The Power of Walking a Little Bit
Losing weight should never be the sole goal of any diet. Your diet is what sustains you and it is what your body uses to rebuild tissue, flesh and even brain matter. In other words, if you aren’t eating right then you won’t be executing right either. That should be the priority.
Still though, many of us do aim to lose weight with our diets and that’s why it can be very disheartening when it just doesn’t happen for us.
And sometimes it’s genuinely doesn’t. Sometimes, we will work incredibly hard to try and cut calories and eat as sensibly as possible only to end up the same weight that we were to start with.
What’s going on?
Looking Closer
This is something that fitness trainers will see habitually. They write somebody a training program, give them a basic diet plan and then watch as… nothing occurs.
Meanwhile, somebody else might be placing much less effort in and still find that they’re losing a many more weight! So what’s going on? The answer is that exercise and diet is only one component of the equation. And in truth, there’s one more vital element that plays an immense role!
No, I’m not talking about genetics in this instance. Though for sure your natural metabolism and countless other biological reasons will have an enormous impact. If you don’t believe me, then just ask somebody who undergoes with hypothyroidism or who has used steroids. That is the difference that the proper hormones make. (And in truth, if you aren’t seeing any progress in your diet, you would like to consider getting checked for these conditions by seeing your physician.)
What I am talking about is a way of living. It’s all that you do in-between your exercise and your diet that surely matters. Try wearing a fitness tracker for some time and you’ll see the effect this has. If you are walking 15,000 steps daily to get to and from work then you are burning a heck of many more calories than somebody who works from your own home and who rarely commutes.
The difference that aiming to get ten,000 steps a day generates to the way you feel and the weight you lose is immense. Meanwhile, think furthermore about your job – is it active? Think about your jobbies – do you dance or do martial arts?
In the wild, we didn’t exercise for one hour a day and invest the rest of the time sitting down. Rather, we were always exercising, running and challenging ourselves. That’s how you require to be if you need optimal health and weight loss!