No weight loss isn't a total loss
Get ideas for how to start becoming more physically active.
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When you think about exercise, it’s helpful to break it down into three main categories—flexibility training, aerobic exercise, and strength training. Remember: Talk to your healthcare provider before you begin or add to any physical activity program.
What it does: It helps to keep you limber and to warm up your muscles.
How it helps: It may prevent injury during aerobic exercise and strength training.
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What it does: It causes your heart rate and breathing rate to increase while you are exercising.
How it helps: It can lower blood sugar and helps your body use insulin better. It also helps maintain blood flow to the feet, helping to reduce the chance of foot problems.
Other benefits: It may lower blood pressure and may even improve cholesterol levels. It can help make your heart and bones stronger, reduce stress, and improve overall blood circulation, and it may even lower your risk for heart disease.
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What it does: Resistance training helps you build strength, stamina, and muscle.
How it helps: It may lower blood sugar and may make your body more sensitive to insulin.
Other benefits: It helps you keep and build strong muscles and bones, to help reduce your risk for everything from osteoporosis to bone fractures. Plus, the more lean muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn—even when your body is at rest.
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No weight loss isn't a total loss
So many of us think of exercise as strictly a way to lose weight. But physical activity has many more benefits. So even if you’re not shedding pounds, keep at it.
These tips are designed to help make exercise a habit. First, get a sense of what you’re aiming for and then see how you can schedule it in. It might seem like a lot, but when you spread it out over a week, it becomes much more doable.
Here are suggestions from the American Diabetes Association for how much exercise you should try to do:
With the activity tracker on the GoMeals app, you can record every workout or activity you do each day. Total the calories you've worked off, and break them down by cardio or strength training. Save multiple activities as a favorite workout or create your own activities. Get the GoMeals app now.
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Be positive.
Say, 'I get to walk today,' not 'I have to walk today,' to stay motivated.