Anonymous
08/15/2022 14:19
Subject: Re:Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Yes exercise will help you lose weight a bit faster. If you’re actually obese you burn quite a few calories just walking for an hour and it probably won’t make you much hungrier. Exercise makes it much easier to have a calorie deficit.
Anonymous
08/15/2022 14:14
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Light exercise helps keep you healthy, but it is unlikely to help much for weight loss.
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:59
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Audio books while you walk?
I wish. Have tried, just can't do them.
Kindle/kindle app reading on the treadmill? Love personally, does not feel like exercise
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:36
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Anonymous wrote:Audio books while you walk?
I wish. Have tried, just can't do them.
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:33
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Audio books while you walk?
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:32
Subject: Re:Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Anonymous wrote:Very obese,yet able to walk for miles. That is great. Many obese individuals cannot walk far due to painful feet, knees, etc. Take advantage of your ability to walk. Eat a healthy diet based on salads and fruits and vegetables. Good luck !
People always say this, and I see people my weight in scooters at the grocery store, and I find it odd. I (OP) am 270 pounds but hike as often as I can. We did Delicate Arch last summer, and while I was out of breath in some parts, I was never in pain or had thoughts of turning around.
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:31
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Anonymous wrote:Do you enjoy it? Then not a waste of time.
Even a little exercise is better than no exercise. Yes, do intermittent exercise! on the hour stand up and do 10 jumping jacks or 2 minutes on the rowing machine! Next hour do some push ups or squats. If you are at work, if you do 2 minutes of exercise every hour -- that will add up to 16 minutes of exercise!! That's the minutes I do of body weight exercies in the morning. It's all good, it all adds up!!
No, I don't enjoy it. I would rather be sitting on the couch reading a book, if we're being honest.
But yes - does intermittent exercise lead to weight loss is my question, I guess. IF is working, but I'd love a little bump. If it won't add to it, though, I'd rather just spend that time reading.
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:29
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Any exercise is better than no exercise.
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:27
Subject: Re:Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Do this. 20 minutes of all-bodyweight exercises.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3772611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3772611/
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:22
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Not at all a waste of time. But try to push yourself a little bit more each time.
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:21
Subject: Re:Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Very obese,yet able to walk for miles. That is great. Many obese individuals cannot walk far due to painful feet, knees, etc. Take advantage of your ability to walk. Eat a healthy diet based on salads and fruits and vegetables. Good luck !
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:19
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Do you enjoy it? Then not a waste of time.
Even a little exercise is better than no exercise. Yes, do intermittent exercise! on the hour stand up and do 10 jumping jacks or 2 minutes on the rowing machine! Next hour do some push ups or squats. If you are at work, if you do 2 minutes of exercise every hour -- that will add up to 16 minutes of exercise!! That's the minutes I do of body weight exercies in the morning. It's all good, it all adds up!!
Even a little exercise is better than no exercise. Yes, do intermittent exercise! on the hour stand up and do 10 jumping jacks or 2 minutes on the rowing machine! Next hour do some push ups or squats. If you are at work, if you do 2 minutes of exercise every hour -- that will add up to 16 minutes of exercise!! That's the minutes I do of body weight exercies in the morning. It's all good, it all adds up!!
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:18
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Of course it's better than nothing, but there's also nothing wrong with just walking. Get a Smartwatch or use your phone to track steps. Aim for over 5,000 a day. I'd rather burn 50 calories by taking a long walk than jump roping for a few minutes, that sounds boring. I don't want to do things I hate - find something that moves you that you enjoy.
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:15
Subject: Re:Is light exercise just a waste of time?
Dramatically better than nothing!
Anonymous
08/15/2022 13:04
Subject: Is light exercise just a waste of time?
I'm very obese, to the point where I can't exercise for very long (to be fair, I can walk for miles on end, but that takes time I don't have right now). If I do, for example, two minutes of jump rope (or rowing machine, or whatever), is that better than nothing? Or will I just be getting my heart rate up and making myself sweaty for nothing?
I've always wondered this.
I've always wondered this.