I guess I got pretty close to “out exercising” my diet. As a 59 (now 60) year old male, I lost about a pound a week over 40 weeks, from weight training 3x a week and about 21,000 steps a day (@4 miles an hour, yes that’s two-plus hours of just walking a day). Moving to SW Florida and semi-retiring gave me the time and opportunity. I did change my diet some (cut back but did not eliminate alcohol and sugar) and stopped eating everything on my plate at restaurants- but I never felt hungry. With my weight in the mid-180’s (I’m 5-10) my weight loss plateaued, just as you say it will. Finally figured out beer, dairy (I love milk and cheeses), and nuts and nut butters were sabotaging my diet. Now losing at a slower pace and into the 170’s. Don’t know where this stops for me, but I feel so much better it’s amazing. It’s clear from your videos that you know what you are talking about, and you are brutally honest. What I did won’t work for most people, as I have a lot of time and enjoy walking (and the lifting). I was able to avoid too much discipline with my diet, for awhile, but that only took me so far. It gets harder from here but am enjoying it even at may age, and look forward to seeing were it goes.
I have shifted my attitude towards exercise as I've got older - it is now something I do to make my body stronger, not smaller. I'm not disappointed this way!
The key to what she's saying in this video is not that it can't be done but that most people just aren't likely to put in that level of work on a regular basis. That's what really makes it so hard to out work a high calorie diet.
The adaptation is often misunderstood in working out. Your body adapts by becoming stronger and more efficient at the workouts it does. So yes, you won't burn as many calories at the same amount of time and intensity after a while. But then it is easier to do what you originally did and you can now increase the time and/or intensity and continue to burn a large amount of calories. Also the weight you lose plays a part in the adaptation as well because a lighter body requires less work to move. Therefore increasing the intensity/ time becomes easier so that the high calorie burn continues. Again, most people are not likely to do this much work over a long time to begin with. So that's what really makes it hard to outwork a bad diet.
If anyone wondered, 2x25 100 yard sprints daily and walking back north to starting line was enough to lose weight. About 60-75 minutes each session , age 68. Used up 30,000 feet each day.
I have found it quite easy to lose weight simply with good eating habits, but I exercise daily as part of an overall healthy lifestyle. Your knowledge and simple wisdom is so very realistic that it's actually profound in comparison to what others are putting out there! Baron T
Sorry for my english. Im learning. I have a full time job and i also study every single day. I do crossfit 3 times a week and muay thai 3 times a week. I also run every day. I eat like an animal, i dont count calories and i still in shape... So, in my opinion, it is preaty possible to overwork a bad diet. Of curse, im 25 years old, metabolism migth be very fast.
So far I have lost 24 pounds in 4 months by counting calories. I have added kettlebells to my life as well! I eat everything! But I find that things like cupcakes and other sweet treats tend to wreak havoc with my appetite. Salty treats are not as bad about that.
