Is it as wrong to over exercise to lose weight, as it is to not eat to lose weight? just wondering?
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As mentioned by others, yes it can cause damage to your joints etc and cause your muscles to fatigue and that can cause damage. To get more detailed information on this, and what will be best for you, speak to a physical therapist and not a trainer from a gym etc, as Physical Therapists know every muscle and joint in your body and how to work them to benefit you and not hurt you. Just a tip.... :)\n\nTawny
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The best diet is not dieting.  It's better eating well!  If it's for loosing weight, well eating should be accompanied with exercise.  Check out the links below.  I live by these plans.... what is the plan?  Eating well for life!  Living well for life!
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Oh I'm on a diet to loose weight now. It's going well so far. I eat when I'm really hungry and I never overeat. I drink a lot of water while eating. I eat fruits rather than candys and snacks. When I'm lazy to cook, I eat like canned soup (love progresso soups) rather than junk food like pizza. I chew a lot when I eat.
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you wanna lose weight you gotta do more output (excercise) than input (eating). So, either exercise MORE or eat LESS. The other writer is correct...there is no way to target fat loss....the body burns fat eventually when working out after it has burned the easy to burn stuff like carbs (sugars). So, you gotta do something aerobic...preferably for a longer period of time rather than shorter period of time. So, quit eating bad food, increase the amount of exercise you are doing, and maybe cut back slightly on the amount of food you are eating. The weight will come off...it is impossible for it not to.
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No, and no one SHOULD do it. It's extremely unhealthy, even dangerous. You do NOT lose any real weight. You lose water and whatever your bowel contains. That's it.
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you wanna lose weight? exercise a little more (expend calories) than you are taking in (eating). It really makes no difference what you eat...calories are calories. I could eat d*o*g*s*h*i*t* and gain weight if I ate enough of it. Also- keep in mind if you "starve" yourself...your body will go into sort of a "survival" mode and start burning far fewer calories. I swim, bike, run, lift weights, and box. I eat whatever I want...but in an amount that is not more than what i burn off. Give it a try. Increase the amount of exercise you do...keep your eating the same. See what happens. (I'll just tell ya what happens: you'll lose weight. Its impossible not to)\nGood luck.
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For me, eating is an addiction. I did it for lots of reasons, and for no reason, at lots of different times. When I wasn't eating I was thinking about eating, or how much I had eaten, or what diet to go on next, or how much and in what ways to exercize to get the weight off. I knew it was crazy, but I couldn't stop overeating for very long, if at all. I've tried so many diets, and most have worked for some period of time. I've tried many kinds of exercize on many different plans, and most worked for a time. But, for me, the addiction was still there, and until I dealt with that, nothing else could solve my problem. \nEveryone has different solutions, and I hope you find one that is perfect for you. My solution is Overeaters Anonymous. I don't have to pay to join, or sign a contract, or buy anything, and I can stay as long as I want or leave if I don't like it. I've lost 40 pounds and kept them off without any diets or exercize plans for over six years. I know so many people who are in Overeaters Anonymous and have kept off hundreds of pounds for over 20 years, and are at a healthy body size. Everything I hear in Overeaters Anonymous is just a suggestion and people told me to take what worked for me and leave the rest. I don't have to do, believe, or try anything, but I found when I put aside my huge cynicism, it actually did work. Whatever you choose to do, I really hope you find something that works for you.
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No to all questions.  I can't make myself be serious about diet and exercise, probably because I lack motivation.  I don't fill myself full of junk, but I don't make a specific point to eat "right".  I cook, I eat.  I take vitamins when I think about it.  I drink green tea when the urge hits.
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Right on man. It is not a healty lifestyle at all. I can not belive the amount of ppl offended by that and acutally say it's ok or better to be fat. No, you are wrong! Seek Help, please, for your own good!!  Get into shape and you will feel a million times better.
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Honey losing weight isn't about a fad diet. No, it is about a lifestyle change. Not snacking all the time and getting some exercise. I know you want the quick answer but there isn't one. Gaining weight is a lot like putting money in the bank. Every time you eat you are making a deposit into your weight bank...get it. You naturally burn so many calories every day whether you exercise or not, we will call this a bankers fee. Now here is the most important part....evertime you exercise you are making a withdrawel. deposit - fee - withdrawel = what you weigh.\n\nYou have to love you for you and if you want to make chnges do it for yourself. Nobody is gonna do it for you.
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No, sadly enough, a truly effective method of losing a lot of weight deals with exercise. But, if you truly hate exercising, I might suggest cutting down food intake and making healthier options when eating. Like, instead of eating cheese pizza and beer, maybe have a healthier option of a chicken sandwich and a low-fat orange juice. Cut out chips and salsa and have smaller portions. That's all i can think of right now :)
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These answers are funny, but to be serious ... I've recently lost 40 pounds with diet and exercise. I'm on a 1200 calorie-a-day diet with Jenny Craig till I reach my goal. To keep it off, I plan to keep these healthy things as a part of my lifestyle - being active and eating the right things. The most encouraging thing I've found is that I don't have to go hungry if I eat the right foods - including veggies and other healthy things. Also I've changed some of my thinking because there's something wrong if I'm rewarding or pampering myself with food all the time. I don't think there's a magic diet pill or quick fix for losing weight and keeping it off - diet and exercise are the way to go.
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The best answer to weight loss is something that you (and almost all of America) do not want to hear; The best way to lose wieght is to simply excercise, I'm not try to be rude and you may excercise already. However a key part is knowing whether or not you are healthy. If you are healthy and merely trying to lose weight for apperance then you are hurting your body. Your body know what it wants, trust it from time to time and you may just realize that it knows best when it comes to food. If you are hungry eat, that is the way it is meant to be. Now there are exceptions to the rule like there is with anything, people that overeat and still don't fill satisifed have a genuine problem that they need to consult their doctor about. Unless you are one of these people then I would suggest eating regularly and excercising, it's the best thing you can do to be healthy.
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You will lose weight if you use up more energy than you get from the food you eat. So assuming you do not eat more than you need, then yes.\nThis is obviously true of any activity. The more effort you have to make, and the longer you do it, the more energy you are using.\nHousework and gardening are excellent activities because they are free and there is an end-product to the effort.
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No, its a bad idea. Not only will you keep your real weight (as opposed to water weight)  your skin is likely to break out into a nasty rash which will make it tougher to EXERCISE, the real way to lose weight along with a sensible diet.
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Ain't is a very uneducated word to use.  If you want to appear half-way intelligent, stay away from it.\n\nMany factors determine how people gain or lose weight.  If you have a fast metabolism, then it will be easy to lose weight, even if you're not overweight.  If you're extremely active, you will burn a lot of calories, and unless you consume those extra needed calories, you'll probably lose weight.
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I have never heard of not exercising during this time.\n\nI exercise all the time and have never had any problems. Actually when I exercise during that time of the month,it helps to alleviate some of the symptoms of pain,cramping,and bloating.\n\nDon't know where you got your idea from,but I see nothing wrong with exercise at any time.