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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It amusing, and telling, that OP asked a question about FITNESS and EXERCISE and being out of shape — yet most of the replies focus on or at least recommend diets and food restrictions.

Go back and re-read OP’s post. At no point does she ask you how to track calories or which entire food groups to eliminate.

Now you’ll all come back to tell me that the only/major way to stop being “overweight” (OPs word) is to diet diet diet.  That’s untrue.  We hard-core middle-aged athletes are evidence to the contrary.

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As a previous long term hard core athlete, I’m going to tell you that your thinking is off,probably because you’ve never struggled with your weight. You can’t BE a hardcore athlete without paying attention to your nutrition and diet. Injury and illness would end your goals pretty swiftly.

Aside from that, having been in that world, I’m going to tell you that a huge proportion of middle aged hardcore athletes have eating disorders (orthorexia being predominant), body dysmorphia, and exercise compulsions (anxiety over a lank day in their workout logs).

PP hit the nail on the head- you can exercise all day long, but if you’re not paying attention to, and cleaning up, your diet, you’re seeing minimal returns for hard work, especially in terms of weight loss. [/quote]
Agree. And it is very hard if you were extremely overweight to exercise due to the excess weight. The excess weight is extremely hard on the knees. Increasing steps alone is not going to help you lose weight. Overweight people often feel frustrated trying to exercise because it HURTS and because people in the gym stare at the fat people.  Diet and exercise is how to lose weight. And exercising becomes easier as you lose weight. 
Signed - fat person loosing weight with diet and exercise[/quote]

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