Diet alone won’t do it, why you need to exercise too

Every so often I hear someone say can’t I just lose weight without working out? Well the answer is yes, diet alone will take pounds off, but is the goal to drop pounds or is the goal to improve your health? I mean if you are going to deny yourself the joys of food, and I know the joys of food well, then shouldn’t your goal be to improve your health just not dropping pounds?
Cardio exercise is also ideal for your heart. When you think about it if you are over 30 and determined to change your health is there a more important muscle to improve than your ticker? If you do no other exercise begin walking for thirty minutes a day. That will do more for your overall health than almost anything else you can do.
Weight training also has a host of health benefits. Weight training improves your overall strength, energy and flexibility as well. The added bonus of weight training is building muscle will boost your resting weight metabolism so your body will constantly be burning more calories.
So there are the deeper reasons to exercise, so here is the superficial one; you won’t get than body you want through diet alone, you need exercise to transform than body of yours to the one you visualize. We all want a better body even people I have spoken to with what most people will perceive as perfect bodies want better bodies. Your body is not your weight alone it is your weight and your body fat. The lower your body fat, the higher your lean muscle the better you look it really is that simple.
So while diet can get the pounds off this isn’t about pounds alone. Exercise is able to improve both your health and feed your vanity what more could you ask for?

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