So Why Don't You Exercise?

[ttdriver]

I've seen alot of posts where people insist they can lose weight on Atkins without exercise .. and I won't debate that because I suppose its true ..

But really .. who would want to lose weight without toning up? Dr. Atkins said that exercise is non-negotiable, so is it accurate to say that if you're doing Atkins without exercise, that you're not doing it according to the book? I believe it is.

Exercise benefits the dieter in so many ways, the least of which is with weight loss. Consider for a moment:

Exercise reduces stress.
Exercise lowers cholesterol.
Exercise induces sleep.
Exercise helps concentration.
Exercise reduces body fat.
Exercise burns calories (DUH!)
Exercise lessens depression.
Exercise increases endurance.
Exercise increases sex drive (YAY!)
Exercise makes you look good naked! (see previous)

Okay, so how many of you are exercising?

Betty

[Sheshy]

I am, I am!!

And it's the best thing you can do for yourself!

Over the last 6 weeks, I've lost only 3 pounds, but 7 inches...it's worth it and makes a huge difference in the appearance of your body!

Just do it!

[ttdriver]

WOOHOO SHELLY!! THAT IS SO FANTASTIC!

Betty

[lawyerchick]

I'm an exercise fanatic now, too!

But I'll admit that for the longest time, I didn't exercise because I told myself "I don't have time," and "I look okay without it."

But now I MAKE time, because I feel so much better when I exercise. That hour a day is about making me look and feel good and improving my health. It's more important to me than almost anything else that I could do with that hour.

[wiseblood]

I'm starting soon.
Really.
I aam.
Why won't you believe me?!?!

[2big4mysize]

Great topic Betty

to quote doctor Atkins from DANDR chapter 15 page 191
"It is often neglected and sometimes quietly scorned, but if you think you're doing the program and you are not exercising, you're not doing the program."

there is no room for any debate exercise is a part of Atkins. And as long as you are alive and not on bedrest orders from your doc you are not too heavy to exercise in some form.

[LC_Dave]

I don't exercise (in an organised way) and have not since starting this WOL last July. The reason is my morbid obesity and the stress it was putting on my joints.

But my plan, now that I have lost enough weight to aleviate some of that stress, is to start a walking routine on the 16th of January. This is after my parents leave for a visit, and the begining of an ADBB Induction Boot Camp that I am going to do.

I still believe that morbidly obese people need to have less emphasis on exercise until they get to a more mobile weight.

I fully believe in Exercise as a requirement for this WOL and I can't wait to start. I know when I used to walk every day years ago that it gave me a motivational boost to the day. Also enorphins are great stuff!

Once I've lost even more weight, I plan on hitting the GYM and going a weights routine. I have done weight routines when I was younger and I liked the results.

[wiseblood]

I'm with Dave on this one.I'm too fat to do it.I'll do it soon,though.
Weights are heavy,and walking makes my big toe hurt.
And you don't want to be around a 388 pound man whose big toe hurts.

[wannabethintoo]

There is this woman at my gym who started coming in January of 2005 and she must have been 350 lbs. When she started she didn't do a lot...a little walking on the treadmill...well you should see her now! She's lost a lot of weight but she's still big and she can out-do me when it comes to exercise (and I'm no amateur).

[2big4mysize]

there is no joint stress in water aerobics Dave calenetics and pilates neither. I was morbidly obese when I started (and so were most of the CC forum members)and I walked only 20 min starting out and very slow but I kept at it and got in better shape and added more. if you can walk to your car you can walk further and park further away each day just to start. Walk the aisles at the grocery store, get a pedometer and track your steps then add more in 100 step increments once you get to 10,000 a day you are doing it. We can all find reasons not to but there arer easy ways to add free exercise to our days and just do it.