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Yes, you can lose weight without exercising but you will lost muscle as well as fat and that is not acceptable if you want to be healthy. It also takes more calories to maintain muscle so you can eat more when you are on maintenance. Muscle also takes up less volume than fat so you looked toned and trimmer than someone who doesn't exercise but weighs the same.
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I know it seems like you don't have time to exercise, but I'll bet you really do. I own 2 businesses, plus work as a data contractor. I work 70+ hours a week. I used to use the "I'm too busy" excuse as well ... and please know that I'm not beating up on you here, I'm just stating something that I know to be true.
Someone once told me that we don't "find" time for things we want to do. If you really WANT to do it, you'll MAKE time for it.
If your daughter wants your attention and is constantly at your side, then MAKE an exercise routine that includes her. Goodness, think about weight lifting a 1year old!
Pick her up and raise her above your head 10 times. She'll giggle and love it and you'll just have done 10 reps of a set of weights (and darned heavy ones, too).
Make her laugh by running in circles around her. Run really fast for 1 mins and then slow for 1 min. Do that 5 times. You've just done a short session of high intensity intervals. Make faces and funny noises at her as you do it.
Lie on your back, set her on your tummy, and raise your hips .. bouncing her and playing "horsey". You've just exercised your core muscles.
See, there are a lot of ways to incorporate exercise into your routeine while playing with your daughter. Yes, it would be nice to have the luxury of time to go to the gym and work out for an hour, but if you can't ... MAKE the best of what you have.
And my goodness, keeping up with a busy 1 year old can be turned into quite the workout!
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