much fat, but I'm sure I don't get as many vegetables as I should, and probably not enough fruit either. Tomatoes is the only thing I eat regularly, since we've got a lot of those canned from the garden. I buy cheap vegetables when I can, like carrots or celery or lettuce, but I find keeping the house well stocked with lots just isn't in my financial capabilities. This was actually one of the attractions of Slim Fast when I started. On Slim Fast, my food per day was much cheaper, and I was getting more vitamins in that 100 calories of powder than I probably would have eaten without it. Also, for entirely unrelated reasons, I've only been sleeping 5-6hrs a night the last two weeks, and my metabolism may be wonky from that.) ]]> Weight Loss Through Exercise elihua http://weight-loss.fitness.com/weight-loss-through-exercise/36588-effect-exercise-vs-diet.html http://weight-loss.fitness.com/weight-loss-through-exercise/36573-run-fat-girl-run.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:43:54 GMT Read my new blog! It’s about my day-to-day struggle to lose weight and become a triathlete. Run, Fat Girl, Run (http://www.rfgr.wordpress.com) Read my new blog! It’s about my day-to-day struggle to lose weight and become a triathlete.

Run, Fat Girl, Run ]]> Weight Loss Through Exercise caseface86 http://weight-loss.fitness.com/weight-loss-through-exercise/36573-run-fat-girl-run.html http://weight-loss.fitness.com/weight-loss-through-exercise/36554-will-gym-classes-do-trick.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:23:18 GMT I've been going to various gym classes every other day. These classes are tough for me and I struggle to keep up so I feel a get a really good workout from them and my muscles do hurt the day after.

Do you think I need to add a weight lifting regiment in addition to my gym classes?

I'm wondering because I do want to maximise how much weight I can lose healthily. ]]> Weight Loss Through Exercise nahfree http://weight-loss.fitness.com/weight-loss-through-exercise/36554-will-gym-classes-do-trick.html