How are people using their walking pads several times a day without feeling sweaty?

Hi! This could seem like a dumb question, but when I searched for this I couldn't really find the discussion I was looking for.

I'm not an excessive sweater, and typically just sweat during exercise/warm weather. I can tolerate a little pit sweat, but not full body sweat bead sweat unless I'm working out lol. I workout in the mornings, then shower and change. I've noticed others using their pads throughout the day in normal clothes whilst working/watching TV, they don't seem to sweat, but I break out into a sweat quickly on the pad, and it's not practical for me to shower and change every time. I'm more posting this just to see what other peoples experiences with sweating and walking pads are, but of course, advice regarding minimising sweating is also welcome (it's not really a smell issue as I drink a lot of water, but my skin feels so wet and sticky and icky after). I WFH 3/4 days a week and would really like to be able to hop on and walk a few times throughout the day.

I sweat less during more strenuous activities (e.g. I sometimes walk 10 minutes uphill to my coffee shop, I walk faster than I do on the walking pad, I wear more clothing, and it's currently hotter outside than it is inside. I barely sweat. I walk at the snail pace of 3.5km/hr (a speed almost unbearably slow), and within 10 minutes, i can feel myself transforming into a sweaty beast in desperate need of bathing. Why? How? I'm confused.

I'm currently 5'5 and 63KG, a fine weight, but my weight naturally sits around 54KG (a healthy weight for my body, this weight had not fluctuated for years and I never had to work to maintain it), within the past few months, I gained 9KG very quickly due to a depressive phase, in which I became very sedentary, and started binge eating. I'm now medicated and in therapy to work on the depression and binge eating, and I'm obviously desperate to feel healthier. I feel sluggish and horrible like this, my body right now is a physical reminder of a very bad period of my life, so I'm working on slowly improving this (I know my body will naturally get back to my healthy weight, so I don't have specific goals, just some weight loss!). I like the walking pad, but due to this sweating issue i'm not using it the way i wanted to, and I'm having to dedicate time to showering after and changing my clothes (the laundry has been piling up), this takes away from the casual use of the pad and it's quickly starting to feel like a chore which i'll struggle to upkeep.

Also, if you have a walking pad, how many times throughout the day do you use it and for how long? What speeds do you tend to use?

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Does weight loss make you tired?

Ive spent the last year focusing on building a good excerise routine without worrying about my diet. The last couple months ive focused on eating more protein and veggies without restricting myself at all. Last month i have focused on portion control and avoiding (but not completely cutting out certain foods).

Ive lost 7 lbs in 3 weeks which is great. Ive haven't felt like im starving myself or anything. I dotn go to bed hungry i just dont keep eating when im full. I will eat one cookie instead of five. But i have felt really tired lately. Does weight loss cause fatigue?

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Skin is elastic, but how elastic??? What determines how much loose skin you end up with?

I’m fairly young, 27F but I have been 200lbs (give or take 20lbs depending on my stage of life) for forever, like I was a butter ball of a kid so my skin has been stretched for a while, I’ve had stretch marks since I can remember. I’m 5’6 and have been since I was maybe 16.

3 years ago at the age of 24 I got into the gym heavily & consistently, and got down to almost 160lbs and my skin wasn’t actually too loose, but then I got pregnant. After the birth I had probably 30lbs to lose in order to get back to 165, then I broke my pelvis and was couldn’t work out, THEN got pregnant again and now I have another 30lbs to lose.

When I initially got pregnant, I had maybe 15lbs to lose, then after the birth 30lbs to lose, and now another birth another 30lbs! I consider myself about 60-75lbs over what is healthy for my body, and while my main concern is my health and being able to be active w my husband and kids, I’m honestly thinking about what my body will look like when I am able to slim down.

Being 165lbs gave me extreme confidence, I felt good seeing myself in a mirror, I felt at peace shopping for clothes that fit, I was more motivated in the gym because I was seeing tangible results, and I didn’t have to change my diet too much. I was very happy with my work outs, weight loss, and diet and I just want to get back to that

ETA: I’m currently around 220 at 5’6

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I think the calories in my low cal ice cream are incorrect

Losing weight and counting calories is nothing new to me. I'm on my second round of weight loss, having started at 77kg November last year and should now have been almost at my goal weight of 65kg in time for summer. I track everything meticulously.

About a month ago, I recently discovered Asda's low cal cookie dough ice cream, only 327 calories per tub! Hallelujah - a treat I can fit into my calorie budget easily! I've had this daily for the past month or so.

Since then, I noticed my scheduled weigh-ins were steadily getting higher and higher than my projected weight. I calculate my daily deficit and so have a rough idea of how much I weigh each day (this helps to take the emotion out of seeing a higher weight due to normal fluctuations like being on my period).

I thought my body was excessively holding onto water, was inflamed etc. My body dysmorphia got worse but I thought let me continue as is, surely I’ll experience the whoosh effect at some point or the other?!

Yesterday I weighed in at 68.5kg. I have compared recent photos to photos I took in February and I definitely look bigger. I look/feel bigger when I see myself in the mirror. Unfortunately it triggered a binge yesterday (6k cal) which I haven’t had in a while because I was so upset and frustrated.

No other factors have changed with regards to my approach to weight loss, and I can’t think of any other reason why. I strongly suspect it’s the ice cream. What hurts even more is that as I was approaching the last few pounds, I was taking it slow and only having a very small daily deficit 150-300cal, and sometimes eating at maintenance, and so this would easily have taken me into a surplus every day for the last few weeks.

I just wanted to vent because I’ve struggled with binging in the past, and was getting it under control / doing so well, only for me to put on the weight unintentionally due to the nutritional information potentially being incorrect. I wanted to binge today but it’s just not worth it.

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Am I calculating my calories correctly?

I’m 5’8’’, 194 lbs, 30f. I work an office job and usually after work I do around 30 minutes of walking on a walking pad, and some other type of exercise at home for 20-30 minutes (i.e core, lower body, tricep dips with a chair etc). Currently my deficit is 500, and I’m eating at 1700. Is this too high? What would my exercise level be given the above (I assume light)?

I tried eating 1500 but that didn’t really work for me. I felt too hungry and had no energy to exercise. When I first started my weight loss journey I managed to lose 40 lbs just by calorie deficit, but it seems to be a bit more difficult now so I wanted to check with you if my calories seem too high.

Thank you.

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people finally started noticing!!!

hi! i am a 25(F) and i started my weight loss journey on March 11 at 187.6 lbs. my weight loss really kick started when i went to my husbands coworkers house and met all the other wives & i realized i was a lot larger than the other wives there.

since then its been trial & error and i have seen some positive results! i am currently 173.6 lbs. my coworkers and some family friends have FINALLY started noticing and complimenting me!! i have seriously felt so discouraged because my clothes still fit the same, i could see some changes but i didn’t know if i was having body dysmorphia or not. (thinking i was smaller than i was) but since last week, ive had SO many people comment about my weight loss journey. i am feeling so validated & so confident! my end goal is around 155, i haven’t been that skinny since early high school 🤣

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Gym anxiety during journey

I'm 14 and on a weight loss journey so I've been going to the gym, but since I'm the youngest at the gym, I feel so weird and lut of place inside the gym since the people there are like 10x the age and size of me. I want to ask them how to use the equipment but then I feel like I look like some sort of kid that's not actually here for good.

I've tried overlooking it but I just can't shake the feeling that everyone's judgemental. Thing is, I do enjoy it at times but I need to get the confidence boost to help me

I don't know how to overcome this and I'd really appreciate advice from anyone else. Thank you so much!

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