Exercise and Weightloss

Hi everyone, my apologies if this topic had been done to death!
After years of a fairly sedentary lifestyle for the past month and a half I
have been excercising daily for around 45minutes and Im really enjoying it.
Well I dont exactly love it while Im doing it, but I feel great after. Apart
from the weightloss benefits I have noticed some other greast side effects:
a slight twinge I have had in the small of my back for the last four months
is GONE; I can actually clap my hands under my leg - something I couldn't
do 1 1/2 months back when I started; my knees and feet dont ache while
exercising; and the other day I actually jogged down the (rather long)
corridor at my work and wasnt even out of breath at the end! Amazing!
I guess my question is: what is the best time of day to excercise for
optimum weightloss, or doesnt it matter? I usually excercise first thing in
the morning, before breakfast. This seems to work OK for me, especially as
we Aussies are heading in to a hot hot summer and its not so sweltering at
that time of day. (Today is 37 degrees C where I am - around 98 F I think -
with 39 and 36 predicted for the next 2 days - yuck!) Also, it seems to
supress my appetite a bit when I excercise in the morning, and gets my day
off to a good start. I mean who wants to throw all that hard work away by
eating junk later in the day?!
I'd love to hear other experiences.
--
CaityH
In Sunny Australia
kgs: 114.7/108/70
lbs: 252.8/237.6/154.3
LC since 16th October 2003

In article ,
"CaityH" wrote:

Hi everyone, my apologies if this topic had been done to death!
After years of a fairly sedentary lifestyle for the past month and a half I
have been excercising daily for around 45minutes and Im really enjoying it.
Well I dont exactly love it while Im doing it, but I feel great after. Apart
from the weightloss benefits I have noticed some other greast side effects:
a slight twinge I have had in the small of my back for the last four months
is GONE; I can actually clap my hands under my leg - something I couldn't
do 1 1/2 months back when I started; my knees and feet dont ache while
exercising; and the other day I actually jogged down the (rather long)
corridor at my work and wasnt even out of breath at the end! Amazing!
I guess my question is: what is the best time of day to excercise for
optimum weightloss, or doesnt it matter? I usually excercise first thing in
the morning, before breakfast. This seems to work OK for me, especially as
we Aussies are heading in to a hot hot summer and its not so sweltering at
that time of day. (Today is 37 degrees C where I am - around 98 F I think -
with 39 and 36 predicted for the next 2 days - yuck!) Also, it seems to
supress my appetite a bit when I excercise in the morning, and gets my day
off to a good start. I mean who wants to throw all that hard work away by
eating junk later in the day?!
I'd love to hear other experiences.

Congrats on discovering some of the many joys of exercise! My first
benefit I actually got after my very first workout: an amazing
psychological transformation. I walked out of there (Curves, a women's only
gym) feeling like I was 10 feet tall and so proud of myself for finally
doing something about my weight. Anyway, to answer your question, the best
time of day to exercise is whenever you know you'll do it.

--
-Michelle Levin (Luna)
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna

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In article ,
"CaityH" wrote:

Hi everyone, my apologies if this topic had been done to death!
After years of a fairly sedentary lifestyle for the past month and a
half I
have been excercising daily for around 45minutes and Im really enjoying
it.
Well I dont exactly love it while Im doing it, but I feel great after.
Apart
from the weightloss benefits I have noticed some other greast side
effects:
a slight twinge I have had in the small of my back for the last four
months
is GONE; I can actually clap my hands under my leg - something I
couldn't
do 1 1/2 months back when I started; my knees and feet dont ache while
exercising; and the other day I actually jogged down the (rather long)
corridor at my work and wasnt even out of breath at the end! Amazing!
I guess my question is: what is the best time of day to excercise for
optimum weightloss, or doesnt it matter? I usually excercise first thing
in
the morning, before breakfast. This seems to work OK for me, especially
as
we Aussies are heading in to a hot hot summer and its not so sweltering
at
that time of day. (Today is 37 degrees C where I am - around 98 F I
think -
with 39 and 36 predicted for the next 2 days - yuck!) Also, it seems to
supress my appetite a bit when I excercise in the morning, and gets my
day
off to a good start. I mean who wants to throw all that hard work away
by
eating junk later in the day?!
I'd love to hear other experiences.

Congrats on discovering some of the many joys of exercise! My first
benefit I actually got after my very first workout: an amazing
psychological transformation. I walked out of there (Curves, a women's
only
gym) feeling like I was 10 feet tall and so proud of myself for finally
doing something about my weight. Anyway, to answer your question, the
best
time of day to exercise is whenever you know you'll do it.

--
-Michelle Levin (Luna)
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna


Hee hee! Your absolutely right about that Luna! Thanks for your
encouragement!

In article ,
says...
Hi everyone, my apologies if this topic had been done to death!
After years of a fairly sedentary lifestyle for the past month and a half I
have been excercising daily for around 45minutes and Im really enjoying it.
Well I dont exactly love it while Im doing it, but I feel great after. Apart

GREAT, isn't it? :-)

--
Saffire
205/179/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

I love to exercise at 2pm. However, I actually exercise in the morning,
as I get it over with. By the way, you might want to take some days off,
as exercising every day means that there's no time for the body to repair
itself. The other thing to do is "cross training" -- jog one day and bike
another.

--
Bob M in CT remove 'x.' to reply

CaityH wrote:
:: Hi everyone, my apologies if this topic had been done to death!
:: After years of a fairly sedentary lifestyle for the past month and a
:: half I have been excercising daily for around 45minutes and Im
:: really enjoying it. Well I dont exactly love it while Im doing it,
:: but I feel great after. Apart from the weightloss benefits I have
:: noticed some other greast side effects: a slight twinge I have had
:: in the small of my back for the last four months is GONE; I can
:: actually clap my hands under my leg - something I couldn't do 1 1/2
:: months back when I started; my knees and feet dont ache while
:: exercising; and the other day I actually jogged down the (rather
:: long) corridor at my work and wasnt even out of breath at the end!
:: Amazing!
:: I guess my question is: what is the best time of day to excercise for
:: optimum weightloss, or doesnt it matter? I usually excercise first
:: thing in the morning, before breakfast. This seems to work OK for
:: me, especially as we Aussies are heading in to a hot hot summer and
:: its not so sweltering at that time of day. (Today is 37 degrees C
:: where I am - around 98 F I think - with 39 and 36 predicted for the
:: next 2 days - yuck!) Also, it seems to supress my appetite a bit
:: when I excercise in the morning, and gets my day off to a good
:: start. I mean who wants to throw all that hard work away by eating
:: junk later in the day?!

That's exactly the way I think about it. However, I find it hard to weight
train in the morning because I need to get to work. So I train at night. But
given the way things are working for you, I'd say you've found what is best
for you. A general truism is that the best time to workout is when you'll
do it -- consistently.

WTG.

"CaityH" writes:
I guess my question is: what is the best time of day to excercise
for optimum weightloss, or doesnt it matter?

If you're doing aerobic-type exercise to lose weight, the best time to
exercise is when you don't have a ready supply of dietary calories to
draw from and don't have much insulin in your bloodstream to block the
release of fat from fat cells. In general, this means first thing in
the morning for most folks, but your schedule may dictate otherwise.

If you're doing strength-type exercise, the best time is when you DO
have a ready supply of calories (specifically, proteins and carbs, but
most folks have a post-workout drink to supply these) to draw from, so
you can get maximum strength from your muscles and also begin the
repair process ASAP. But, right after eating is still usually bad for
most folks ;-)

CaityH wrote:

I guess my question is: what is the best time of day to excercise for
optimum weightloss, or doesnt it matter? I usually excercise first thing in
the morning, before breakfast. This seems to work OK for me, especially as
we Aussies are heading in to a hot hot summer and its not so sweltering at
that time of day.

it doesn't matter. exercise when you have the time and when it's
comfortable for you. the most important thing is to keep doing it.

DJ Delorie wrote:
:: "CaityH" writes:
::: I guess my question is: what is the best time of day to excercise
::: for optimum weightloss, or doesnt it matter?
::
:: If you're doing aerobic-type exercise to lose weight, the best time
:: to exercise is when you don't have a ready supply of dietary
:: calories to draw from and don't have much insulin in your
:: bloodstream to block the release of fat from fat cells. In general,
:: this means first thing in the morning for most folks, but your
:: schedule may dictate otherwise.

A person on a LC woe is not likely to have a lot of insulin.

I also don't see why it matters if you have a supply of dietary calories to
draw from or not. If you do, then those calories you burn while exericsing
won't get converted to fat (especially if you're on calorie restriction).
And on top of that, if you control calorie intake, you still take fat off.
If you don't have dietary calories available, then the energy comes from fat
(so they say, but truth be told it matters not) but you end up eating later,
so the calories are put right back. And who knows for sure when the body
really uses dietary calories.

Do you have a cite that shows that when a person exercises in the morning
before eating that they lose more body fat than if they exercised an hour or
two after eating, assuming caloric intake is held constant? I'd really like
to see that.

I do think that an AM workout (cardio, specificially) has some major
advantages, mind you. For one, you get it over with -- a caloric deficit in
the bank, so to speak. Two, you (well, I do) get an endorphin high. Three,
it helps me control eating since I won't want that "deficit-in-the-bank"
wasted.

::
:: If you're doing strength-type exercise, the best time is when you DO
:: have a ready supply of calories (specifically, proteins and carbs,
:: but most folks have a post-workout drink to supply these) to draw
:: from, so you can get maximum strength from your muscles and also
:: begin the repair process ASAP. But, right after eating is still
:: usually bad for most folks ;-)

IMO and IME, the need for carbs depends greatly on the intensity of the
workout. Also, I find no ill effect to eating soon after a weight lifting
workout -- in fact, I'm usually very ready to eat then (I'm currently eating
at 8x bodyweight most days) . However, eating too soon before can have a
major impact on my ability to lift with any kind of intensity. However, I
don't like lifting hard when hungry.

i exercise early in the morning, so i will get it done and over
with.

--
rosie
)

the main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the
bad
girls live.
................................. george carlin




"CaityH" wrote in message
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Hi everyone, my apologies if this topic had been done to death!
After years of a fairly sedentary lifestyle for the past month and
a half I
have been excercising daily for around 45minutes and Im really
enjoying it.
Well I dont exactly love it while Im doing it, but I feel great
after. Apart
from the weightloss benefits I have noticed some other greast side
effects:
a slight twinge I have had in the small of my back for the last
four months
is GONE; I can actually clap my hands under my leg - something I
couldn't
do 1 1/2 months back when I started; my knees and feet dont ache
while
exercising; and the other day I actually jogged down the (rather
long)
corridor at my work and wasnt even out of breath at the end!
Amazing!
I guess my question is: what is the best time of day to excercise
for
optimum weightloss, or doesnt it matter? I usually excercise first
thing in
the morning, before breakfast. This seems to work OK for me,
especially as
we Aussies are heading in to a hot hot summer and its not so
sweltering at
that time of day. (Today is 37 degrees C where I am - around 98 F
I think -
with 39 and 36 predicted for the next 2 days - yuck!) Also, it
seems to
supress my appetite a bit when I excercise in the morning, and
gets my day
off to a good start. I mean who wants to throw all that hard work
away by
eating junk later in the day?!
I'd love to hear other experiences.
--
CaityH
In Sunny Australia
kgs: 114.7/108/70
lbs: 252.8/237.6/154.3
LC since 16th October 2003