Does swimming help you loose weight and get in shape.

Racing weight was 177 in college in '84 Got up to 210 after 20 year layoff Started light weight training to get in general shape then slowly swimming - working up from 400 yards 1st day to 4000 at 9 months. In the first roughly 4 months I lost 25-29 lbs. Prior to this all I did was sit behind a desk with zero exercise. I was just trying to get into shape and not lose weight. I actually dramatically increased my food intake (especially after morning workout eating at least twice as much when I started doing "hard" workouts. I would say yes to your question "Does swimming help you loose weight and get in shape." BTW in HS I was eating an average of 7000 calories a day ( didn't include all the oreos and other great junk food) and could not gain weight.

Racing weight was 177 in college in '84 Got up to 210 after 20 year layoff Started light weight training to get in general shape then slowly swimming - working up from 400 yards 1st day to 4000 at 9 months. In the first roughly 4 months I lost 25-29 lbs. Prior to this all I did was sit behind a desk with zero exercise. I was just trying to get into shape and not lose weight. I actually dramatically increased my food intake (especially after morning workout eating at least twice as much when I started doing "hard" workouts. I would say yes to your question "Does swimming help you loose weight and get in shape." BTW in HS I was eating an average of 7000 calories a day ( didn't include all the oreos and other great junk food) and could not gain weight.