Anyone lose weight WITHOUT exercise?

..and how did you do it?

I know the logical answer is probably no and the reason I am asking is not because I do not want to exercise but its because my ankle is broken and I cannot power walk, swim, bike....basically do any type of cardio.

Thanks

Re: Anyone lose weight WITHOUT exercise?

It's totally possible. It will be slower and you might not be happy as far as muscle tone but you can lose wieght with just diet alone. In fact, I really believe that 90% of weight loss is diet and 10% is exercise. I would invest in some free weights and do some upper body exercises. Maybe even do some tabata intervals with the weights?

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Also, when your ankle is healed, you can always consider doing something like yoga.

That can definitely help with toning your body, losing a few pounds and the postures can absolutely be adjusted to your body/needs.


I go to a hot yoga class 3-4x a week and love it.

Lots of people also attend who are former runners or who have suffered some kind of injury.

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Thank you SO much. Can anyone elaborate on tabata? I have never heard of it.

Also do you think I could do any yoga / pilates now?

Thanks

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Yep. I lost 30 lbs. doing WW's (and no meetings either, did it all on my own)

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I don't do exercise. I eat 1200 calories a day. Mary

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Posted by beachgirl

Thank you SO much. Can anyone elaborate on tabata? I have never heard of it.

Also do you think I could do any yoga / pilates now?

Thanks

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Tabata intervals take 4 minutes each. It is a series of 8- thirty second segments in which for 20 seconds you do an exercise as full out as you can or as many reps as you can with safe form..kinda like sprinting vs jogging. Then you rest for 10 seconds then repeat. You do it for 8 times total and it is BRUTAL! If you can do some upper body exercises with that, I am sure it would help you a bit and you would feel better!

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i lost 50 pounds on weight watchers without exercising.

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I lost almost 40 lbs doing ww without exercise - just by following the program.

I gained a lot of weight the summer before I started because I had a fractured ankle and couldn't do much. I wish I had known about ww sooner.

I started exercising after I was done losing to tone.

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Wow! amazing stories - thank you. I think WW is the way to go ....just have to decide on meetings or online now - would love to do online but dont know how good I will be...

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I lost my first 40 pounds with hardly any exercise by doing ww. I would do a few walks each week-nothing crazy like 2 times a week 15 minutes or so. I would also do wii fit and just some simple body exercises-squats, crunches, push ups, etc. But again I only worked out only 2 times a week. Some weeks I did walks other times I did body exercises. But it was not an extensive workout routine at all. After I lost the first 40 I slowly started increasing my workouts and then lost an additional 42 pounds.

So yes you can definitely do it without exercise. I highly recommend ww for it. They teach you how to properly eat and you will not be hungry.

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yes, a lot of weight. i went vegan for 2 months. i lost weight more naturally because going vegan helped me cut out all the crap food i was eating. i've since returned to vegetarian eating and part time vegan, but it was really just eating super clean.

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I'd venture to guess there's a healthy way of doing it.

If it's possible, maybe you could speak to a nutritionist so you can set up a meal plan that will help you lose weight while you're ankle is healing.