The Myth About Exercise

Exercising but Not Losing? You may have seen the Time Magazine article entitled "The Myth About Exercise". It concluded that exercise does little to help people lose weight and in fact can cause weight gain in those who feel hungrier after exercise and subsequently "reward" themselves with high calorie foods after their workout. This is old news! Of course you can't lose weight if you only burn 300 calories in a workout and then you eat a 500 calorie muffin. Do the math...you have a net gain of 200 calories. Weight loss is still a matter of calories in versus calories out.

Americans simply eat too much food. So cutting back on your caloric intake is a great strategy to lose weight. But, for BEST overall results, calorie cutting should be combined with a regular exercise routine. Here's why:

· Exercise raises your metabolism while calorie cutting and weight loss lowers metabolism.

· Exercise makes you feel better and will help you manage stress eating and helps you sleep better.

· Exercise builds muscle and helps "reshape" your body after weight loss.

· Exercise can help you get off a weight loss plateau.

· Exercise is THE KEY to maintaining weight loss and preventing weight gain.

· Exercise helps keep your cardiovascular system healthy, keeps bones strong, improves body composition, and prevents all kinds of diseases and conditions.

· Exercise increases insulin sensitivity which is very important in controlling weight, preventing insulin resistance and Type II Diabetes.