Exercise and Obesity Management?

May 13th, 2010 by admin

“People say that losing weight is no walk in the park. When I hear that I think, yeah, that’s the problem.” ~Chris Adams

In our society obesity is at epidemic proportions. Here is an article on that subject.

Exercise and Obesity Management – 2 Easy Steps to Get You Started By Marcus MacDonald

It has often been seen that exercise and obesity are usually at loggerheads with each other. A person who is obese stays away from exercises and obesity grips those who stay away from exercising! It is somewhat a vicious cycle. Be that as it may, obesity is a major cause for concern in almost all developed countries. But not all fat people can be termed as obese.

There are essentially three categories of obesity: Class One obesity where the Body Mass Index (BMI) ranges between 26 and 30; the second level of obesity, termed as moderately obese where the Body Mass Index ranges between 31 and 40; the last category are people who are called morbidly obese or Class Three. The last category of people has a BMI over 40. Though research says that obesity is genetic, it has also been seen that exercise and obesity are closely linked and the extent of damage caused by the genes can be reduced with the right kind of exercises.

Obese people are usually fully aware of the health complications which arise out of their condition. Not only do they suffer from a sense of low self-esteem but their overweight can also result in various types of psychological problems when they compare themselves with other people and so on. Even being aware of the importance of exercises to control their obesity, not everyone knows how to get started. Most of them feel that exercising may call for severe exhaustion, which they are not prepared to face.

Can exercise and obesity ever be friends? The good news is that exercises for controlling obesity may not always be strenuous and difficult. There are plenty of easy-to-do and user-friendly exercises for the management of obesity which are extremely beneficial for starters. These exercises not only raise the body’s metabolism but are also easy on the joints. Here are some of them:

Walking is perhaps one of the most stress-free exercises which an obese person can start doing. Especially when he is in awe of exercise and obesity is coming in the way, he can start walking for 15 minutes every day. Gradually, he can increase the duration to 20 to 30 minutes. Of course, this depends solely on the level of fitness. The time should be increased by 5 minutes every week for allowing the body to get used to the routine. After 4 weeks have passed, the obese starter usually finds that he feels fitter by doing this exercise and obesity management is actually possible. He is then ready for the second phase of doing exercise and obesity control.
The second phase of exercise and obesity management is to alternate between walking and jogging. He does this by walking for about 2 to 3 minutes for warming up the body followed by jogging for about 2 minutes. Of course, depending on the fitness level of the starter, this can always be increased, but the aim should be to end up jogging for about 15 minutes in total. Again, after a month, the starter should be able to jog for about 20 minutes.

Controlling obesity by means of exercising is not difficult, even if you are starting out for the first time. Remember, it takes time to lose weight and get back to shape, but if you are determined, you can definitely achieve your weight loss and fitness goals.

Marc MacDonald, M.Sc., is an independent sleep apnea and weight loss researcher. He offers a free, 7-day e-course on weight loss for sleep apnea sufferers on his blog http://www.SleepApneaWeightLoss.com. To get your free copy of his e-course please click here.

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TODAY’S TIP: When trying to lose weight, put together a plan on how you are going to accomplish that and give yourself target dates along the way.

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