Safe Weight Loss For Busy People

By Author: Brett Walker
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Exercise is really good for you!

But so often we don't have the time to go to the gym. This
is especially a problem for busy mums but there is a
solution. Exercise helps to tone up your muscles but does
not increase your protein mass. The quantity of protein
within the muscle is the same whether it is toned up or not.
Your muscles will always have the same composition, whether
or not you exercise. If you exercise the muscles become
flabby, and if you overeat, you build fatty tissue up around
them. That is the reason why muscles can feel as if they are
changing to fat if you stop exercising for a while.

Walking briskly is the best exercise and doesn't require
time out to go to the gym.

If you walk for 2 hours a day, this can help you to lose
more than a pound each week (provided your intake of food
remains about the same).

To tone up your cardiovascular system and burn calories, you
have to use your big muscles -those below the waist, which
represent 75 or 80 per cent of your total muscle mass.
Walking does this.

Walking ...
... has the following advantages:

* It exercises the whole body and involves all the muscles,
especially if you get a rhythm going and swing your arms
freely.

* You lose weight from all over your body because when you
exercise your muscles send out hormonal signals to every fat
cell inside you. These cells release fat molecules into the
bloodstream, which takes them into the working muscles to be
used as fuel. So you draw evenly on your total reserves not
just on the fat near the muscle being exercised.

* Walking toughens your muscles and gives them greater
endurance without building up unsightly muscles.

So walking is a great way to tone up, lose weight and keep
fit. If you don't normally walk much then it should help you
to lose body fat fast and you can incorporate it into your
normal lifestyle. Try parking a little further away from the
office, church or shops. Just a few extra minutes of walking
a day will be really beneficial and if you really like it
you could join a club and go out on recreational walks at
the weekend.