Exercise for Weight Loss and Health

All healthy weight loss programs advocate the importance of exercising in one way or another. However if I simply say to someone “you have to exercise more” there is not much value in this statement unless I explain why exercising is important, how to fit it into a busy schedule and how to stay motivated to exercise. These are the three important aspects that I want to cover here.

Benefits of exercising:

- Regular exercise increases the metabolic rate and helps burn fat; it can help you lose weight and maintain your ideal weight.

- Exercise can improve your mood because more endorphins and produced in the brain. Endorphins promote good mood and can help fight depression and reduce the negative consequences of stress on the body. Not exercising regularly leads directly to refrigerator meaning overeating and eating junk foods.

- Exercise improves the brain functioning and hence can increase your productivity and creativity. It can also increase the energy level.

- Exercise promotes the healthy heart, lungs, joints, hormonal system and improves the overall health in general.

How to stay motivated to exercise

- Define your goals – what benefits do you expect to receive from regular exercising? Do you want to lose weight, look younger, have more energy? If you keep in mind all the benefits you will receive, this will motivate you to continue.

- Schedule a fixed time for your workout the same way you would for an important event and treat it as such.

- Exercise with a partner. This way you will have a chance to interact more with someone you like and will have more fun. You can also motivate each other.

- Listen to your favorite music if you can (you can’t do that while practicing yoga, for example but you can while walking or jogging).

- Reward yourself if you meet your weekly goals, preferably not by eating fattening foods – get a massage or buy an interesting book, for example.

- If you get bored with your exercise routine, try a new class. There are lots of classes to choose from at your local YMCA or gym.

- Try competitive sports: this might be something that will keep you motivated.

- Join a club where you will have to pay membership fee on a monthly basis. This can serve as a motivation to go and exercise.

- Using positive affirmations can help you look forward to your workout. Repeat to yourself “I feel good about my workout”, “My body becomes firm and beautiful”, “I enjoy my exercise program”.

How to fit exercise comfortably into your schedule?

Different excuses not to exercises are just the excuses. “I don’t have time to exercise” is one of the most popular excuses.

- If you have time to watch one hour TV show, then you have 20 minutes to exercise during the commercial breaks.

- Simple 10 minutes of fast walking qualify as aerobic exercise.

- If you park your car far from a grocery store then 5 minutes of walk with groceries equally distributed in each hand can qualify for weight training.

- Jump a rope for 10 minutes at home – there is no need to go to a gym to do that.

You can find exercising opportunities everywhere – all you need is a little bit of creativity, not extra time.

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