Why do we need to exercise to lose weight? - 3 reasons to get yourself moving
Can it be more obvious? When you are on a diet you work out! It doesn’t get much simpler than that, right?
But why should you work out? Do you know?
The answer is not “because your dietician told you”
I’ll give you 3 reasons why, here we go…
1. Burn Calories
You want to lose fat don’t you?
Of course you do.
Most people are not nearly active enough to burn calories without working out.
That’s a fact!
Now you tell me you have a great diet and you will lose your weight based on metabolism alone.
While this can be achieved, it’s highly unlikely to happen.
Statistically, most overweight people will never reach this metabolic state.
This is a privilege only a small amount of people have.
Your body needs to work hard and persistently to really lose weight.
So not only do you need to exercise, you need long aerobic sessions.
Those will force your body to use fat cells for energy.
2. Muscle
I want to make this point clear,
Muscle is not only for body builders!
I know not all of us want to have a lean muscular body, and it’s really ok.
But you must understand the importance of muscle to your diet.
When the body receives calories it sorts them for one of two processes:
Catabolism - the process of breaking down molecules and produce energy.
Anabolism - the opposite of catabolism, the process of storing unused energy in the body.
Now, if you have more muscle, your body needs more energy to maintain it.
Yes, that’s right, if you have more muscle you burn more calories just by being alive!
3. Mind
Don’t neglect the mind!
Exercising regularly increases your sense self control, your self esteem and your confidence.
I’ll say it again:
Self control,
Self esteem,
Confidence.
Sound familiar?
Yes, these are the same reasons I wanted to lose weight for!
Do your workouts, It will make you feel good!
And when you feel good you are more competent and your weight loss efforts are more fruitful.
Then you’re getting yourself out of that vicious cicle of eating too much and feeling bad about it and into this circle:
You work out regularly then you feel good,
You feel good then you have more motivation to keep at it.
Well, I think I made it a bit clearer.
I hope you will get a fitness program and make exercising a part of your everyday life.
Good Luck,
David H. Mason
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