RE: Sports for the Fatties
November 26, 2013 at 8:01 pm
(This post was last modified: November 26, 2013 at 8:05 pm by pineapplebunnybounce.)
I prefer swimming when it comes to conscious exercise. I walk for my other needs.
Both tried and tested:
Swimming (this is ages ages ago so I'm not sure about my numbers), maybe 1 hour a day for 3 weeks or so and went from 50kg to 48kg.
Walking, about 5 hours a day for 5 weeks (was travelling), 52-48kg
Walking (passively), about 1 hour a day over 1 year 54-52kg.
I did not reduce my food intake for any of these but I also do not eat junk food or drink soft drinks or eat baked goods from bakeries. Now I still walk a lot and compared with my old lifestyle which consists of almost no walking, I'm fluctuating around a weight that is a whole 4kg lower than the one I used to fluctuate at. Oh I'm really lazy and rarely exercise too XD, so hope this will work for you. Theoretically speaking you need to have a consistent level of exercise to keep your metabolism up, and to burn fat you need to exercise for more than 20min per session, otherwise you're just using blood sugar and glycogen. I'm not very fit though, I don't have much strength or stamina, but I'm at a healthy weight for my height.
ETA: oh I'm 21, you want to take into account the metabolism, it generally slows down for most people as they age.
Both tried and tested:
Swimming (this is ages ages ago so I'm not sure about my numbers), maybe 1 hour a day for 3 weeks or so and went from 50kg to 48kg.
Walking, about 5 hours a day for 5 weeks (was travelling), 52-48kg
Walking (passively), about 1 hour a day over 1 year 54-52kg.
I did not reduce my food intake for any of these but I also do not eat junk food or drink soft drinks or eat baked goods from bakeries. Now I still walk a lot and compared with my old lifestyle which consists of almost no walking, I'm fluctuating around a weight that is a whole 4kg lower than the one I used to fluctuate at. Oh I'm really lazy and rarely exercise too XD, so hope this will work for you. Theoretically speaking you need to have a consistent level of exercise to keep your metabolism up, and to burn fat you need to exercise for more than 20min per session, otherwise you're just using blood sugar and glycogen. I'm not very fit though, I don't have much strength or stamina, but I'm at a healthy weight for my height.
ETA: oh I'm 21, you want to take into account the metabolism, it generally slows down for most people as they age.
