More is Less

When considering weight loss and maintaining good health, one thing that immediately comes to mind is food. Food consumption is a direct reflection of how a person looks and feels physically. One might assume that eating less would be more beneficial, but there is plenty of evidence, as well as my personal experience that says otherwise. While eating less might help for short term weight loss, cutting too many calories could end up causing even more weight gain.


Although I wouldnt recommend eating the burger pictured above at any given time for any reason, there can be some benefits to eating smaller meals more frequently. Instead of eating one or two big meals a day, eating four of five smaller meals has been shown to be beneficial for better health and weight loss.

A good blog to also check out and consider is the Developmental Man which doesnt only benefit men but women as well. They talk about the benefits to eating 6 meals a day and I couldnt agree more with what they have to say. You can take a look at that here.

A few years ago when I tried losing weight, I found that eating approximate every two hours was a good way to speed up my metabolisim. Whenever I eat big meals once or twice a day, I have a tendency to feel more tired, causing me to not want to work out or move as much as I would with the smaller more frequent meals.

Exercise of the Week:

 

Exercise doesnt always have to be something as obvious as going to the gym and picking up some weights. Instead, think of something like cleaning the house as a way to get some excersize and tone muscles. There are ways that you can enhance your "cleaning workout" by remembering to do certain things. For example, if you are loading and unloading the dishwasher, maintain good posture as you are bending and straightening and keep your abs tight. In doing this, you are working to tone your stomach. This next one might work the best if you have kids that you have to pick up behind, but could also work for a messy adult. If you find that you have to pick up items off the floor to clean, do some squats when you are picking up the items off of the floor, and make sure to tighten your butt on the way back up.

 

 

The same rule about abs applies with vacuming or sweeping. Just being conscious of your muscles to put a little extra strain on them will contribute to burning more calories doing somthing that you do (or should do) on a pretty regular basis. Follow my blog to see what the next workout will be.

Workout of the Week



As mentioned before, with busy schedules, it is hard to fit in a workout at a gym. People tend to forget that there are things in your daily life that can count as cardio and can make differences in your health. Making a conscious decision to use the stairs instead of catching the elevator is a great way to start. Whether it be at school or otherwise, Taking the stairs burns far more calories than standing on an elevator for a few seconds.

Taking the stairs is a great wayto prevent health problems that come along with inactiviity such as obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. For those people that are big consumers of modern conveniences such as cars, elevatos, escalators, and computers, going a full day without any cardio might be very common. By choosing the stairs, you are able to incorporate cardio into your daily life without having to change very much.