Nutritionist told me exercise doesn’t help you lose weight

[Anonymous]

True.

But there are other important reasons to exercise.

And exercise helps you maintain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course she’ll overstate food intake because she’s a nutritionist. What do you think a personal trainer would say?

It’s genetics, calories, exercise.

You are missing metabolism.

[Anonymous]

Exercise alone the way most people do it (30 mins on the treadmill or a spin class a few times a week) doesn’t do it. A LOT of exercise (like totally changing your lifestyle to be much more active) may. I lost about 10 lb with exercise alone - but that was because I started bike commuting and biked an hour+ every day (with hills) and on top of that did cardio or yoga 4-5 days/week.

Weight training PLUS cutting calories can kickstart weight loss or get you over a plateau.

One you lose the weight, there is convincing research that exercise helps keep it off

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's crucial to understand that weight loss is a result of a balanced approach. While diet plays a significant role, exercise is equally important.
Let's delve into the science of weight loss. Exercising is indeed beneficial, but it's effective in weight loss only when you maintain a caloric deficit, meaning you burn more calories than you consume.
It is true that you can't outrun the fork. So, why did I say exercise matters? If you eat 5000 calories, no exercise will matter, but if you are eating 2-2.5k calories, it matters a lot.
I can never lose weight just by eating less; it is not sustainable for me. I do 45 minutes of fast walking at 4.5 miles an hour and start losing weight immediately. But I do not start adding calories.
Once you have muscles, you will burn more fat just by sitting around. I weigh around 122 lbs, and I can go up to 130 lbs; in order for any weight to move at my age and weight, I have to reset my body. This means I have to eat a lot for a few days to tell my body to keep burning the calories. Then I added exercise, and then I start eating less.

I am 53, and all I am trying to do is lose a few pounds in my stomach. It is not as easy as it was when I was 40 or 30. But when I add the 45 minutes, it is a huge difference in losing a few pounds. I think it should be an even bigger difference for a person who is actually overweight.

I thought you were going to delve? Where is the delving?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's crucial to understand that weight loss is a result of a balanced approach. While diet plays a significant role, exercise is equally important.
Let's delve into the science of weight loss. Exercising is indeed beneficial, but it's effective in weight loss only when you maintain a caloric deficit, meaning you burn more calories than you consume.
It is true that you can't outrun the fork. So, why did I say exercise matters? If you eat 5000 calories, no exercise will matter, but if you are eating 2-2.5k calories, it matters a lot.
I can never lose weight just by eating less; it is not sustainable for me. I do 45 minutes of fast walking at 4.5 miles an hour and start losing weight immediately. But I do not start adding calories.
Once you have muscles, you will burn more fat just by sitting around. I weigh around 122 lbs, and I can go up to 130 lbs; in order for any weight to move at my age and weight, I have to reset my body. This means I have to eat a lot for a few days to tell my body to keep burning the calories. Then I added exercise, and then I start eating less.

I am 53, and all I am trying to do is lose a few pounds in my stomach. It is not as easy as it was when I was 40 or 30. But when I add the 45 minutes, it is a huge difference in losing a few pounds. I think it should be an even bigger difference for a person who is actually overweight.

I thought you were going to delve? Where is the delving?

Nah, that was stupid Grammarly! All I meant to say it exercise matters but not if you are eating a ton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know, doesn’t really track with my experience. I was about 25-30 pounds overweight as a teen. Moved to a big city as a young adult, where I walked everywhere and also ran a few miles a day, ate a ton of food, and shed all of the weight without trying. In my 40s now and don’t watch what I eat at all, but run a lot and I remain slim and trim.

Slim and trim? 🤔

Are you not familiar with that phrase?

[Anonymous]

True for me. I used to exercise a ton in high school and played a sport all year but was always overweight.

After I had kids. I lost 40 pounds on WW and NEVER exercised. It was all diet.

I know I need to exercise for good overall health, but for me diet is the key to losing pounds.

[Anonymous]

If you don't exercise but you eat less you will lose weight. If you don't eat less but you exercise you most likely won't lose weight unless the exercise is very extreme. In both cases when you stop you will start to gain weight.

Ultimately you have to set your calorie intake to correspond with the weight you want to weigh and stick with that. That's how you lose weight.

In my personal experience I have also found that stress has caused me to lose weight by reducing my appetite, totally consuming my thoughts, revving up my body due to sleeping less and feeling nervous or anxious most of the time, therefore I was consuming fewer calories and burning more calories without dieting or exercising. I lost 40 lbs in two months when I was totally stressed out. It lasted awhile but eventually I gained it back, like in a few years as my mood stabilized.

[Anonymous]

For millionth time, you lose weight in the kitchen. You get fit in the gym.

[Anonymous]

This is common knowledge. Weight loss is 90% diet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, she’s correct. I exercise for health, I limit calories for weight loss.

+1. Exercise is for health, not weight loss. Held true for my 50+ pound weight loss.

[Anonymous]

Exercises moves the weight into positions that look better.

Calories don’t work with weight loss.

If your nutritionist said that get a good one, that one sucks.

They should look at how you eat, when u eat, what you eat.

Literally my son just switched to No dairy, sour dough bread extra rice and more protein to help him with his health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exercises moves the weight into positions that look better.

Calories don’t work with weight loss.

If your nutritionist said that get a good one, that one sucks.

They should look at how you eat, when u eat, what you eat.

Literally my son just switched to No dairy, sour dough bread extra rice and more protein to help him with his health.

Tell me you have no clue what you’re talking about without telling me you have no clue what you’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exercises moves the weight into positions that look better.

Calories don’t work with weight loss.

If your nutritionist said that get a good one, that one sucks.

They should look at how you eat, when u eat, what you eat.

Literally my son just switched to No dairy, sour dough bread extra rice and more protein to help him with his health.

Tell me you have no clue what you’re talking about without telling me you have no clue what you’re talking about.

Tell me you don’t understand science without telling me you were an English major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exercises moves the weight into positions that look better.

Calories don’t work with weight loss.

If your nutritionist said that get a good one, that one sucks.

They should look at how you eat, when u eat, what you eat.

Literally my son just switched to No dairy, sour dough bread extra rice and more protein to help him with his health.

Tell me you have no clue what you’re talking about without telling me you have no clue what you’re talking about.

Tell me you don’t understand science without telling me you were an English major.

So your position is that calories have nothing to do with weight loss?