How Much Exercise Do You Need For Weight Loss?

Working with clients, it always comes up, do I have to exercise and how much exercise do I need to do in order to lose weight? The short answer is that you don’t need to do any exercise to lose weight, but if you want to make sure that you lose fat and not muscle, then you really should look to exercise.

Happy to be losing weight

And exercise has additional benefits as well. We have two circulatory systems in our bodies, the most commone being the blood circulatory system. This system comes with a pump (heart), so that the fluids are mechanically circulated through our bodies, adding and removing oxygen to each cell. The other system is the lymph system. And this system works without a pump. It has an intricate system of valves that keeps the fluids moving in only one direction.

increased activity like running doesn't need to be done for as long as you think

As we move or even breathe intensely, the fluids in the lymph system are agitated and move. As they are blocked from moving in one direction by the valves, they can only move in the direction of the intended flow of the system. When we do not move or breath with enough intensity, that fluid becomes stationary. It sits there. And the purpose of the lymph system is to remove the wastes from our body. It’s like the sanitation department of our body.

So regular exercise will result in us being, well, regular! And that’s a good thing. So we know that exercise is food for our health, but how does it help us to lose weight?

As I mentioned earlier, exercise is not crucial for weight loss. Just eating less often will stimulate weight loss without exercise. But when we lose weight through diet alone, we run the risk of losing muscle instead of fat. That will make it more and more difficult to lose weight. The more muscles mass we have, the faster our metabolism is. The faster our metabolism, the faster we process the foods we do eat. The faster we process the foods we eat, the quicker we remove those calories from our bodies.

Exercise is part of a smart program

But how much exercise do we need? Well for increasing the quality of our lives, it doesn’t take very much exercise. A new study done in Taiwan noted that we only need half the amount of exercise we thought we needed in order to improve the quality of our lives by lowering our health risk to certain illness and extending our lives up to 3 additional years.

This Asian study showed that as little as 15 minutes of exercise daily is sufficient to improve our health and lifestyle. Do you think you can devote 15 minutes a day to increased activity? Is 15 minutes a day a worthwhile sacrifice for your good health and happiness? Would you like to get help with your motivation to move and become healthier so you can reach your proper shape and size?

You can call me to discuss what you want to accomplish in your life and I’ll be able to see if you could benefit from working with me. I’m Marc Carlin, The NYC Hypnotist, and author of the book, Sheila Granger’s Virtual Gastric Band Workbook, The Solution To The Worldwide Obesity Epidemic. And I can be reached at 212 223-1832.

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