Sunday, December 21, 2008

Enjoy Your Weight Loss

By Cassandra Segoviano

Weight loss doesn't have to be something that you dread every day of the week.

Always eat good healthy food that doesn't leave you felling starved. It will take time for your body to adjust to this as you change from bulky poor quality food to nutritious food served in smaller portions.

It can take time for your body to adjust and one of the best ways to help out in this situation is to drink more water.

Although exercise is one of the best ways of losing weight, many people are reluctant to exercise.

Exercising for obese people can be quite challenging but there are forms of exercise that can cater to virtually anyone.

I recommend swimming, biking and walking to improve your overall fitness and reduce your body weight. These exercises can speed up your metabolism and burn fat. The obese who find walking difficult should swim; swimming burns fat and will increase your metabolism.

Nordic walking is popular these days for for two reasons.

Firstly by using the poles when you are walking you are using a lot more of your upper body muscles for the exercise and in doing so this helps to burn more calories than walking without them.

Extremely heavy people will also find it beneficial using the poles when walking because they take a lot of stress of your knees and hips.

Nordic walking is becoming a very popular exercise throughout the country. - 16004

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