Comments on: Weight Loss and Exercise http://blog.4d2.org/2008/07/30/weight-loss-and-exercise/ Because everyone else already has one Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:07:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: shelley http://blog.4d2.org/2008/07/30/weight-loss-and-exercise/#comment-874 shelley Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:45:54 +0000 http://blog.4d2.org/?p=512#comment-874 There's a lot of discussion about this in the blogosphere. I don't believe it. I am a 45 year old woman sitting on my office chair all day long. If I continue to eat the exact same thing BUT I get up and exercise a half hour a day I will lose weight. You guys have got a lot of great info on your blog. I would love it if you considered adding your blog to our community so other readers can find what you have to say. Here's the link. I hope to see you there. http://www.benaturallywell.com/blog/add-your-blog/ Many Blessings, Shelley There’s a lot of discussion about this in the blogosphere. I don’t believe it. I am a 45 year old woman sitting on my office chair all day long. If I continue to eat the exact same thing BUT I get up and exercise a half hour a day I will lose weight.

You guys have got a lot of great info on your blog. I would love it if you considered adding your blog to our community so other readers can find what you have to say.

Here’s the link. I hope to see you there.
http://www.benaturallywell.com/blog/add-your-blog/

Many Blessings,
Shelley

]]> By: jess http://blog.4d2.org/2008/07/30/weight-loss-and-exercise/#comment-871 jess Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:22:47 +0000 http://blog.4d2.org/?p=512#comment-871 I've been saying just this for a while (for myself). I see NO difference whatsoever unless I am getting 1-1.5 hours of exercise A DAY and DON'T limit my caloric intake. My suspicion is just that -- that my body wants to stay at this weight. My caloric intake isn't actually that high on an average day (assuming I am not drinking), so when I drop my caloric intake into the 1200-1500 kC range, it seems to go into starvation mode [which seems totally absurd] regardless of how much exercise I am getting. This is why I get so pissed off when someone (doctor or otherwise) says, "hey, it's easy, just limit your calories and exercise! you know, take in less than you're burning" Uh, and when you've done that for years and seen no difference? There's a hell of a lot more to it than that. I find myself putting exercise above cooking complicated meals at home, so sometimes I go home from work, do some minor prepwork for dinner, go to the gym for 1.5 hours (I get there as the post-work people are leaving), then come home and eat a (late) dinner. I think you guys get up much earlier than I do, so it might not work for you. I’ve been saying just this for a while (for myself). I see NO difference whatsoever unless I am getting 1-1.5 hours of exercise A DAY and DON’T limit my caloric intake. My suspicion is just that — that my body wants to stay at this weight. My caloric intake isn’t actually that high on an average day (assuming I am not drinking), so when I drop my caloric intake into the 1200-1500 kC range, it seems to go into starvation mode [which seems totally absurd] regardless of how much exercise I am getting.

This is why I get so pissed off when someone (doctor or otherwise) says, “hey, it’s easy, just limit your calories and exercise! you know, take in less than you’re burning” Uh, and when you’ve done that for years and seen no difference? There’s a hell of a lot more to it than that.

I find myself putting exercise above cooking complicated meals at home, so sometimes I go home from work, do some minor prepwork for dinner, go to the gym for 1.5 hours (I get there as the post-work people are leaving), then come home and eat a (late) dinner. I think you guys get up much earlier than I do, so it might not work for you.

]]> By: Michael http://blog.4d2.org/2008/07/30/weight-loss-and-exercise/#comment-869 Michael Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:38:13 +0000 http://blog.4d2.org/?p=512#comment-869 Some people believe that everybody has an unchangeable "set point" for weight that's responsible for making fat people fat and thin people thin. Just to be clear, I think those people are bonkers. That said, I do believe that I can reach a weight where I can eat 500 fewer calories than I expend each day and lose no weight, just as I can eat 500 more calories than I expend every day and gain no weight. Life is still fair; there are just tolerances. When I first started losing weight I dropped fairly quickly and consistently to the weight I'm at now. Since then, there have been weeks where I've followed our diet carefully and weeks where I've eaten with relative abandon. My weight has stayed roughly the same day to day and week to week. I think I'm just at a point where I have to push hard to either gain or lose weight. If this is a set point, I've had many different set points in the past, so they're obviously subject to change. It's not my destiny to weigh 185. Some people believe that everybody has an unchangeable “set point” for weight that’s responsible for making fat people fat and thin people thin. Just to be clear, I think those people are bonkers.

That said, I do believe that I can reach a weight where I can eat 500 fewer calories than I expend each day and lose no weight, just as I can eat 500 more calories than I expend every day and gain no weight. Life is still fair; there are just tolerances.

When I first started losing weight I dropped fairly quickly and consistently to the weight I’m at now. Since then, there have been weeks where I’ve followed our diet carefully and weeks where I’ve eaten with relative abandon. My weight has stayed roughly the same day to day and week to week.

I think I’m just at a point where I have to push hard to either gain or lose weight. If this is a set point, I’ve had many different set points in the past, so they’re obviously subject to change. It’s not my destiny to weigh 185.

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