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Yes, they're the exceptions! I'm happy to say that both kept their athletic builds after they got office jobs so I suspect they scaled back their eating accordingly.
When I was younger I worked out with school sports for 4 hours every day after school and on weekends. I didn't exercise the entire time but a lot of it.
Unfortunately when I went to college I didn't scale back and gained 40 lbs. Never been able to use it with college and then working.
That's one of the problems with depending on exercise.
At some point you're going to have an injury, so you need to have your diet down so you don't blow up.
I don't depend on exercise. Exercise buttresses diet. Sure you could lose by diet alone...but, at least for me, I wanted more. I want to be lean, firm, and muscular, not thin and saggy.
The injury prevents me from doing weightlifting not exercise entirely.
When I was younger I worked out with school sports for 4 hours every day after school and on weekends. I didn't exercise the entire time but a lot of it.
Unfortunately when I went to college I didn't scale back and gained 40 lbs. Never been able to use it with college and then working.
But always tried dieting 80% reducing calories.
And that just hasn't worked.
that's why diet AND exercise are the magic combination. Cutting calories works, sure. It has to be done. But sooner or later you'll hit a brick wall aka plateau. Thanks to diet and exercise, over the course of a 70 lbs loss, I only plateaued once.
that's why diet AND exercise are the magic combination. Cutting calories works, sure. It has to be done. But sooner or later you'll hit a brick wall aka plateau. Thanks to diet and exercise, over the course of a 70 lbs loss, I only plateaued once.
Preach it girl. One without the other is just not as effective.
I also think and I am sure you will agree that exercising while dieting lifts self esteem tremendously. It reinforces commitment when the effects start to show and how good you start to feel.
that's why diet AND exercise are the magic combination. Cutting calories works, sure. It has to be done. But sooner or later you'll hit a brick wall aka plateau. Thanks to diet and exercise, over the course of a 70 lbs loss, I only plateaued once.
I have yet to plateau since August, 51 lbs lost. I've done cardio a couple days a week though most of it.
I doubt a plateau is going to happen since I'm only about 15 lbs from my goal.
If I did plateau at this point, I'd probably fast my way out of it instead of trying to run through it.
Well, not totally but, most of my dieting attempts have been cutting back on food and then, if I did exercise, not doing it until I started to get stuck. However, I think this process has simply it.
I have yet to plateau since August, 51 lbs lost. I've done cardio a couple days a week though most of it.
I doubt a plateau is going to happen since I'm only about 15 lbs from my goal.
If I did plateau at this point, I'd probably fast my way out of it instead of trying to run through it.
ymmv.....though I think you did mention a plateau some time ago. Who knows.
if not eating at all is how you'd handle it, so be it, really. It's whatever works for you.
but being largely sedentary or minimally active is not a good thing, especially as a middle aged person, whether you can lose by other means or not.
i owe my body to working out AND eating a proper diet. i've never solely relied on exercise, but as I said, I want to be lean, firm, and muscular...not saggy and thin. i haven't gained weight because I've become injured, but I have lost muscle mass since I am not lifting much with my upper body.
the nice thing about working out (weightlifting specifically) is that I look firm and good even if I would gain...
Preach it girl. One without the other is just not as effective.
I also think and I am sure you will agree that exercising while dieting lifts self esteem tremendously. It reinforces commitment when the effects start to show and how good you start to feel.
Yup, working out gave me supreme confidence from day one. I started because I wanted to help my weight loss but over the course of two years, it became a craft. It made me keep going when I wanted to quit...if you've eaten poorly for years, who really wants to eat less? Working out made me a better dieter...
People who are really serious about fitness don't overeat and rely on exercise.
I was on low carb for years and lost 20 lbs but I got stuck.
Since I started IF in August and then OMAD, I haven't been stuck since.
Is there a distinction between plateau and stall? I'm within acceptable numbers for my height and age, so my goals are to feel well and continue OMAD/autophagy. Even if I may go down a few 10ths of a lb. every few days, there's no rush and I'm going to let it go where it goes.
What I noticed recently, presumably from the effects of autophagy, is more definition in the shape of my arms and legs. Pretty cool.
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