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The Truth About How To Lose Weight
Especially this part
2. It’s extremely difficult to lose weight without regular exercise.* Not impossible.* Just much more difficult.* Exactly what exercise routine is best, however,*remains debatable.*
Evidence exists that if you exercise past a certain level of intensity (”intensity” being variably defined in the medical literature) you’ll actually induce an increase in your resting metabolic rate that lasts up to 11-14 hours after you’ve finished exercising.*
Some think this shift*may counteract the tendency of brains with higher weight set points to lower resting metabolic rates when weight loss begins.* In other words, jogging for 30 minutes may only burn 400 calories or so, but by raising your resting metabolic rate for 11-14 hours afterward, you may burn up to as much as an extra 1000 calories!
Interestingly, anaerobic exercise (like weight lifting) may actually be more effective than aerobic exercise (like jogging or aerobics) in producing this effect.* On the other hand, studies of people who walked on treadmills (a low intensity exercise) while actually at their desk jobs (instead of sitting at their computers they walked at their computers!) also lost significant amounts of weight over the long-term.* Unfortunately, while many people attempt to lose weight with low intensity exercise, most don’t do nearly enough of it to be effective.* Finally, the key to maintaining a good exercise program is to think creatively about how to fit it into your busy daily schedule.* The glass is always half-full:* any amount of exercise you manage to do is worth it.* Even just 15 minutes a day.
The Truth About How To Lose Weight
Especially this part
2. It’s extremely difficult to lose weight without regular exercise.* Not impossible.* Just much more difficult.* Exactly what exercise routine is best, however,*remains debatable.*
Evidence exists that if you exercise past a certain level of intensity (”intensity” being variably defined in the medical literature) you’ll actually induce an increase in your resting metabolic rate that lasts up to 11-14 hours after you’ve finished exercising.*
Some think this shift*may counteract the tendency of brains with higher weight set points to lower resting metabolic rates when weight loss begins.* In other words, jogging for 30 minutes may only burn 400 calories or so, but by raising your resting metabolic rate for 11-14 hours afterward, you may burn up to as much as an extra 1000 calories!
Interestingly, anaerobic exercise (like weight lifting) may actually be more effective than aerobic exercise (like jogging or aerobics) in producing this effect.* On the other hand, studies of people who walked on treadmills (a low intensity exercise) while actually at their desk jobs (instead of sitting at their computers they walked at their computers!) also lost significant amounts of weight over the long-term.* Unfortunately, while many people attempt to lose weight with low intensity exercise, most don’t do nearly enough of it to be effective.* Finally, the key to maintaining a good exercise program is to think creatively about how to fit it into your busy daily schedule.* The glass is always half-full:* any amount of exercise you manage to do is worth it.* Even just 15 minutes a day.