Diet-to-Go 25-in-10 Get Moving

Get Moving!

Rev Up Your Fat-Burning Metabolism

Exercise helps you burn calories and convert fat to muscle. Adding exercise to the Diet-To-Go's 25 in 10 Plan will make you feel and look better by giving you stronger muscles and a trim body.

Your body’s main source of energy is calories. Calories provide your body with the fuel it needs to perform basic life functions. Every day your body uses calories to perform these functions. About one-third of these calories are used for energy, another one-third to produce heat. . . and the rest? Your body converts and stores them as fat! If you want to lose weight you must burn these excess calories before they turn into fat. The key is to not only limit calories but to also burn them with regular exercise.

All physical movement requires your body to use calories. Each time you walk, nod your head, make a fist or even blink, calories are being burned. Burning additional calories throughout the day is as simple as becoming more active. This can involve anything from shaking your hips to walking your dog. Forget the myth that exercise must be done in a gym. Exercise and calorie-burning can be done anywhere. . . in a car seat, at a desk, in a kitchen. The idea is to start finding little ways to integrate movement and physical activity into your daily routine.

If you want to lose weight permanently and get healthy, you must activate your lifestyle.

Getting Started With a Fitness Program
You want to start and maintain a fitness program that gets you moving. Choose activities that you enjoy and try to work at them for at least 30 minutes every day. Remember: take breaks if you have to, and stop if you feel pain or extreme discomfort.

Exercise activities:
Bicycling
Bowling
Dancing
Jogging
Kick-boxing
Low-impact aerobics
Racquetball
Rollerblading
Stationary bicycling
Swimming
Tennis
Treadmill
Walking
Weight-lifting

Other activities:
Bounce a ball
Fly a kite
Park your car farther away from work or shopping, then walk
Ping-pong
Skip rope
Take the stairs instead of the elevator
Walk at lunch

ANYTHING THAT GETS YOU MOVING