I read somewhere (I can't recall it now) that swimming does not help much with weight loss, and that it doesn't burn as many calories as other sports (such as running). Is this actually true?
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I know this sounds fictional .....and I've mentioned this in other threads...but what the heck, I like repeating this fact over and over anyway so here goes.....I weighed 275 pounds in the middle of last May (so a little over six months ago)....I now weigh 205 pounds (and still losing rapidly)....I haven't starved myself by any stretch of the imagination (that's for sure believe me...I eat in large quantities!)....I get around 2500 - 3000 calories a day of food I think....I cut out sodas, and "bad" fast food, (greasy food), and most processed bad carbs...I eat a lot of good carbs though (like whole wheat bread, friuts and veggies, some pastas etc...as well as fish, white meats, some red meat occassionally, milk, eggs, cheese, ....and lots of other stuff too).
The main secret to the weight loss has just been consistent swimming (and some dry land exercise thrown in from time to time).
I don't feel depleted (or weak in any way) at all....In fact I feel 100% better than I did back in May!!....It is very strange how much weight I have lost (especially when you consider that I have put on a fair amount of muscle as well)......Swimming has been the miracle cure for me so far!
newmastersswimmer
I know this sounds fictional .....and I've mentioned this in other threads...but what the heck, I like repeating this fact over and over anyway so here goes.....I weighed 275 pounds in the middle of last May (so a little over six months ago)....I now weigh 205 pounds (and still losing rapidly)....I haven't starved myself by any stretch of the imagination (that's for sure believe me...I eat in large quantities!)....I get around 2500 - 3000 calories a day of food I think....I cut out sodas, and "bad" fast food, (greasy food), and most processed bad carbs...I eat a lot of good carbs though (like whole wheat bread, friuts and veggies, some pastas etc...as well as fish, white meats, some red meat occassionally, milk, eggs, cheese, ....and lots of other stuff too).
The main secret to the weight loss has just been consistent swimming (and some dry land exercise thrown in from time to time).
I don't feel depleted (or weak in any way) at all....In fact I feel 100% better than I did back in May!!....It is very strange how much weight I have lost (especially when you consider that I have put on a fair amount of muscle as well)......Swimming has been the miracle cure for me so far!
newmastersswimmer
