Once you make the decision to lose the weight and change your life the trick is to never go back. So many people I know lost large amount of weight and then in a year or two gained it all back. Losing weight is a combination of your diet and an exercise program. Exercise is the part of losing weight that turns off most people. They’re all motivated at the beginning and then the exercise part is the part that causes them to quit.
Remember that exercise is only about 30% of the weight loss process. Diet is 70% of the process. Portion control and only eating the proper foods is key. Yes, exercising is a part of the losing weight process, but you don’t have to kill yourself exercising. Some people think that there's only one way to lose weight. “You have to sweat it off”. That’s just not true. It is true that you need exercise to jump start your metabolism and start burning calories, but you can start slow.
Walking is a good way to get your body going. You want to try and do your walking as early as you can. Try and do this exercise for 30 minutes. Your metabolism goes dormant at night so you’re only burning the minimal number of calories until you wake and start moving.
At first, you’re still burning a minimal amount and that doesn’t change until you start moving vigorously by walking fast or running or lifting weights, riding a bike, something to get your blood pumping. That’s why you need to exercise early, the faster you get your metabolism into high gear the more calories you’ll burn that day. Remember after dark your metabolism slows down. At night your body goes into a healing mode. That’s necessary for sleep.
O.K., some people will find the exercise part of losing weight the most difficult and others the diet part. I guess for me it’s the diet part. I love food and always find a reason to go off the diet. And for some people it’s both parts. After you get use to the exercise part it will make you feel better when you exercise. I like to exercise, but for the “newbies” who never did much exercise, it’s difficult for them to fall into a routine.
This is when you need to begin slowly. A gym membership is o.k. but still go easy. Just go for the walking or treadmills or maybe the stationary bike. A beginner at exercise can easily get burned out or overdue. Do something you can do easily at first. You can challenge yourself later after a few months of conditioning. You want your heart to get use to exercising every day. This is were talking to your doctor is a great benefit. Your doctor will help you begin a safe exercise program. Yes, you want to challenge your muscles, but you can’t let your heart rate go too high for your size and age. Your doctor knows what the safe limit is for you. This along with a good diet program and in a few months, you’ll see and feel the results of your hard work.
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