One of the things that Oprah's fitness guru Bob Greene always emphasizes is to start moving before you start worrying about what you eat. That if we want to lose weight, adding exercise to our routine is the most powerful punch we have in our tool bag.
It makes a lot of sense to me. Whether it's just taking the stairs at work or walking around the neighborhood, it starts ramping up your metabolism so that when you change your diet, you've already made progress. Then, if you cut calories a bit, eat leaner foods and continue with your exercise, you never really feel deprived. And you have momentum -- you are seeing the pounds go down -- which is what motivates us to keep going.
Changing the diet first makes us focus on food too much, he says. We immediately start focusing on what we "can't" eat. I know this is the case with me. I might not have any desire for something at all, but if you tell me I can't have it, it suddenly becomes LOTS more appealing.
Those calculators are cool because you can see not only where you're at now, but where you would be if you increased your effort. Thanks for the tip!
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One of the things that Oprah's fitness guru Bob Greene always emphasizes is to start moving before you start worrying about what you eat. That if we want to lose weight, adding exercise to our routine is the most powerful punch we have in our tool bag.
It makes a lot of sense to me. Whether it's just taking the stairs at work or walking around the neighborhood, it starts ramping up your metabolism so that when you change your diet, you've already made progress. Then, if you cut calories a bit, eat leaner foods and continue with your exercise, you never really feel deprived. And you have momentum -- you are seeing the pounds go down -- which is what motivates us to keep going.
Changing the diet first makes us focus on food too much, he says. We immediately start focusing on what we "can't" eat. I know this is the case with me. I might not have any desire for something at all, but if you tell me I can't have it, it suddenly becomes LOTS more appealing.
Those calculators are cool because you can see not only where you're at now, but where you would be if you increased your effort. Thanks for the tip!
January 12, 2009 - 9:28amThis Comment
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