Posted on 04/25/2015 5:10:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The number of exercise machine sitting unused likely matches the number of 1980s computers sold for home education stored in closets or attics.The machine alone isn’t any good without motivation and discipline.
'Jeb Bush Is Definitely, Grumpily Running ... Away From Calories'It’s pretty simple. Body weight is primarily diet; body composition is primarily exercise.
Only if you can resist the increased hunger that excercise inevitably causes. You can wipe out an hour of exercise in just a few seconds of snacking.
LOL how true. That’s my weakness. An hour of walking, a minute of grubbing....
A minute of grubbing. Lol that’s cute
I got to cook up the bacon this morning.
Diet rather than exercise?
Rush has championed that for years, many more than a decade.
Of course he’s not bound by a college education, and free to seek the truth on all matters.
I thinks its about 80/20. 80% diet, 20% exercise when it comes to losing weight.
Plenty of skinny out of shape, unhealthy people.
I believe there’s a reason there’s a saying called “working up an appetite”.
I think if you work hard(exercise) you’ll eat more.
MyFitnessPal is one app that takes the work out of it. You can record everything you eat and it finds the calories from a database of more than 3 million fooda.
The app tracks all major health categories like fat, calories, protein, carbs, sugar, fiber and cholesterol.
You can scan in the barcode of most major food items with your phone for easier tracking. There’s also a recipe calculator that can take all of your ingredients into account and come up with a grand total of calories.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myfitnesspal.android&rdid=com.myfitnesspal.android
For me its all about calories in/calories out. I was able to lose quite a bit a few years ago on a medically supervised low calorie diet. I started repeating it last August and lost 19 pounds but I have to stay under 900 calories a day to do that. I can do it and stay healthy. Having a replaced knee that is still a bit of a problem does cut back on certain exercise. Now I can stay just under 1000 and still lose some. Easier in the spring to get more exercise. Having my garden on a hillside terrace helps.
Eating healthy is necessary as you need quality fuel and exercise is important because your body is made to move.
But having a positive happy outlook and being at peace in your soul is the most important of all.
All I know is I just have to look at a slice of bread and I gain 10lbs.
Been doing the DASH diet now for a month. Lost 12lbs already, but as most people do...plateau hits. Considering my ‘goal’ weight is only 8-10lbs away...now the struggle begins.
I nearly died though when the dietician told to do more cardio. I looked at her like she was insane. Then I showed how many miles I log walking on a daily basis. You see, I walk dogs for midday walks. 5-8 sets of dogs M-F. So that’s like 5-8 miles or more.
I told I’ll take up an extra day of weight lifting, but if she thinks I am doing a gym orchestrated cardio workout...she barking up the wrong tree!
Everybody yips and yaps about exercise, but really...plug in those exercises and you just might realize how little it matters for most people calorie wise. Where it counts is in your heart and arteries.
Having lived to be nearly 67, being female, having 4 kids, only 5’ tall, now health issues, and some of those meds force weight gain on you. You are 100% correct. Then there is the issue of GENETICS. I take after my mom, her mom, and great grand mom. 4 of my 5 aunts took after my grandmother in body type. 5th my granddad tall and lanky.
To lose weight ditch the carbs and refined sugars. A type 1 diabetic diet will let you loose weight with out as much exercise.
Eat ONLY when you are hungry, not by a clock, especially if you are older. Those who work have a harder time with this part.
Right up your alley.
Actually, if you increase muscle mass through exercising you do gain weight.
The key measurement is Body Fat Percentage.
I want the metabolism I had 25 years ago. The best advice, of course, is to go with what works for you. I like eating, a lot, so I have no choice but to drag myself to the gym as much as possible.
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