working out ?

can u lose weight by just doing treadmill for like 30 min a day? say a few times a week? im saying, like without doing weights also and classes?

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Losing weight is all calories in vs. calories out. You need to burn more calories than you consume.

You could lose weight by doing just the treadmill or classes 3x a week...but your diet plays a major role in that !

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Can you lose weight just by doing the treadmill and not changing your eating habits? No.

Can you lose weight by changing your eating habits, just doing the treadmill, and no classes or weight training? Yes.

The biggest factor in weight loss is calorie (read: food) consumption.

And can you lose weight just by changing your eating habits and not exercising at all? YES.

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Theoretically, yes, but it's not very likely. It will also be nearly impossible to keep that weight off because you haven't done anything to increase your metabolism. Building muscle increases your metabolic function allowing you to maintain weight loss. So true, long term, weight loss is about more than just burning calories, it;s about changing how your body works - most people don't do that.

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I lost 8 lbs by running 5-6 days a week for about an hour a day. I did not change my diet at all, but I eat pretty well to begin with. It is definitely possible.

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I started running 3yrs ago never dieted and lost more weight then planned. That was running 5-6days a wk. Last May after doing the half I went down to 3-4 and had put on about 10lbs but now I'm back to 5days 30-35mins a day and it's slowly coming back off. I'm not a big food eater mostly anything that enters my mouth is junk. I'm not ready nor do I think I will be ever ready to give up my sweets so that's why I started exercising. Don't know if it can work like this for everyone but thank goodness it works for me GL !

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I think if you keep the same eating habits you have now and add 5 days of running (30 minutes) you will see weight loss, though it won't be as significant as counting calories and running.

I really recommend myfitnesspal.com

It has helped me drop 7 pounds since mid November and it's free!

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You can, I would fluctuate the time in your cardio though...do 30min one day, 45 another, 1hour another then go back to 30.

I think I read somewhere that you need to work out more than 20min for the body to begin to really burn the calories.

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You can but def make sure you keep a close eye on the calorie intake. In order to lose a pound, you need to cut out about 3000 calories a week , correct me if I am wrong. Working out will help and then eating less or healthier options.

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Yes. Weight loss is simple math. To lose weight you must burn more calories than you consume. You may also have to watch what you eat though and track calories.