Is it possible to lose weight without exercise?

Question

Is it possible to lose weight without regular exercise but changing my diet?

Answer 1

Some basics.: Drink at least 8 - 8 ounce glasses of water per day. Eat foods with high fiber content. 5 servings of veggies and 4 servings of fruit per day. Stay away from junk food, sodas and alcohol. Insure that calories burned exceed calories consumed.

Answer 2

Daily activities: Make your daily activities more difficult - take the stairs, park further away, bike/ walk to work/ store, sit on a swiss ball/ at your desk and stand up every time you answer the phone, or lunge/ hop/ jump from place to place in your house. Things like these may seem small and silly, but the increased calorie burn can add up over time. Don't forget a healthy diet!

Answer 3

Diet: Basically, if you burn more calories than you take in then you will lose weight. So limiting calories is one approach. The better approach is a healthy diet and some exercise. If you are sedentary now then something as simple as a daily walk will burn calories and help your heart.

Answer 4

Weight : Healthy diet and exercise are first line methods.

Answer 5

No: You don't have to have readily observable sweat to burn calories.

Answer 6

No: swimming is a good example. You can burn calories without sweating.

Answer 7

Food is: medicine. Exercise is very healthful also. Please see doc and ask about a low carb higher protein food plan. If your doc is ok w/that for you, it can put your body into ketosis, which is fat burning rather than sugar burning. Keep moving, even if it isn't formal exercise. a brisk walk daily helps a lot. Peace and good health.

Answer 8

Simple concept but: Losing weight without exercise is a simple concept that anyone can do, but is a bad idea. Any person (or any pet like a dog or cat) loses weight if he eats less than his body requires. That means eating fewer calories each day than his body needs to survive. It's that simple. But, humans and animals must exercise, run, and play, or bad things happen to them. This is the way mammals are designed.

Answer 9

Eat healthy,eat less: To lose a pound a week, eat 500 calories less a day than you regularly eat. This can be accomplished by increasing your consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables to 5-7 servings a day. Have at least two servings of fruits and vegetables at each meals, and vegetables generally have less calories than fruit.

Answer 10

By insuring that: calories burned must > calories consumed. Eat healthfully & be physically active. Aim for 7.5 to 8 hrs of sleep / night. Hydrate w at least 64 oz of water / day. If you are physically able to exercise -would really encourage it.

Answer 11

Interestingly: Data suggests the key to weight loss isn't necessarily exercise, it's engaging in a diet that involves caloric restriction/reduction. So for weight loss you need to be very mindful of what and how much you are eating. Exercise can help too(weight loss wise and even more so for keeping a stable weight) and it also has so many other benefits for your overall health - so don't count it out.

Answer 12

It's harder!: Exercise makes losing weight and keeping it off easier, but you don't have to be a "jock." have you been unable to find an exercise you like? If so, remember that walking counts. Building muscle seems to help, as muscle tissue requires more calories. If a physical disability is getting in the way of exercise, talk with your physical therpist about what you can do to exercise safely.

Answer 13

Possibly...: With a balanced and healthy diet you may lose some weight without exercising, however combining a balanced diet with a cardio mix (biking, swimming, walking, running etc) is ideal.

Answer 14

Exercise weight loss: It is very difficult to loose weight without exercise. Exercise increases your metabolic rate. That enables you to burn more calories. Weight loss is a balance of calories in versus calories out. 500 less calories a day means 1 lb of weight loss at the end of the week. If you aren't going to exercise, it depends entirely on your diet. You could cut out soda, bread, rice, pasta, and get a headstart

Answer 15

Try to exercise: first, weight is lost when more calories out than in. exercise, even olympic level is at most 600/hr with 4000 calories out/in = ONE lb. so, exercise not importnt? WRONG 1) fitness/health/heart/diabetes risk lowered 50% with 90 min/wk of mild/mod. ex 2) loss of weight is mainly MUSCLE unless muscle is used ..then its moreso fat lost. 3) exercise helps achieve wt. goals (partly just thru mood).

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