Weight Loss – The Importance of Low Body Fat
by Greg
Ryan
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When you lower your body fat levels your; blood pressure, stress and
cholesterol levels will lower and your strength confidence and stamina
will naturally increase. When you hear a doctor or a personal trainer say, “Your body fat is too
high, or you are borderline obese, what do you think? Does it matter to
you? Does it motivate you to lose weight? Or are the numbers on the scale
more important to you?
Most people will always have a love – hate relationship with the scale
in their bathroom. However, with the dramatic increase in diabetes and
obesity cases in America the importance of keeping your overall body fat
down becomes the most important issue to ones health.
What does it mean to be obese? This means that thirty percent or more
of your overall body weight is fat. When this occurs, your body has
already begun to shut down in many areas. Things that are affected by high
levels of body fat are; blood pressure, cholesterol, bone density, energy
levels, immune systems and on and on. This is the direct reason for the
increase in heart disease, diabetes, and strokes in
America.
What is happening behind the scenes is this; muscle burns more calories
than fat. If you have less muscle then you are going to burn less fat in
day. In addition, aging promotes a decrease in muscle mass naturally. The
goal is to slow that natural process down. How do you do that? I
call this, “Having synergy in your workout and eating
plan.”
Having synergy in your workout plan is accomplished by incorporating
all areas of fitness into your weekly activities. The four main areas are;
good eating habits, heart exercising (cardiovascular), strength training
(weights) and flexibility training (stretching). When all four areas
are working well, you can not help but lower your body
fat.
When you lower your body fat levels your; blood pressure, stress and
cholesterol levels will lower and your strength confidence and stamina
will naturally increase.
Are the numbers on the scale important? To your brain and ego maybe,
but in the greater health of things, not as much as lowering your body fat
levels.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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