Do you really have to exercise to lose weight? In my journey to lose weight, I tried to restrict my calorie intake and not exercise. It's all about a calorie deficit, isn't it? I noticed that I'd do well in the first half of the day by restricting my food intake to a light breakfast and zero calorie drinks like tea and coffee. What I noticed was that in the evening, I would “reward” myself with a large dinner. I started noticing that I would then eat junk food at night so I started going to sleep early to prevent this. Sleeping early helped curb my calorie intake at night but I wasn’t losing any weight. I realized I had to exercise. When your goal is weight loss, you have to burn calories. Restricting your movement throughout the day because you are too weak to move or don't want to move around too much out of fear that it will cause you to be hungry is not going to help. Your body needs to burn calories. By combining calorie counting and exercise...
So I started watching my weight and exercising about a month ago and I lost 5 pounds. So you may ask why should I take advice from you? You're completely right. But I am happy about my 5 pound weight loss because it's 5 pounds of progress and hard work. I am just happy I am not in the same position I was in 1 month ago, it's great. This is what I have learned so far: 1) You need to make sacrifices: For about 3 weeks, I would go exercise but not amend my diet too much and saw little progress. I realize you do have to cut back on what you eat. When you are not motivated to exercise, you have to realize not everything in your journey is going to be fun but you are sacrificing your time and effort for the end goal. Make a sacrifice, not it's not going to be easy each and every time but try to push yourself, you can do it. And if you don't, pick yourself back up and try and try and try. 2) Use measuring cups: weight loss is about portion control. You need to look a...