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30th Dec 10
Frederic Sanpierre
The majority of us will know some, extremely fortunate, person who can eat as much as they want but just never seems to put any weight on. However, the majority of people seem to pile on the pounds just by looking at food.
This can be explained by the fact that different individuals have very different metabolisms. Our thin friends have a metabolic rate which is higher than average. This means that they use calories more quickly than the average person. That’s why they put on a lot less weight than the average person. In fact, you would gain weight very much more slowly if you could just raise your metabolic rate – or you would lose it more quickly if you were following some weight loss program.
It would be easy to bemoan our bad luck, metabolically speaking. However, there is a relatively simple, but well proven, method of boosting your metabolic rate. Exercise taken on a regular basis – it doesn’t need to be anything too strenuous – has been proven to boost the metabolism with the result that calories are used up more quickly.
The great thing about raising your metabolism is that you will burn calories more rapidly during the course of the entire day. Of course, you will burn some calories when you are actually exercising – but that’s not the main benefit.
When you’re sitting quietly reading a good book, listening to the radio, doing a little housework, watching TV – even when you are sound asleep – you will be using calories up faster than normal. That can help you to shed pounds very much faster.
The secret is that you must take regular and frequent exercise. Something as easy a thirty minute walk three times a week could be sufficient to make a distance. If you can up the frequency to around five times weekly, or maybe walk for a little longer, then that’s even better. Consistency is the important thing – you don’t need to get all hot and sweaty.
That’s just one of the reasons why walking for weight loss is so effective. There are many further health benefits in addition to weight loss which can be obtained from a walking fitness regime – and it’s an exercise mode which requires no training or specialised equipment. Bear in mind that you can fit walking into your day whenever it suits you best and you’ll begin to understand just how useful and effective a walking fitness routine can be.
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