Losing Weight Without Dieting

I love eating all the time. I think I did that today, without trying to. In the morning I had two low fat soy ice cream sandwiches since I was running late. I got back and had chips and salsa. Then at work I had a few peanuts from a coworker. At home I had more peanuts later from my table. Then I had green beans. And then a piece of dark chocolate a bit later. Not my healthiest day, but it was small meals. I also had a few containers of apple sauce and some orange juice in there somewhere too.

Hmm, I don't remember seeing corn starch in the ingredients on the soy ones. I'll have to check. Is corn starch bad or you just have an allergy?

soy ice cream sandwiches - hummmm I LOVE ice cream sandwiches - but these days those wafers all seem to have corn starch in them

That's the thing, I had expected that my clothes would be looser and they are not. I have not lost half an inch off my waist. I don't eat sauces on most things and hardly anything cooked in oil. I am already a healthy eater I don't know why I can't lose weight.

I wasn't gaining weight before I started exercising. However, I do normally gain weight in the summer and I have only gained 5 pounds this summer so I am not doing too bad. In the winter I normally lose weight, so hopefully I will be able to lose some.

Awww that doesn't sound too good does it? Were you putting on weight before starting your exercise regime? If yes it could be that you are exercising just enough to stop putting on, but not enough to start losing weight. Another reason could be you are losing inches somewhere else. It might be your thigh or your arms. It takes a while to see the effects of exercising. Give it six months before deciding on your next move. You might want to consider reducing input as well. Cheers ;)

I don't get how people have it in their heads that walking is good exercise. You hardly burn any calories walking unless you already weigh 400 pounds and walking is a challenge for you. I could walk 10 miles a day and I wouldn't lose any weight because I don't even feel it after I've gone hiking for 10 miles. And that's up a hill. Imagine flat land. I don't eat much junk food. Occasionally sweets, but rarely.

Maybe I should keep better track of my food, I don't think I've increased it but maybe I have.

Hmm, that sounds easy enough. These past few days I've been really bad and haven't even eaten meals, just snacks. Enough snacks to equal meals though.

Would giving up 5 sodas a week make much of a difference? That's about all I drink right now. I used to drink at least 5 per day and didn't lose weight when I stopped, but I had to stop at that point. Currently I usually go for fruit juice which is probably worse for you than soda, but I love it. Either way, I only have one fruit juice per day at the most. I mostly drink water at work because it is free or sometimes black coffee because that is also free.

Thanks. Sometimes I put a bit of grape juice in it and it doesn't taste as bad. I'll see if I can boil a quart or so to have some ready for the week.

I don't eat any meat at all, but I haven't for the past 8 years. I don't eat much bread, just occasionally. I can't buy bread since it would go bad too quickly. But if I am out, sometimes I will eat things with bread. I should try green tea. Drinking water all the time is really boring for me. My snack lately is usually a cup of apple sauce. I am bad and I eat whenever I am hungry, despite the time. But I do eat healthy foods.

I'm not eating any differently than I was before. I am amazed too that I haven't lost any weight. I forgot to mention not only am I doing exercise, but I also volunteer and it has been extra busy so I've been getting a bunch of exercise there too for about 6 straight hours. I haven't been to a doctor in a long time so I don't really know one who would know what my metabolism was like before. I'm not obese or anything, but I would like to shed some pounds. Probably like 10 pounds or so would be great.

You need to focus on weight training, I know its something I dread first of all because I cant even get to the weight machines I want to at my gym because of all the meatheads and if you want it you have to come in like 5am or be there like an hour before close. It sounds like your getting plenty of cardio but muscle is what burns the fat even while your not exercising and increases your metabolism. I suggest you use angle and wrist weights to start with and I even did this at my previous work but then again it was third shift. I think a more entertaining way to get strength training is to combine it with basic step workouts, you can get these at the gym or On Demand if you have Comcast (Exercise channel) and in my opinion you can get a real thourough all body workout (the more muscles you hit through movement the better) and if you master basic then your ready for more intense strength through intermediate stepping which is a faster pace and more step intervals. To me I think this is the easiest exercise to do and beneficial because its easy on your joints so you dont have to worry about injuries (like running) and it really can be fun moving all around there on your step, doing the hops going up and the side to side, forward back, I think Billy Blanks mastered it but even basic stepping can set you off on the right foot. Another thing is to make sure you get the right protein after workouts because a lot of free radicals are released during workouts and this can cause stress when your body does not recieve the adequate nutrients to rid the body of them. They say that if your overweight your body can go into a kind of 'panic-mode' supposedly because of how we evolved but I think it has more to do with the free radicals, and I also think this is what leads to overeating because it can be easy to eat away your whole workout just trying to satisfy your body after you workout, so its important to get the right nutrients--try a Whey shake before or after,and use whole shakes from your local Whole food cooperative, its just a shake you mix up in the blender with a broad spectrum of fruits and veggies. For me Im not keen on shakes and rather have an Advantage bar (adkins) but they run for 2.59 a bar but theres so much to pick from and average price for them is 1.50 like Cliff bars. Just keep your blood sugar index leveled throughout the day.

cannot stress enough the importance of flushing your body with water throughout the day

I already go swimming. It hasn't done a thing for my weight. You are skinny! I hope you are short you are making me look bad, lol. Maybe I'm not going far enough in my swimming. But I've been swimming an hour a day doing different strokes.

Swimming is an excellent cardiovascular activity, and you stay cool. It helps you tone up your whole body if you swim enough.

LOL,to be honest, i'm not too short, i'm 167.5cm... I think you have to keep swimming. Don't give up only because it's no use, it will just last a short moment. I belive you are gonna manage to lose weight after a long time of insisting. Swimming does good to anyone.

There is no difference in how my clothes are fitting or my waist measurements either. I do notice that my arms and legs have gotten a bit bigger though from muscle, which is cool. But I'd like to lose a clothing size or two.

If I was on holiday I would be exercising all day long. I'm at work 9 hours a day and then 30 more minute commuting. And then I'm studying for the GRE on top of all that so I can't be exercising constantly. But I do as much as I can. Tonight I played for 1 hour on the Wii until I was good and sweaty. I like the Wii a lot sometimes... especially tonight when I got 256 on bowling!

Thanks, I will try. I have lost 40 pounds once before, but I don't have that kind of self control anymore. It's all gained back and then some. I don't eat a whole lot of sugary foods generally at least. But maybe I should keep better track of it.

Well when you have alot to lose and overweight alot it tends to make you lose weight faster. I lost 22 pounds first week,15 pounds second week,10 pounds third week and 7 pounds the fourth week. As I lost the amount I lost went down. on the fifth week I lost 5 and stayed at losing 5 pounds a week for awhile. I also exercised and enjoyed walking. When dieting I don't drink pop even if it is diet or other carbonated drinks. I do drink tea and coffee and ice tea with sugar substitute sometimes, I find I like the Crystal light better and you can buy it so that you can make it yourself which is cheaper then the pre-made ones and also the generic is not so bad. I have and do buy it on occasion it is just as good if not better then the expensive brands. They even have then in Cherry,orange,grape,fruit punch..among other flavors now. Well good luck on your diet however you decide to lose it..

I don't eat meat at all. But I guess I should cut out the soda. I only have about 5 a week now, but I suppose I could cut it down even more to only drinking soda at parties or something which would be less than 1 a week. I refuse to drink diet drinks as they all have a nasty aftertaste. But I am not opposed to drinking water with a bit of juice in it to get rid of the chlorine taste. I'd be afraid if I dropped 20 pounds in one week. I just wanted to drop maybe 2 pounds a month or so until I reach my goal.

No one on here is Michael Phelps (at least I do not think anyone is), to just strictly exercise without dieting is a rare thing to do. A lot of times in order to really get the results that you want when it comes to losing weight, dieting and exercising is the only real way to go. You can try some of the other unconventional means of losing weight, like diet pills, diet drinks, gastric by-pass and lipo-suction, but those end up doing more bad than good majority of the time. I was at 220lbs and I am now at 174lbs, and I did it by dieting and exercising. I am still doing my best to get to my ideal weight of 150lbs, and I will do it, but again, I have to keep exercising and dieting.

What if I went totally insane on exercising? Then I could probably get away with it. But I don't have 5 spare hours a day like an Olympic athlete to work out. ;) I guess I'd better try some dieting. I have been able to diet in the past. Once I lost 40 pounds. Unfortunately, I have since gained it all back (and then some). But I know I can do it since I did it before.

I would never go through weight loss surgery even if I was over 300 pounds. So I guess I'm stuck with adding some dieting in.

The only permanent change I have made to my diet is being a vegan. Other than that, I have no more willpower. I will try to permanently keep the exercising, but I know sometime in the future I will once again be too busy for exercise. For now even though I am very busy, exercising keeps me sane. Sort of.

I don't have a problem of sitting around doing nothing, it's just that I don't actually have that time. I do have pets, but not the type I am forced to exercise with. I don't have the room for a dog and I know I wouldn't constantly have time to exercise so I haven't really thought about getting a dog lately since I just know I can't do it. My rabbits give me a good workout when I need to catch them to do something (they're house rabbits and the younger one especially can be all over the place like a bratty cat, lol).

I got a dog a couple years ago and I've found im way more active even when im busy because of her. I HAVE to take her for a walk. I recently added a second dog and he needs alot more walking and playing than she does so i end up carrying her home with me after walking them both. If it wasnt for them i could spend a full day doing absolutely nothign at times.

I've lost a lot of weight before once when I was sick. But I don't want to get sick to lose weight, I'd rather be fat!

I believe you, lol. I wasn't saying you got sick on purpose. Some people want to get sick to lose weight though, what about bulimics? Or one of my friends said since chemotherapy made her lose some weight maybe she should just get some more of that. Obviously she must have forgotten how it made her feel. I would seriously rather be 400 pounds than have to go through something like that.

everybody dont want to get sick.mine was not on purposed.

Probably if I had a more physical job I could lose some weight. I work in an office. But I weekends I volunteer with seals so that is very physical and it keeps me in shape aside from the exercising I do.

That would help you stay in shape.Good luck!

I sure would lose a lot of weight if I didn't eat dinner! But how am I supposed to get work done on an empty stomach?

Try eating something before 6. I'm telling you it really helps.

I have a job and can't really eat during work. Maybe the time doesn't really matter it's just how many hours before you go to sleep that you last eat. One of my friends has a mom that swears by this no food after 6 thing and I went over there and I was dying of hunger because she refused to have any food. I don't think she does this anymore now that she too has a job and cannot just sit around all day eating before 6.