Weight Loss - Staying Active

A well-balanced weight loss diet is not enough for losing weight and for maintaining good health. Doing exercises is also very important. If you plan well, you can fit 30 minutes to an hour of aerobic exercises into your schedule with ease.

Aerobic exercises can mean activities like ice-skating, inline skating, dancing, bike riding, walking, and so on. Aerobic exercises are vital for your health since they make your blood vessels, lungs and heart work better while also strengthening each of them.

First choose the exercises you like to do and look into your daily routine so that you can fit in particular exercises. This way you can increase your levels of aerobic activity.

If you are starting from absolutely no physical activity, plan only for 5 to 10 minutes each day. Once you have reached that level, raise it slowly each week by 10 minute additions till the point when you are exercising for 30 minutes to an hour for most of the week.

Try to do all your aerobic activity at one go, so that you can maximize your cardiovascular health. However, if your routine does not allow for it, just split it up in smaller parts through the day.

Weight Loss - Cardio Is Important

Performing cardio exercises is vital towards this weight loss plan. The kind of cardio exercises I have in mind are very distinct from what other masters teach.

The purpose of doing cardio exercises is to burn all the fat we can while exercising on an empty stomach. If your stomach is empty then your body will have to burn fat and not the food you have eaten earlier.

Aim to perform cardio exercises every day that you don’t exercise your lower body. So do the treadmill for 30 minutes at least when you get up in the morning. I try to exercise for 45 minutes to an hour.

Don’t go for speed, keep a slow pace. In these situations it is better to run slow and steady rather than at a fast pace.

If the cardio exercise appears too easy for you, raise the incline of the treadmill rather than the speed. With this type of cardio exercise your body will burn stored fat rather than carbohydrates.

So that’s how you exercise. Make a solid exercise program for the exercises I have recommended and GET STARTED!

If for some reason you don’t want to exercise in a gym, then you can try out some of the alternatives and I'll talk about those in the nex post. 

Fat Loss Workout

The ideal way to lose weight is eating a healthy diet and exercise using light weights but for lots of repetitions. You should also do a lot of cardio exercises. Women should of course be careful to stay within reasonable limits.

The process of building muscle burns fat and betters overall strength, which in turn lets you burn more calories. Hence lifting weights is such an effective way of losing weight.

It is easy to lose fat if you exercise in moderation and be consistent.

You should exercise three times a week, maybe on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

The following schedule is very beneficial:

Week I

Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Upper Body	Lower Body	Upper Body

Week II

Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Lower Body	Upper Body	Lower Body

As shown above, I would perform upper body exercises twice in the 1^st week. In the 2^nd week, I would perform lower body exercises twice. This is the right way to jolt your muscles to get them into training mode.

Following this kind of training regimen lets you gain a lot of muscular growth and strength while on a diet.

It would be a good idea to have a log book that records the exercises and the number of repetitions you do. This will enable you to measure your results and improvement.