Meta-Analysis: Weight loss requires >150 minutes per week of aerobic exercise

Re:Meta-Analysis: Weight loss requires >150 minutes per week... by RevEng on Friday January 10, 2025 @02:34PM (#42659224)

I was 240 pounds and dropped to 190 pounds in one year. I didn't do any more or less aerobic exercise than I had before my weight loss (which wasn't much). All I did was monitor my weight and adjust my calorie intake to maintain a one pound per week loss. After I completed this diet, not only had I developed better eating habits, I maintained that weight for 10 years. It was only when I caught COVID when my weight quickly rose and I started dealing with chronic health issues that made it difficult to maintain that discipline.

Which is all to say, aerobic exercise is not a _requirement_. I'm sure it works (while maintaining the same calorie intake) and is overall better for your health, but there are plenty of examples of successful weight-loss that don't include lots of exercise.

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Re:Meta-Analysis: Weight loss requires >150 minutes per week... by HumblyTossed on Friday January 10, 2025 @03:20PM (#42659676)

>Which is all to say, aerobic exercise is not a _requirement_. I'm sure it works (while maintaining the same calorie intake) and is overall better for your health, but there are plenty of examples of successful weight-loss that don't include lots of exercise.

In the _context of exercising to lose weight_, it may be that weight loss requires > 150 minutes...

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Re:Meta-Analysis: Weight loss requires >150 minutes per week... by hilux on Friday January 10, 2025 @03:25PM (#42659735)

Fair enough. It is tough to edit those titles to convey the main point while staying under the character count!

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Re:Meta-Analysis: Weight loss requires >150 minutes per week... by f1shy on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:01AM (#42663908)

I have seen (anecdotally) lots of people trying to lose weight by sports. Had never ever worked if not done in parallel with better eating. I would like to know how it was verified that people doing exercise were not using the opportunity to make a general change. It is very difficult to conduct such studies while changing only one variable at a time. Meta studies are even more misleading.

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Re:Meta-Analysis: Weight loss requires >150 minutes per week... by johnea on Friday January 10, 2025 @03:28PM (#42659779)

This was my experience also.

While I have generally practiced ~12miles/week of beach running, in the last year I've basically been almost sedentary. Being physically active is a huge advantage for life in general, I just have had some distractions in the last year, and haven't been doing it.

In that same year I've lost ~15 pounds, from 210lbs down to 195lbs, from dietary intake restriction alone. after several years of being steady at that 210lbs level.

I'm kind of plateaued at this point, and I really want to get down to about 185lbs.

To enhance the weight loss, and for general health benefits, I think I'm about to get back into the beach running...

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Re:Meta-Analysis: Weight loss requires >150 minutes per week... by f1shy on Saturday January 11, 2025 @01:57AM (#42663892)

I was searching for such a reply, because I knew the title can be misleading. My experience was exactly the same, just diet. Absolutely no change in sports (which was btw absolutely ZERO) with great and persistent results, also with the benefit of better blood values across the board.

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