Exercise A Day

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Get Hold of those love handles and make a commitment
by Nigel Cunnigham
http://www.fitnessforus.com

Although as we get older it becomes more difficult to
change our body shape it is still possible and will be
helped no end if we change our diet. The weight goes on so
gradually and as it does we become slower in everything we
do, but again, the change is so gradual that it's hardly
noticeable that deciding that we'll take action starting
today is often a difficult decision to make. It's not
necessarily changing because we'll look better and people
may be more attracted to us, but it's for our very
existence; our health and our future.

Let's turn the tables and look at it from our point of
view. In past generations life has been very different. We
all work as hard, but it's not so physical now. We tend to
sit for long periods with our computers and even the
physical tasks in the home are now nothing compared with
only a few decades ago. The net result is that we don't
need the number of calories we used to consume and if we
take anything like the number without substantial exercise
we are going to put on weight.

Whereas a normal diet could well have consisted of 4000
calories fifty years ago, we can now find ourselves putting
on weight if we only consume 1500 calories a day. The
result is that we become disillusioned, starve ourselves
and then our bodies have a way of calling for food in a
manner we find it difficult to ignore. Unfortunately often
we fail to distinguish what we should or should not be
eating and we therefore binge on all the wrong things. We
know they're wrong but the call is something we can't
ignore and so our good intentions and our strict diet end
up making us put on weight.

Let's face it. Keeping ourselves trim, particularly as we
get older, isn't as easy as it looks when we see gorgeous
film stars strutting their stuff. If we forget about the
look for a moment, however, and realise that although
looking good is a bi-product, our real aim is to keep our
bodies fit and healthy so we live a better quality of life
for longer. Therefore it's worth walking past the fast food
and aiming for the living foods, the fruits and vegetables,
that will give every cell in our bodies life and energy.
Within a couple of days of good, wholesome eating we'll
feel more able to tackle some exercise, even if it's simply
running up the stairs at home and from there we can build -
some extra housework or gardening, a walk at the weekend,
perhaps take a dance class, go swimming (with a sauna a
Jacuzzi, of course!), the list is endless.

If you've decided to commit to becoming fit then take the
following steps:
Look objectively at what you are currently eating. Cut
out the 'dead' foods (anything that is literally dead or
cooked to death by frying or over boiling) and target your
shopping towards the fruits, vegetables and nuts that are
fresh and nutritious and have life in them still.
Eat the right fats - almonds and avocados are avoided by
many but are full of the fats that we need. Remember that
fat free diets aren't good for us.
Drink water and plenty of it. Sometimes we think our
bodies are hungry when they're actually thirsty. Recognise
the difference.
Eat small amounts often. Remember that your stomach
doesn't tell you that it's full until twenty minutes after
you've finished eating. The art is to recognise that you
should stop eating!
Take a long look at your body. Assess which areas you
want to improve and how many inches you want to lose off
particular areas and once you feel able to face it, target
those areas through the right exercises.
By combining a good diet along with exercise you will
find your body shape changes twice as fast.

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