“I’ll just exercise more tomorrow.”
This is a favourite excuse to resort to when we can’t curb our inner devil to resist sinful delicacies. Unfortunately, the British Journal of Sports Magazine has negated the effectiveness of this solution by publishing an article that an unhealthy diet consisting of high levels of sugar and carbohydrates is the main reason for obesity. The main way to effectively lose weight is to maintain a healthy diet.
This journal was published in reiteration to the food industry’s shaping of public perception that obesity is entirely due to lack of exercise. The constant trumpeting on how it is all right to eat unhealthy treats with regular exercise has also been misleading.
If you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. If exercise alone was so effective for losing weight, athletes and celebrities, who often train under a strict regime, would not have to adhere to a an equally strict diet to maintain their fitness levels and figures. Meanwhile, we had professional footballers like Brazil’s Ronaldo, who, despite having undoubtedly spent a lot of time on football training, managed to get a paunch and chubby appearance due to his partying ways. That would also solve the mystery as to why some people who don’t seem very physically active remain svelte.
Of course, that is not to say that one should stop exercising. Between physical inactivity and eating unhealthily, the latter is the greater of both evils, and contributes more towards weight gain. However, exercise reaps many benefits like emotional wellness, reduces the risks of cardiovascular diseases, some chronic illnesses and cancers, and keeps your body in a better shape and condition, allowing you to safely enjoy a greater range of physical activities. Exercise will also increase metabolic rate (ability of the body to use up your carbs), and high-intense activities will divert fat cells towards muscle repair and growth. These will indirectly stimulate weight loss.
Keep doing those fitness plans to be fit and healthy, but don’t use them as an excuse to go on an eating binge.
Stay tuned for the next post for advice on healthy eating. It’s not as unpleasant or difficult as you might imagine!
This is a favourite excuse to resort to when we can’t curb our inner devil to resist sinful delicacies. Unfortunately, the British Journal of Sports Magazine has negated the effectiveness of this solution by publishing an article that an unhealthy diet consisting of high levels of sugar and carbohydrates is the main reason for obesity. The main way to effectively lose weight is to maintain a healthy diet.
This journal was published in reiteration to the food industry’s shaping of public perception that obesity is entirely due to lack of exercise. The constant trumpeting on how it is all right to eat unhealthy treats with regular exercise has also been misleading.
If you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. If exercise alone was so effective for losing weight, athletes and celebrities, who often train under a strict regime, would not have to adhere to a an equally strict diet to maintain their fitness levels and figures. Meanwhile, we had professional footballers like Brazil’s Ronaldo, who, despite having undoubtedly spent a lot of time on football training, managed to get a paunch and chubby appearance due to his partying ways. That would also solve the mystery as to why some people who don’t seem very physically active remain svelte.
Ronaldo is a perfect example of how frequent exercise does not necessarily keep the flab away.
Of course, that is not to say that one should stop exercising. Between physical inactivity and eating unhealthily, the latter is the greater of both evils, and contributes more towards weight gain. However, exercise reaps many benefits like emotional wellness, reduces the risks of cardiovascular diseases, some chronic illnesses and cancers, and keeps your body in a better shape and condition, allowing you to safely enjoy a greater range of physical activities. Exercise will also increase metabolic rate (ability of the body to use up your carbs), and high-intense activities will divert fat cells towards muscle repair and growth. These will indirectly stimulate weight loss.
Keep doing those fitness plans to be fit and healthy, but don’t use them as an excuse to go on an eating binge.
Stay tuned for the next post for advice on healthy eating. It’s not as unpleasant or difficult as you might imagine!
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