OK, so we now know what to eat, what not to eat and how frequently, to do it. What I now want to share with you is how you can get even quicker results by combining exercise. In this chapter, I will share with you the proper exercise routines that will go along with your new diet plan.
Exercise is as important for your body as is a healthy and balanced diet. I can’t emphasize it enough – exercise is a fantastic accelerator for losing weight and keeping your body healthy.
But as with food, we’re going to apply the Pareto principle to exercising as well. See, there is exercise and then there is good exercise. Good exercise is that exercise that really benefits your body. By applying the 80/20 rule to exercising, you will only need to do that 20% of exercise that gives you highest amount of results - that sounds good doesn’t it?
It does not matter too much exactly what type of physical exercise you perform – playing sport, gardening, performing house-hold tasks – absolutely all forms of exercise are beneficial to a certain extent. However, Pareto’s Principle tells us that 20% of the exercise we engage in will result in 80% of the benefit – and that kind of exercise is the kind of exercise that raises the heart rate … a little.
In addition to weight loss benefits, exercise may decrease the risk of CAD (coronary artery disease) and related comorbidities. That’s an interesting medical word isn’t it? It means: the effect of all other diseases an individual patient might have, other than the primary disease.
You should aim to exercise two or three times per week; doing sessions of 20 to 30 minutes of light exercise. This really is very little time to invest to reap the associated positive health benefits.
Easy Ways of Exercising Include
The best piece of advice you can get here is this – listen carefully – find something that you really enjoy. If you enjoy doing it, you will be much more likely to continue and get it into your lifestyle; and that should be your intention. Conversely, if you choose to do something you don’t enjoy, it will become a chore; and eventually, you will give it up.
One thing you must keep in mind is that you should never OVER-EXERCISE. Taking no exercise at all is better than over- exercising! There is no need to overdo it. Since you’ll be changing your diet, it will itself contribute to losing weight fast. Combine this with only as much exercise that you need – that again is Pareto’s Principle!
Remember, you are not training to become an athlete; you are simply asking your body to do a little extra work to enjoy the positive health benefits that will ensue. You are not trying to exhaust yourself. Exercise is meant to rejuvenate your body (and mind) and keep you healthy and fit – not tired and unhealthy.
The end result is that your body burns a higher amount of calories making it a very efficient, fat-burning, healthy and fit ‘machine’.