I know you are probably thinking you don?t need to be reading another article on exercising to lose weight. The more I remind patients the more I am blown away at how many choose not to do it.
We were recently at a Health Fair. Most of the booths were selling nutritional products to keep you healthy. We were overwhelmed at how many overweight individuals were representing these nutritional companies. They all had the latest and greatest nutrition to take, but couldn't realize that the best nutrition in the world won't help if you are still overweight.
What most of them had in common was they did not exercise enough. Exercise has to be part of every single day. Find an activity you enjoy, running, biking, swimming, and do it 7 times a week. Walking just doesn't cut it anymore unless you can raise your heart rate to a fat burning level.
Try this trick; take 180 minus your age and exercise for a 1/3 of your time at that heart rate level. Here is how it works. If you are 30 years of age, then your heart rate needs to be 180-30, which is 150 beats per minute. Spend 45-60 a day exercising. Warm up to150 beats per minute for the first third of your exercise. Exercise at 150 beats per minute for the second third of exercise, and cool down to a resting rate for the second third of exercise.
Take the next couple of weeks to get into the habit of finding time each day that you can exercise. Calculate your heart rate (180-age). Get use to taking your heart rate at the wrist. It will take a good week to get use to keeping your body in that optimal heart rate for 15 minutes, so take your time and enjoy in an activity that you like.
Studies show that 90% of people, who exercise consistently, exercise in the morning. As well as helping maintain the regularity of your exercise program, a morning routine has the following additional benefits:
1. It keeps your metabolism elevated for hours.
2. You will find energy for the rest of the day.
3. If you exercise in the morning you will find you eat less.
4. Exercising in the morning also helps to balance the endocrine systems, which helps with happy hormones
5. You will eventually find it is easier to wake up.
6. You will be more mentally alert.
8. A morning routine helps keep you exercising even when you are busy
The real question you should ask yourself is just how badly you want to lose weight. If your ?Why? is bad enough then exercise will be part of your life and just commit yourself to exercising in the morning.
