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The Benefits And Dangers Of Walking

de MedLady, August 7th, 2009

Walking is one of the most beneficial ways of getting in some exercise. It’s easy to do because everyone walks at some point during their day. Some people walk more than others during the day because of work or other activities, so they may already get a lot of benefits out of it. For the rest of us, though, there are things we need to look at that not only help us get a great benefit out of it, but things we need to do to make sure we protect ourselves.

First, some of the benefits. Let’s detail some of them:

1. It’s easy to do. Everyone walks. Even people who need walkers can get some exercise in with a walker. People with leg injuries may walk slower than normal, but they can still walk.

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5 advices on how to maintain your silhouette

de MedLady, December 24th, 2008

1. Don’t go shopping when you are feeling hungry. This can only make you buy a lot of things you don’t necessarily need, plus it will make you buy unhealthy aliments. If you take a snack at home before going shopping you will not need to worry that you might fall into temptation and eat fast foods or sweets. Eating a banana or an apple with a few biscuits will get you ready for shopping.

2. Work your body. Even though you might not have time to go to the gym you can exercise your body muscles by using your car less and your feet more, by using the stairs instead of taking the elevator, by adjusting your garden’s aspect on your own without paying someone to do that for you. All these small activities put your body muscles to work, so you can maintain your silhouette without going to the gym too.

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Dieting post marathon 2. How can proteins benefit your diet?

de MedLady, May 30th, 2008

Since proteins are the least likely to be turned into body fat, the most logical way then is to base your diet mostly on them.Chicken and Tomato

Fats and carbohydrates are the cause of obesity and you should avoid consuming them as much as possible.This doesn’t mean you should completely stop consuming them, this simply means you should choose your consuming of fats and carbohydrates carefully and only eat the healthy and good ones.

So what are proteins?

They are large organic compounds of amino acids, that act as construction material for our body cells.

Our body is made mostly out of water around 60-70% is water and almost 20% of the rest are proteins. And the proteins are made from amino acids, where there is about 20 different groups of them.

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Dieting post marathon 1. Dieting tips

de MedLady, May 28th, 2008

The actual ratio between the importance of nutrition and exercise is 70/30, which means that you should really focus on your diet and really go deep into it and focus on the food you consume.

Probably the most important reason that you are overweight in the first place, is that you have or have had bad nutritional habits over the past years.
So you have to understand that it took time gaining all that weight, it will also take time losing it. The first tip I will give you is to start counting your calories, just note down how much you eat.

There is a simple formula that can quickly calculate the number of calories you need for losing weight.

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