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It's a lot easier to be less sedentary when your knees aren't carrying 1.5x their rated weight and you don't become 50% sweat by mass after an hour.

twodave 1y ago
It’s not about what’s easy. This is what the OP is talking about. Anyone who is in shape over a certain age pretty much has to wake up and choose the hard thing most days. Whether it’s bunions, old (or recent) injuries, GI problems, arthritis, inflammation—movement is good for all of these things. I know this from personal experience. If I stop moving for a few weeks it is very painful to get back into the groove. I’m currently dealing with some kind of lower GI problem that is affecting my energy and causing a lot of discomfort. I have foot problems, a messed up rotator cuff, etc. But if you just keep showing up and putting in the effort (and most of all, not comparing yourself to anyone else, even your past self), the results will come.
- kazinator 1y ago
  Losing fat through exercise requires a high volume; excess weight will really put extra stresses on those injuries and other problems. If people have some shortcut toward reducing their weight so they can exercise more easily (rather than looking at it as the complete quick fix), it may not be a bad idea.
  - twodave 1y ago
    I don’t disagree there. And I was probably a bit aggressive with my take really. Not all healthy choices are hard ones, and exercise alone isn’t enough. Actually the hardest thing for me (and I have and continue to deal with addiction first-hand) is getting out of the mental ruts I’ve put myself in. I can choose not to eat poorly and to go exercise today, but if it’s just will-power and not a mindset change then it’s not going to be sustainable.
thefz 1y ago
You can get very thin without moving a muscle and by diet alone.
- greenchair 1y ago
  I've come to the conclusion that some people by nature have such a strong bond with food whereby they don't have the willpower to operate with a caloric deficit.
mvdtnz 1y ago
Thin people sweat too.

twodave 1y ago

It’s not about what’s easy. This is what the OP is talking about. Anyone who is in shape over a certain age pretty much has to wake up and choose the hard thing most days. Whether it’s bunions, old (or recent) injuries, GI problems, arthritis, inflammation—movement is good for all of these things. I know this from personal experience. If I stop moving for a few weeks it is very painful to get back into the groove. I’m currently dealing with some kind of lower GI problem that is affecting my energy and causing a lot of discomfort. I have foot problems, a messed up rotator cuff, etc. But if you just keep showing up and putting in the effort (and most of all, not comparing yourself to anyone else, even your past self), the results will come.

kazinator 1y ago
Losing fat through exercise requires a high volume; excess weight will really put extra stresses on those injuries and other problems. If people have some shortcut toward reducing their weight so they can exercise more easily (rather than looking at it as the complete quick fix), it may not be a bad idea.
- twodave 1y ago
  I don’t disagree there. And I was probably a bit aggressive with my take really. Not all healthy choices are hard ones, and exercise alone isn’t enough. Actually the hardest thing for me (and I have and continue to deal with addiction first-hand) is getting out of the mental ruts I’ve put myself in. I can choose not to eat poorly and to go exercise today, but if it’s just will-power and not a mindset change then it’s not going to be sustainable.

thefz 1y ago

You can get very thin without moving a muscle and by diet alone.

greenchair 1y ago
I've come to the conclusion that some people by nature have such a strong bond with food whereby they don't have the willpower to operate with a caloric deficit.

mvdtnz 1y ago

Thin people sweat too.