How critical was exercise to your weight loss success?
I'm going on 11 years out and workout all the time because I love it. I've developed a healthy addiction to it. I didn't workout right after I had my DS, I was pretty big, but I've developed a love for it and now workout about 10 hours a week doing Pilates, Zumba, weight training and cross training. I often wonder what would happen to my weight if I stopped all together.
If you would have told me I would be this in love with working out 10 years ago, I would have told thought you were crazy!
Jillian
If you would have told me I would be this in love with working out 10 years ago, I would have told thought you were crazy!
Jillian
I was working out for over a year before my DS doing mostly water aerobics because anything on land was just too painful. After my surgery and the minor complications I had with the blood loss that set back my recovery, I was itching to get back in the water and knew it would help me start to feel stronger. Once I got clearance from my surgeon, I was back in the water but I was starting at square 1. I had no energy or strength AT ALL. So I hired a trainer and we worked with weights and cardio to slowly get me back to where I was before surgery...actually better because I was losing weight too so I was capable of much more than before.
Anyway, the point is, the water aerobics, which is straight resistance training, along with the weight training, was a big help in my recovery. And now that I have reached goal and my life is alot busier, I don't get to the gym as much as I would like but I still get there some. I still love the water and I swim laps now. The key is to find something you love. I still hate to exercise but I love the water so I incorporate my exercise into the water.
Lia
Anyway, the point is, the water aerobics, which is straight resistance training, along with the weight training, was a big help in my recovery. And now that I have reached goal and my life is alot busier, I don't get to the gym as much as I would like but I still get there some. I still love the water and I swim laps now. The key is to find something you love. I still hate to exercise but I love the water so I incorporate my exercise into the water.
Lia
Starting weight & height: 265/5' 8.5; Goal weight: 160; Current weight: 155
I have been much more active, but have rarely "exercised" - meaning VERY RARELY. My most regular activities are walking and horseback riding.
If exercise is critical at all, I suspect it's near the end, where I am now. I bet if I exercised regularly for a month, those last four pounds would come off alot faster.
Just me...results may vary!
Christy
If exercise is critical at all, I suspect it's near the end, where I am now. I bet if I exercised regularly for a month, those last four pounds would come off alot faster.
Just me...results may vary!
Christy
"Exercise will stunt your loss because your body is not getting enough caloric intake?"
I believe this to be hogwash. It's an easy fix - supplement with protein shakes if you're exercising.
Exercise increases lean muscle mass, whi*****reases your rate of loss, improves your tone (which makes things like batwings far less noticeable), and improves your strength. We lose muscle mass anyhow due to our rapid weight loss, and exercise will only help maintain what we have left, if not build upon it. Additionally, most forms of exercise from cardio (walking/running) to weight lifting will improve your bone density, which is yet another thing we need to be cautious about.
Just because we don't need exercise in order to lose (I'm 90# down so far with VERY little activity under my belt, strictly against my doctor's orders) does not mean we shouldn't be exercising.
Cardio will improve your cardiac and respiratory functions. It will increase your stamina. It's a very good thing to partake in. Weight training improves bone mass, helps develop lean muscle mass, and will help your body to keep from allowing your muscles to atrophy as they decline from weight loss. It's a very good thing to partake in.
However, when it comes right down to it, you need to do whatever you will enjoy doing, or else it will become work and not play, and you'll stop doing it. Find something you enjoy, whether it means becoming a gym rat or finding a lake to walk around a few times a week.
I believe this to be hogwash. It's an easy fix - supplement with protein shakes if you're exercising.
Exercise increases lean muscle mass, whi*****reases your rate of loss, improves your tone (which makes things like batwings far less noticeable), and improves your strength. We lose muscle mass anyhow due to our rapid weight loss, and exercise will only help maintain what we have left, if not build upon it. Additionally, most forms of exercise from cardio (walking/running) to weight lifting will improve your bone density, which is yet another thing we need to be cautious about.
Just because we don't need exercise in order to lose (I'm 90# down so far with VERY little activity under my belt, strictly against my doctor's orders) does not mean we shouldn't be exercising.
Cardio will improve your cardiac and respiratory functions. It will increase your stamina. It's a very good thing to partake in. Weight training improves bone mass, helps develop lean muscle mass, and will help your body to keep from allowing your muscles to atrophy as they decline from weight loss. It's a very good thing to partake in.
However, when it comes right down to it, you need to do whatever you will enjoy doing, or else it will become work and not play, and you'll stop doing it. Find something you enjoy, whether it means becoming a gym rat or finding a lake to walk around a few times a week.
I'm 17 months out and haven't exercised at all. I hit goal at 9.5 months and have been stable at about 10 pounds below goal for about 6 months now.
I wish I had done some strength training to tone up and to help prevent some muscle loss. I'm a lot weaker now than I was before.
I like the idea of exercise, but just can't quite seem to like it enough to actually do it. ;)
I wish I had done some strength training to tone up and to help prevent some muscle loss. I'm a lot weaker now than I was before.
I like the idea of exercise, but just can't quite seem to like it enough to actually do it. ;)
While losing the weight has enabled me to be more active overall, I never once "exercised".
Not once.
Not once.
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DS SW 265 CW 120 5'7"
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