Many people think that the scale and dropping a pant size have a simple relationship. If the scale show a smaller number than before, your pant size will drop – right? Not necessarily. Your body shape doesn’t have a direct relationship with your actual body weight: one pound of slim, toned muscle takes up less volume than one pound of fat. This means that two people with the same number on the scale can have drastically different body shapes and sizes. Someone with toned muscles will fit their clothes better and take up less space than someone with flabby or fatty muscles. If you only cut calories to lose weight and neglect your muscle training, you may not get the shape you want; weight training exercise is important as well. However, not all exercise is created equally. While doing cardiovascular activities (cardio) will help burn calories, the key to a trim body is developing lean muscle. In fact, cardio isn’t even the only way to burn calories! Muscle mass will burn more calories per day than fat mass: thus the more muscle you pack on the more calories your body burns each day, doing nothing. Since twenty to thirty minutes (more…)
Read moreMotivation is a very important element for people who want to lose weight. It isn’t easy to make the choices needed to lose weight. People will have to give up favorite foods, that aren’t healthy for them to eat. People also will have a hard time committing large portions of their time to working out. Nothing is more destructive to the motivation to work out and eat right, than to not see the results of your sacrifice. One of the most deceptive items to measure the progress of your weight loss program is the scale. The scale will tell you what you want to know, and that is how much you weigh. Yet, often people will place too much importance, too soon on their actual weight. This is very frustrating for people who are trying to lose weight, because many times when you are starting a weight loss program you will gain weight. This gaiMotivation is a very important element for people who want to lose weight. It isn’t easy to make the choices needed to lose weight. n on the scale will cause people to either drastically change their nutritional plan or to abandon the attempt all together. The (more…)
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