Weight loss programs and exercise
You can’t maintain your goal weight without exercise. I know I talked about exercise and diet working together to reach your goals. But both exercise and diet will have to be a part of your life forever. I’ll explain before I lose all my readers. At first a person will try too hard to lose weight. Cut out meals, over exercise and then is happy or not that he or she lost 5 pounds that week. If you’re truly going to be a thinner person for the rest of your life, then do things in moderation. Don’t do the 800 calorie diet and 2 hours in the gym every day, you’ll never stay with it. Instead do moderate exercise and a diet of good foods and keep this up every day.
This is where your doctor will help. This is why you need a doctor. All of us have our own conditions. We are all a different age and in different stages of fitness. I am thin by most standards but I’d like to lose 2 or 3 inches in my waist. My doctor says not to lose weight, I’m thin enough. But when he says thin, he just doesn’t want a 65 year old man 6 feet tall to weigh less than 175. O.K., I understand, but he will agree that belly fat isn’t good for me. So my exercise program will be different then a man 40, 5’6” and 180pounds. Some of us don't start to do something about their problems until their doctor scares them into action. You need an expert to tailor your exercise and diet to you. A person who doesn’t exercise can’t just start from scratch and do 1 hour a day on a trend mill. It might be too hard for your heart unless someone gives you the proper speed for your age and condition.
I mentioned in an earlier post that an insurance company whose name I can’t remember gave office workers the option to get another desk to use part of the day, which would attach to a trend mill. So you could actually stand up on the trend mill and work at this desk at the same time. I know it sounds crazy, how could you maintain a rapid speed if you were on the phone or using the laptop. It wasn’t about speed, the people in the test walked a slow to normal speed while working and did that usually in the mornings about 3 or 4 hours, and then if possible an hour or so after lunch. There was some diet attached to this, but it was not emphasized. These people after 3 months noticed their waists were smaller, for some 3 inches or so. No one really talked about all the weight they lost, but about the inches they lost. One man said he had to buy all new pants. Others said that the trend mill at the desk and the time they spent on the trend mill kept them from snacking. Not consciously, it kept them busier and they just didn’t think about food. So the extra activity, ever though it wasn’t strenuous, was an increase from their normal routine. That increase burned the extra calories that helped them achieve their goals.
The problem of being overweight isn't a North American problem. People living in a cold climate in a big city were there’s not much chance for outdoor activities in the winter are prone to have an inactive winter. I remember when I lived in Chicago. Long cold winters actually change your lifestyle for 4 or 5 months. That's long enough to change you permanently. Our lifestyle sets us up to fail. We eat our main meal after we get home at night and spend the rest of the evening inactive. Actually, in most countries the main meal is eaten earlier in the day and then followed by more work and more walking then we do.
We can live a healthier lifestyle if we choose to. You have the power to change. If you’re someone who can’t do it by yourself get someone to do this with you. Be cautious of your friends who have a problem but choose not to do anything about it or choose not to admit it. You can’t push your new lifestyle on someone else. Just don’t let them influence you. After you start to show real results they’ll become interested in how you did it.
This is where your doctor will help. This is why you need a doctor. All of us have our own conditions. We are all a different age and in different stages of fitness. I am thin by most standards but I’d like to lose 2 or 3 inches in my waist. My doctor says not to lose weight, I’m thin enough. But when he says thin, he just doesn’t want a 65 year old man 6 feet tall to weigh less than 175. O.K., I understand, but he will agree that belly fat isn’t good for me. So my exercise program will be different then a man 40, 5’6” and 180pounds. Some of us don't start to do something about their problems until their doctor scares them into action. You need an expert to tailor your exercise and diet to you. A person who doesn’t exercise can’t just start from scratch and do 1 hour a day on a trend mill. It might be too hard for your heart unless someone gives you the proper speed for your age and condition.
I mentioned in an earlier post that an insurance company whose name I can’t remember gave office workers the option to get another desk to use part of the day, which would attach to a trend mill. So you could actually stand up on the trend mill and work at this desk at the same time. I know it sounds crazy, how could you maintain a rapid speed if you were on the phone or using the laptop. It wasn’t about speed, the people in the test walked a slow to normal speed while working and did that usually in the mornings about 3 or 4 hours, and then if possible an hour or so after lunch. There was some diet attached to this, but it was not emphasized. These people after 3 months noticed their waists were smaller, for some 3 inches or so. No one really talked about all the weight they lost, but about the inches they lost. One man said he had to buy all new pants. Others said that the trend mill at the desk and the time they spent on the trend mill kept them from snacking. Not consciously, it kept them busier and they just didn’t think about food. So the extra activity, ever though it wasn’t strenuous, was an increase from their normal routine. That increase burned the extra calories that helped them achieve their goals.
The problem of being overweight isn't a North American problem. People living in a cold climate in a big city were there’s not much chance for outdoor activities in the winter are prone to have an inactive winter. I remember when I lived in Chicago. Long cold winters actually change your lifestyle for 4 or 5 months. That's long enough to change you permanently. Our lifestyle sets us up to fail. We eat our main meal after we get home at night and spend the rest of the evening inactive. Actually, in most countries the main meal is eaten earlier in the day and then followed by more work and more walking then we do.
We can live a healthier lifestyle if we choose to. You have the power to change. If you’re someone who can’t do it by yourself get someone to do this with you. Be cautious of your friends who have a problem but choose not to do anything about it or choose not to admit it. You can’t push your new lifestyle on someone else. Just don’t let them influence you. After you start to show real results they’ll become interested in how you did it.
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