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Why, Why, Why DO I HAVE TO
EXERCISE?
Exercise offers a number of advantages to
clients attempting to achieve long-term weight loss and a healthier
lifestyle.
Advantages — Increases
energy’ expenditure. This means you boost your metabolic rate, which
helps your body burn fat much quicker with exercise. For each pound of
weight lost, more fat than muscle is burned, which results in greater
preservation of lean body mass.
Mild to moderate activity helps in reducing
insulin levels and decreases the body’s resistance to insulin. The
result is less hunger, more "fat-burning", and greater health
promotion.
Strengthens your cardiovascular system.
Decreases stress and improves depression.
Allows you to pamper yourself for 20-30
minutes and
clear the cobwebs out of your head.
Disadvantages — None
Walking is one of the best aerobic
activities you can do for yourself It increases your circulation,
strengthens your heart, and makes your mind healthy.
For starters, walk 5-10 minutes a day until
your are comfortable with yourself Then increase your time by 5 minutes
each week until you can walk 30 minutes a day 6-7 days a week. You can
break up your thirty-minute walks into two 15-minute sessions a day if
that would better fit your lifestyle. IT’S NOT A MATTER OF HOW VOLT
DO IT; IT’S THAT YOU DO IT.
Other forms of activities you might enjoy
include:
-Pool exercises/Swimming -Tennis
-Biking -Skiing
-Golf -Jogging
-Dancing -Rope-Jumping
-Roller-skating
CHOOSE A VARIETY
OF ACTIVITIES TO KEEP YOU MOTIVATED |
Weight
Management