| As you may already know, physical activity | | | | as they lose weight. |
| and health come together, like a couple. | | | | |
| Regular exercising improves your health, and | | | | People with little to moderate overweight |
| a good health makes you feel a "hunger" for | | | | (people "with a belly") may perform more |
| physical activity. However, not every | | | | intense activities, as long as they don't |
| exercise may be suitable for you, as the | | | | have any undesired effects. For instance, if |
| effort required may be so intense that ends | | | | you can hardly breathe after exercising, you |
| up harming your body, or so light that it | | | | should lower the intensity; or if you |
| produces absolutely no effect on it. | | | | experience dizziness or extreme weakness, you |
| | | | should stop and tell a doctor about this. |
| The right amount of physical activity for you | | | | Always keep in mind that a long, moderately |
| is usually determined by your body weight, | | | | intense exercise is much better and more |
| and based on that here are some tips to help | | | | benefic than a short, very intense one. |
| you choose. | | | | Aerobics or Step, for instance, are almost |
| | | | always great exercising choices. |
| People with too much overweight should avoid | | | | |
| intense physical activity. Very obese people | | | | People with normal weight should perform |
| are sedentary, so they may already be under | | | | moderately intense physical activities, like |
| risk of cardiac or vascular problems, | | | | a sport twice a week, or a daily fifteen |
| therefore an exercise that is too intense may | | | | minutes run. If this is your case, make sure |
| be very dangerous. Besides, their lung | | | | you replace all the minerals you lose during |
| capacity is already reduced, and they are not | | | | your exercises session by drinking a good |
| capable of maintaining a moderately intense | | | | deal of water while and after your effort, |
| aerobic activity without turning it into | | | | and to complement your diet with a |
| anaerobic (that means, being unable to | | | | nutritional supplement that ensures your body |
| oxygenate the exercised muscles); and they | | | | will have all the necessary raw materials to |
| also will need more energy to move than other | | | | produce the energy you will need to perform |
| people, because of their larger mass (that's | | | | your activity. |
| just plain physics), and they will consume | | | | |
| this energy in much less time. | | | | Of course, these quick tips are just meant to |
| | | | give you some idea of what kind of physical |
| For very obese people, a weight loss diet is | | | | activity you may perform, and by no means |
| strongly recommended, and the physical | | | | intend to be a "complete guide". I strongly |
| activity should be limited to easy | | | | recommend you pay a visit to your doctor or |
| exercising, like for instance taking daily | | | | professional nutritionist, for there is not a |
| walks. They may increase the amount and | | | | better person to suggest what is better for |
| intensity of their exercising progressively | | | | your health. |