Re: Fitness Challenge???
Piper_chuck, it seems your end goal is to simply argue, not educate, but I'll give it one last go.
No, my goal is to make sure accurate information is posted rather than many of the myths that people have. If you prefer to go the ad hominem route rather than discuss, so be it.
An anorexic person IS a fat person without the fat. Neither have muscle. Neither are fit. So, even if the fat person lost nearly all fat, they would still not be healthy, just someone who has nearly no fat and no muscle. The point is precisely valid.
"A fat person without the fat"? What kind of doublespeak is that? Anorexia is not relevant in a discussion about losing weight other than to serve as a caution to not overdo the fat loss.
I'm saying exactly that. You burn carbs while working out, but do the majority of fat burning while at rest, via muscle production and sustaining. Without 'fitness', you are doing neither. A person who does not exercise to gain muscle will only burn the food they ate and very little of the fat they wear.
I agree with the above, to a point. The goal of exercise does not have to be to gain muscle, at least not in the bulking up sense. It can be to tone the existing muscles and to burn off excess fat.
Interesting story. What were you trying to tell her?
I wasn't trying to tell her anything. We were just chatting and she shared with me her opinion that she was "fit". When she did this I made a conscious decision to let her be happy in her opinion, because she was at least doing some exercise, rather than confront her about her excess weight.
You missed the big capital letters.. 'BAD weight'. If you have little fat and plenty of muscle and you work out, will you gain weight? Sure. But now who is off topic of the thread?
Once again, you're leaving out part of the equation. A person with little fat who works out might gain or they might lose. It all depends on how many calories they're taking in. However, since I suspect most who are interested in this thread are in the category of wanting to get rid of excess fat, your example is rather off topic.
It's pretty plain, you exercise and you gain muscle; You gain muscle and your metabolism goes up; Your metabolism goes up and you burn more fat, even when not exercising. You simply eat less and the reverse happens.
Now who's arguing for the sake of argument? What I was pointing out is simply that increasing exercise does not guarantee fat or weight loss. Neither does diet change. If you start exercising, but eat like a pig to compensate, you might actually gain fat. Conversely, if you make a diet change, but reduce activity because you feel like you have no energy, you also might not lose fat. Diet and exercise go together.
