Poor diet but exercise: Outcome?

[Anonymous]

I have an admittedly poor diet 1800 calories per day (junk food mostly), but I exercise 5 days a week for one hour on the Stairmaster. Long-term is this a balance or will I gain weight? I am 133lbs, 5'6, 42 yo female.

[Anonymous]

Not going to be good, OP.

Weight loss and long term maintenance is all about diet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not going to be good, OP.

Weight loss and long term maintenance is all about diet.

I've always had luck on my side as far as eating what I want but exercising in exchange. Given that I am now in my 40's, just wondering if luck will soon run out even with exercise.

[Anonymous]

You may not gain weight, but a poor junky diet will likely shorten your lifespan

[Anonymous]

My husband is kind of like that and even though it seems terrible his doctor says he’s in good health and has low blood pressure and all indications are great so maybe it will catch up to him or maybe he is just doing what his body needs.

[Anonymous]

You can't outrun the fork. Your bad diet will catch up on you.

[Anonymous]

Will you gain weight? Probably not but is that it when it comes to health? Of course not.

[Anonymous]

Seems like a lot of work to eat garbage. I’d learn how to enjoy food that doesn’t suck and cut the exercise in half. I honestly don’t even spend an hour after five days to eat unless I’m sitting down with the family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is kind of like that and even though it seems terrible his doctor says he’s in good health and has low blood pressure and all indications are great so maybe it will catch up to him or maybe he is just doing what his body needs.

Make sure he is on top of getting colonoscopies!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not going to be good, OP.

Weight loss and long term maintenance is all about diet.

I've always had luck on my side as far as eating what I want but exercising in exchange. Given that I am now in my 40's, just wondering if luck will soon run out even with exercise.

I'm 44 y.o., exercise a lot and regularly, and generally have eaten a pretty healthy diet. In the last 2 years, I've definitely hit some kind of metabolic turning point. It gets harder as you age.

[Anonymous]

I don't think exercise can make up for a poor diet. I have been my trimmest with a good diet and no exercise and have been overweight with 5 day a week running and a standard American diet.

[Anonymous]

Am I taking crazy pills? 1800 calories is not a poor diet!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I taking crazy pills? 1800 calories is not a poor diet!?

Read on. It’s 1800 calories of nothing but junk food.

[Anonymous]

That would be me and at 48, it is catching up to me. I’m muscular, but now have a layer of fat over everything. I could get away with the fries, cake, beer, and candy until 46ish. Then my metabolism slowed down and I gained 8 pounds. I exercise the same amount, if not a little more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can't outrun the fork. Your bad diet will catch up on you.

This.