Exercise and Metabolism
Thursday, January 1st, 1970Your metabolism refers to how many calories you burn during the day simply by living.
One of the problems with just eating less when you are trying to lose weight is that eating too little will simply lower your metabolism so that you will burn fewer calories during the day. This drastically decreases the effectiveness of lowering your caloric intake by eating less.
If you exercise you will burn calories while you exercise, but, even more importantly, your metabolism will increase and you will burn more calories throughout the day. This will make your diet much more effective.
There are two major types of exercise that are especially beneficial for weight loss, aerobic exercise and weight lifting.
Aerobic exercise is the most effective tool for weight loss. You burn calories while you are exercising, but you also burn calories afterwards because your metabolism remains raised for several days. Some examples of aerobic exercise include jogging, walking, biking, and swimming.
Weight lifting is also important for weight loss, but it is especially important for maintaining weight loss. Weight lifting burns calories while you are working out, but, more importantly, the added muscle that comes from weight lifting will increase your metabolism PERMANENTLY. Muscle will burn calories simply by being there. This makes it incredibly effective for maintaining weight loss. You can eat more food than before, but, if you have more muscle mass, you will burn more calories simply by living.
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-Daniel