Thee human body is designed to build lean muscle and burn fat, but for most of us, our bodies do not operate so efficiently.
That is because we misuse our body and it doesn’t operate as it should.
Take out a notepad because I will give you some pointers to get your body back into alignment.
Remember though, it is not a fast food menu and you cannot pick and choose, but you can make adjustments that may work best for you.
- Slow down the aging process.
One of, if not the biggest difference between someone who is healthy and who is not, is the rate they age.
Let’s talk how excess aging connects to our body weight
As we age we tend to lose lean muscle mass.
This process is called Sarcopenia.
In fact, Sarcopenia is a good measure of the rate we age.
Slowing down this process is vital.
There are few things to do so;
- Lowering Inflammation and Oxidative Stress
- Lowering physical stress
- Improving the health of your gut
- Strength train
I have many episodes on all these topics so will not go into too much detail here
But I want you to know that if you want to be healthy, you need to slow down the aging process
In order to do so, you need to have a healthy balance of everything I talked about above.
If you need to, go back and listen to my episodes on these topics.
2. The next habit is lack of movement.
A body in motion stays in motion
A metabolism in motion stays in motion
Constant movement allows your body to generate energy and heat
This process allows you to burn more calories
With that being said, you will burn more body fat as a result.
I teach my client to take around 5k steps before eating and at least an extra 5k the rest of the day
Walking promotes fat oxidation , that is training your body to break down body fat as needed
This is key, do not try to get all steps in 1 chunk then sit the rest of the day.
You are not doing yourself any favors
My golden rule is to get up at least once every hour for about 5 minutes
Again, a metabolism in motion, stays in motions
3. Spend time at play.
This may sound silly, but in today’s adult world, many of us forget to be kids
This accomplishes a couple things.
- It reminds us of the simple joys of life
- It helps us to laugh and relax
- It keeps us moving and I explained those benefits earlier
Spending time at play is good for us in many ways
Especially with children.
4. Take time to practice self care
When I say self care I mean to find ways to take time for yourself
We know that relaxing reduced physical, mental and emotional stress
- Take a bath
- Drink red wine (preferably dry redwine)
- Spend time talking to your favorite people
- Listen or watch something relaxing
These are some things you do, and the list is not complete, but you get the idea
5. Last thing I will say here is stay hydrated
Any health and fitness routine must include hydration for so many reasons.
Our bodies, just like the earth is mostly water
Our metabolism, gut, cells , etc need water to function efficiently.
More studies are coming out to show the connection between water and fatloss
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Stay awesome fam
Enjoy the ride