Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight
by mikebutcher on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @10:17AM
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Having read a lot on this subject, it would appear that while cardio is great for overall health, it doesn't do much for weight loss. It's basically burning a few cals - but it doesn't really affect "homeostasis". What does affect that is weight training.
Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight
by louismg on Friday April 29, 2016 @05:13PM
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Excellent progress, Mike. My dad (an MD) always simplified weight loss as calories in minus calories out. Exercise accelerates the calorie burn (which you know) and moderating the intake is key.
A couple years ago, I started using Fitbit and increased my exercise significantly. I lost 5 pounds a month for 6 straight months.
Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight
by andreasklinger on Friday April 29, 2016 @05:10PM
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re pizza:
try making pizza with shredded cauliflower as base. depending how much cheese you add it's should have controllable calories.
it's nothing close to real pizza but maybe it works as placebo effect ;)
Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight
by marrington on Friday April 29, 2016 @05:25PM
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Yeah we do that about once a week and it helps.It's not really pizza but whatever it is is pretty good.
Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight
by heisnotanalien on Saturday April 30, 2016 @12:06PM
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You can find 600 calorie pizzas easily enough, which fit into a 1800 calorie a day diet just fine.
Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight
by bodegas411 on Saturday April 30, 2016 @10:15AM
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Nice work! You likely find even more success by not counting calories / being hungry, but eliminating grains and sugars entirely but eating your fill of other stuff (proteins / fats). Basically anything that is going spike your glycogen is to be avoided.
Weight started coming off but it really accelerated when I got serious about exercising. Swimming a mile 3x per week. Weight training 3x per week, and I've been on the treadmill a lot in the evenings, probably another 15 miles per week fast walking. Down 60 lbs as of now and consistently losing around 3-4 pounds per week.
It's hard to keep calories at less than 1800 per day with all the exercise, but it's just a hard psychological limit I've set for myself and the myfitnesspal app (and a kitchen scale) make it doable.
It seems to me that the exercise has made me lose about 1-2 pounds per week more than just diet, but who knows.
I miss pizza.