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Originally Posted by Briael
I wonder how much of the helpfulness exercise gives towards weight loss is directly related to the amount of weight we NEED to lose, and the individual basal metabolic rate.
I know that my weight loss can be fairly consistent with no exercise at all, just the diet; but I have so much energy that I feel antsy just sitting around. I've been active all my life (barring the last 5 ish years) so exercise is something that my body knows, and enjoys.
I have noticed that diet alone loses the weight, but it doesn't lose the inches. Exercise is changing my shape.
So, there are benefits to both sides - exercise or not exercise.
Exercise for me releases endorphins, doesn't make me hungrier - or, at least, not in a manner that I will act on now that hunger is just a sensation and not a driving need to shovel food into my mouth! - and it makes me happy because my day is kickstarted doing something I enjoy.
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Agree esp with the individual BMR...age and size/stature impact of this as well to a very high degree. That is evident in the published charts. Your height is a critical factor in determining your BMI. Age doesn't impact that however like it impacts the BMR.
And I found inches melted once I got into regular exercise. At that point my weight loss was hovering about 2+ lbs a week. When it slowed to 1+ pounds...I was STILL rapidly changing sizes...like 2-3 weeks. (hello thrift stores).
Like many, I always struggled with staying true to long term exercise..(probably because no diet actually gave me the weight loss I needed) and easily admitted even until recently ..."I do not love exercise...I just do it...." Everyone does not get that endorphin rush. That makes sticking with it more difficult...esp if the diet is not working.
Well coming up on the 2 year mark with exercise and can actually say I like what it's done for me. And actually am starting to enjoy it. It is a process...and am glad I stuck with it and very proud and happy it is part of my routine now. And although I hate changing horses...can say it is not as much of a chore.....stopping short of "loving it"...but do like it these days .....At the point I am now...I have two gym memberships. A ladies gym (6 days a week) which is a blast...and now also go to a 24-7 gym 2-3 times a week on top of that with my hubby who retired over the summer.
It is a process. Don't give up on yourself...Don't be too hard on yourself...but don't be too easy either. You're the one driving the bus.
If you want to get there...you have to keep driving.If you don't get there...it will always be the driver's fault. Trust no one else to deliver you to the place you want to be. And I suggest you don't hand over the keys once you arrive!