I eat a zerocarb diet and do not exercise at the moment.  I started at 291
and am down to 226 since Jan 2.  I am 5.4" and female.  My weight loss is
different this time around as I am losing more body fat.  In trying on some
of my old clothes, I am able to wear smaller sizes even though I weigh more
than the last time I tried to lose weight.

Kim

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Day, Wally <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> > would you exercise at all, or just go zero-carb?
>
> I'm not sure I'd eliminate or de-emphasize exercise (even in light of the
> recent studies suggesting exercise is worthless in regards to fat loss). As
> I posted some time ago, last summar I started bicycling to and from work
> (6-8 miles each way). When I didn't change my diet I found my weight
> dropping rapidly after a couple weeks - it got so bad I had to intentionally
> overeat so the weight loss would slow down. At the time my intentions were
> not fat loss but rather combining a good form of outdoor exercise with a
> daily activity I did anyway (commuting), and saving gasoline (quite
> effective, actually).
>
> This summer I am doing it again (now it's turned into 9-12 miles each way)
> - but I just barely started again after nursing a torn muscle. So, I haven't
> yet experienced the same rapid weight loss.
>
> An interesting note - according to the studies I've heard about denouncing
> exercise for fat-loss, the least effective exercise is steady-state exercise
> (walking, running, stationary biking, elliptical, etc. all at the same,
> boring pace). What *is* effective is High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
> which seems to correspond with DeVany's chaotic activity theories. And, I
> can attest that bicycle commuting - up/down hills, speeding up and slowing
> down for traffic, and the occasional stoppage for traffic lights - is
> anything but "steady-state" :)