Wellness

[Bridgegal]

The evidence is now clear: Exercise is excellent for health; it’s just not that important for weight loss. So don't expect to lose a lot of weight by ramping up physical activity alone.

From--- Apple News:   https://www.vox.com/2018/1/3/16845438/exercise-weight-loss-myth-burn-calories

[jeanlake]

I need exercise for flexibility, maintaining muscle loss, lowering cholesterol, raising metabolism, increasing brain activity and lifting depression. I also love taking gratitude walks. Food intake affects my weight the most since I turned 50. I have to stay around 1300 calories a day or the pounds pack on. I'm over 5' but petite. Doc advised I manage intake working with this daily number. If I know I have a dinner event the next day, go down to 800 the day before. Darn. He's right.    

[icezeus]

Interesting article.

[sidsmom]

@Bridgegal

Thanks for posting this.

I mentioned the study in a thread earlier this week.

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Wellness/Secret-of-wt-loss/m-p/4336638#M122648

In summary, we all utilize the same about of calories every day

regardless if we’re sedentary or if we’re running a marathon. 

To be normal body weight, it is/always will be ‘all about the food.’

Happy this study is getting more buzz, but the fitness industry 

is like the medical industry....money guides them for profit. 

Telling someone their chosen method of movement/exercise is

not doing what they thought.....people are going to push back.  

Hard.  There’s no financial benefit to apply this information. 

[QueenDanceALot]

There''s an adage that's been around the fitness world for decades - "You Can't Outtrain a Bad Diet".

We've known this for a long time.  People just don't seem to want to know that they have to change what, and how much, they put in their mouths.

I started working with a guy last week who wants to lose 40 pounds.  He told me he has no intention of changing his diet, which he tells me is "pretty healthy".  I had to tell him that he isn't going to be losing much, ikf any, if he doesn't work on his diet.

We'll see if he wakes up!

[QueenDanceALot]

However, if you were to train on the level of an elite athlete, the numbers would be a bit different.

Biut who trains on that level?

Certainly, not your average gym member, or even someone who runs 2 hours a day.

[sidsmom]

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

There''s an adage that's been around the fitness world for decades - "You Can't Outtrain a Bad Diet".

We've known this for a long time.  People just don't seem to want to know that they have to change what, and how much, they put in their mouths.

I started working with a guy last week who wants to lose 40 pounds.  He told me he has no intention of changing his diet, which he tells me is "pretty healthy".  I had to tell him that he isn't going to be losing much, ikf any, if he doesn't work on his diet.

We'll see if he wakes up!

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@QueenDanceALot

How about having him log everything in via Cronometer?

He could even send it to you every night.

That C/P/F pie chart is eye-opening!

[QueenDanceALot]

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@sidsmom wrote:

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

There''s an adage that's been around the fitness world for decades - "You Can't Outtrain a Bad Diet".

We've known this for a long time.  People just don't seem to want to know that they have to change what, and how much, they put in their mouths.

I started working with a guy last week who wants to lose 40 pounds.  He told me he has no intention of changing his diet, which he tells me is "pretty healthy".  I had to tell him that he isn't going to be losing much, ikf any, if he doesn't work on his diet.

We'll see if he wakes up!

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@QueenDanceALot

How about having him log everything in via Cronometer?

He could even send it to you every night.

That C/P/F pie chart is eye-opening!

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@sidsmom

I need to get to know him better first.  He needs to trust me with his workout program first (he hasn't done any formal training in years, and very little weight training ever.

We'll address the food when I feel he's more receptive.

[LoveMyBaby]

@Bridgegal@QueenDanceALot

Yeah, I'm finding this newsflash out the hard way.... exercising hard since October but the pounds are not coming off because I have not jumped on the diet bandwagon. I thought I could lose just by exercising a good three hours a week but nope. You gotta stop stuffin yourself. That's always been the way, unless like you say, you're Michael Phelps. I think I read when he was in the Olympics training, he was eating like 10,000 calories a day to keep up his stamina needs. 

Thanks for the reminder, it is appreciated.👍🏼

[phoenixbrd]

@Bridgegal  Lots of positive results and reasons to exercise, unfortunately losing weight isn't one of them.  It is all about the food and not about the amount of time spent in a gym.  Fortunately, focusing on  restricting calories is also outdated (eat within reason, no need for restricting and deprivation).  We need to look for nutrient density and satiety in the food we consume to satisfy hunger.  There is no reason to be hungry when losing weight....lots of research and success.  So your comment - exercise is excellent for health, but not critical for weight loss - is true.  I've change my time commitment at the gym as a result of this knowledge.  Wishing you much success in your weight loss!