Health Chasinglions

Managing weight means exactly that. Instead of looking for a quick fix off the shelf we need to understand some basics about how our body works and give it what it needs to perform naturally.

Two key factors in successfully managing weight are correct nutrition and appropriate exercise. Weight loss results from the intake of fewer calories than your body uses and weight gain results from the intake of a greater number of calories than your body uses, but what role does exercise play?

The type of exercise you do can improve your body’s ability to burn fat. When exercising to lose weight, you need to focus on a cardio vascular program that will achieve a maximum heart rate of 70%, providing you already have a reasonable cardiovascular fitness base.

For fat loss, a program of resistance exercises should be done with repetitions of 15 and above because this will improve the endurance capacity of the muscle. Before
embarking on an exercise routing in managing weight, aperson should consult their physician.

The second key factor in managing weight is good nutrition. When we were young most of us never worried much about our nutrition, but as we get older, it is essential that we watch what we feed our bodies. We should be careful to avoid
foods with saturated and trans-fats as well as to stay away from beverages high in sugar like sodas.

Water is quite possibly the single most important catalyst in losing weight and keeping it off. Water suppresses the appetite and helps the body metabolize stored fat. Studies have shown that a decrease in water intake will cause fat deposits to increase while an increase in water intake can actually reduce fat deposits.

Most of the processes in the human body rely completely on the availability of proteins to work and when we exerciselean muscle mass is broken down, so although you might lose weight, it is through the loss of healthy muscle mass and not due to the burning of excess body fat. Mistakes made through the intake of carbohydrates and fats, are easily reversed and corrected, but mistakes made with protein, build right into your structure, and will hamper the reaction, and performance of the body for a long time, so it is imperative to ensure that the body gets a supply of
good quality protein.

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