WEIGHT LOSS AND EXERCISE

Today we talk about my least favorite topic, because I don’t like to exercise.

But it’s also one of my favorite topics because I’ve found a way to do the least amount, for maximum fat burning.

Because I’m too lazy to exercise, I ended up being frustrated about it, and I wasn’t making any progress.

Between my wife and I, we’ve got VHS tapes from Billy Blanks and Cindy Crawford to DVDs like Windsor Pilates and Stott Pilates.

They’re all good, especially for non-hard core exercisers like me.

My breakthrough came, when I started to learn …

WHAT the heck does exercise actually do to my body, and how does it work to burn fat!?

So I did some homework at the library, and found out that there are two kinds of exercises:

1. Aerobic, or cardio (because it which increases your heart rate) forces you to breathe more intensely to take in more oxygen.
2. Anaerobic, or strength training, builds up your muscle mass and strengthens your bones.

WHY DO YOU NEED AEROBIC EXERCISE?

The biggest purpose that I found about aerobic exercise is CIRCULATION – mainly of oxygen, and the blood.
Oxygen is so critical, yet so common that we take it for granted. I will cover that separately in the topic on breathing. I have a separate story about that.

Blood is the transport medium of all your fuel and nutritional requirements, including the oxygen.

Blood is also the transport medium of all your cell’s waste products, including the carbon dioxide that your breathe out.

When your heart stops, you die because the cells in your body do not receive oxygen, glucose, and all the other nutrients it needs to continue living.

So why do we have to do aerobic exercise when our heart and our lungs will actually do the work by itself, without any conscious decision on our part?

Aerobics is unnecessary … until you get to the point where I was a few years ago, when I discovered I had pre-hypertension or the beginnings of high blood pressure.

This is a breathing issue, so that’s where I’ll tell you my story.

Aerobics is really required to burn off the extra fat that you’ve got. You just need enough of it to increase your heart rate and get your blood flowing.

Because of other potential blockages, there could be restricted blood flow in certain parts of your body.

No blood means no oxygen, no nutrition. Therefore, no tissue growth or repair.

And that could lead to kidney malfunction, pancreas breakdown, blurred vision, whatever.

Do you suppose cancer could start this way?

What about autism, currently prevalent among children? Do you think that the bottom line might be malnutrition of the brain cells and nerves?

When is the best time for aerobic training?

First thing in the morning, before breakfast.

You see, you’ve got a fuel tank that stores glycogen. In the absence of food, the very first thing that you use up is this storage tank.

This is worth about 300 calories or 1/2 of your average aerobic exercise.

Upon waking up, your energy reserves, glycogen, is most likely depleted from your metabolic burning during the night.

If you exercise before breakfast, there is no other energy source but the fat storage that you have. This is the time when your spare tire is going to be targeted for burning.