Let’s Talk About What Makes a Good Weight Loss Exercise Program

No one can deny the fact that exercise is a good way to fight off weight gain. Please re-read that sentence, “exercise is a good way” not the perfect way not the best way but a good way. Let’s talk about what makes a good weight loss exercise program.

In our modern era of fast communication, trends spread very fast, and we get stuck on some good bit of information, but we then forget the true information and stick to the gimmicky aspect.  Once the trend catches on just a little, then the opportunists get involved and make a simple little good thing into a tremendous astronomical new scientific finding that they will convince you everybody needs to try.

So, before I continue with my rant, let’s talk about what exercise can do, what it cannot do, what you need to be careful and how to deal with it.

Trends are pushed and pushed, and we fall for them and start to purchase or just spend more money, and of course, that is what the trend pushers like.

Trends like; Organic, Vegan, Paleo Diet, Cross Fit, HIIT High-Intensity Interval Training, Range-Free, Intensity Workouts, Ketogenic diet, Clean Eating, Gluten-Free Diet, Apple Cider Vinegar, Intermittent Fasting, Raw food Diet, Whole30, Activity Trackers, Functional Fitness and so forth.

Exercising for weight loss is a very unproductive endeavor; think about this, a pound of fat is composed of 3600 calories. So, to burn one pound of fat how many miles must you run? I am using running miles to make it simple to visualize.

Through scientific research, we know that we can burn about 100 calories per mile, run or walked. So to burn off a pound of fat, you need to run a marathon or more. The previous computation, of course, is not a complete true analogy since some individuals are heavier and require more work to move, so the number is a little off but overall the idea of that tremendous amount of work to decrease weight is not very practical way to lose weight.

Now, I am not saying that you should not exercise to lose weight I just want you to have a realistic idea of what is going on. Once we start to see the shape of our body change we are truly inspired and want to see more.

Muscle development is imperative for us since it develops not just the flashy muscles but very important hormonal levels. Building muscle mass improves, blood flow, joints are lubricated therefore move better, and if we do exercises properly our posture improves and bone density increases.

I also believe that a more esthetic looking you is an incredible motivator to push for a better you.

Let us think of a good way of using exercise so that we can be successful in our weight loss program.

• Set up a time in your day that you can be consistent and not miss a beat. You have to think hard to come up with a good time of which you will not interfere with your work, family time or social life. Sometimes you might have to surrender some of your recreation time like email, video games or computer work that is irrelevant but serves to help you unwind.
• Decide on the amount of time you will be committing to the activity. Be realistic, you can be energetic and want to do a lot but might not have the time, or have the time but not the energy but think the energy will grow. Ask yourself about your previous times you have attempted what you are trying to do now, again, be realistic
• Select what weight loss exercise program to try. Do it for no less than three months to be able to see real results. Do not be discouraged by the slowness of the progress; there is plenty of metabolic stuff going on. Yes at the cellular level things are happening!
• Do not try to do too much, when trying to do too much you become a Jack of all trades but never a master of your own body. If you decide to start an exercise program, then do not change too many things. We function way better when we focus on one thing at a time
• When making any alterations; changing the exercise routine or adding time to the routine stay with that change for about three months.
• Start with just a few minutes at the begging, do realize that physical activity will start making you hungrier, but if you start slowly, you might be able to burn some of the fat without getting too hungry.
• I find cardiovascular exercise tends to do better when it comes to appetite control. CV work does not make you too hungry unless you start to do a lot and your body start demanding more calories.
• Starting a weight or CV workout too fast will defeat the purpose of the Weight loss exercise program since you will almost immediately see an increase in hunger patterns.

So look through these tips and implement them slowly. They are a life charger but only if you take your time and are willing to persevere.