Does Exercise Equal Weight loss? Maybe? Or Maybe Not!
Most often in conversation we will hear the word " To lose weight, you must exercise and also watch what you eat".
To a certain extent this is true as food is our fuel and physical activity uses up the fuel as energy, or calories thus (units of energy).
If you are very over weight first consult a G.
P.
or medical professional before you begin any form of diet or exercise programme.
Once you are clear to begin after your medical screening, you must start to reduce your calorie intake, the average intake for a female that wishes to maintain her body weight is 2000 calories a day, for a male the calorific daily allowance is 2500 calories.
To lose one pound of fat you must burn off an extra 3500 calories (therefore to lose approximateley 2lbs per week 7000 calories must be burned off in that week) day to day activities and added exercise, such as maybe the gym, fitness classes, swimming, jogging or even just old fashioned walking, choose the activity that is right for you and then you will enjoy it and be motivated and even look forward to your new fitness routine, remember all physical movement no matter what it is uses up calories.
Next step is to contact a professional within the fitness and weight management industry, someone that can plan your daily menus and make sure that you are consuming balanced nutritional meals, and also they will be able to put an exercise programme together for you, if you so require.
So exercise and diet equals weight loss? Does it? well it can BUT there are things to take into consideration, example if you are only slightly over weight and you do too much physical exercise then you will start to develop lean tissue (muscle) this is fine as increasing muscle to a reasonable amount increases fitness levels, and increases strength, but can also increase body weight, therefore you may look slimmer and your measurements my decrease but when you get on the scales you can be rather shocked and upset at the weight gain.
To sum up aways remember that muscle weighs heavier than fat, and a suggestion is maybe keep a record of your statistics, keep the tape measure at your side and not so much the SCALES..
..
However there are always the scales that can electronically work out your BMI (body mass index) that is fine if you wish to use them, always remember exercise is good for you, and can help you to stay slim and trim, however it is also a stress on the body so therefore be sensible DO IT! but DO NOT OVER DO IT!
To a certain extent this is true as food is our fuel and physical activity uses up the fuel as energy, or calories thus (units of energy).
If you are very over weight first consult a G.
P.
or medical professional before you begin any form of diet or exercise programme.
Once you are clear to begin after your medical screening, you must start to reduce your calorie intake, the average intake for a female that wishes to maintain her body weight is 2000 calories a day, for a male the calorific daily allowance is 2500 calories.
To lose one pound of fat you must burn off an extra 3500 calories (therefore to lose approximateley 2lbs per week 7000 calories must be burned off in that week) day to day activities and added exercise, such as maybe the gym, fitness classes, swimming, jogging or even just old fashioned walking, choose the activity that is right for you and then you will enjoy it and be motivated and even look forward to your new fitness routine, remember all physical movement no matter what it is uses up calories.
Next step is to contact a professional within the fitness and weight management industry, someone that can plan your daily menus and make sure that you are consuming balanced nutritional meals, and also they will be able to put an exercise programme together for you, if you so require.
So exercise and diet equals weight loss? Does it? well it can BUT there are things to take into consideration, example if you are only slightly over weight and you do too much physical exercise then you will start to develop lean tissue (muscle) this is fine as increasing muscle to a reasonable amount increases fitness levels, and increases strength, but can also increase body weight, therefore you may look slimmer and your measurements my decrease but when you get on the scales you can be rather shocked and upset at the weight gain.
To sum up aways remember that muscle weighs heavier than fat, and a suggestion is maybe keep a record of your statistics, keep the tape measure at your side and not so much the SCALES..
..
However there are always the scales that can electronically work out your BMI (body mass index) that is fine if you wish to use them, always remember exercise is good for you, and can help you to stay slim and trim, however it is also a stress on the body so therefore be sensible DO IT! but DO NOT OVER DO IT!
