Dieting and exercise go hand in hand, and of course, you’ll get to your weight loss goals a lot quicker if you do both … but there’s some important things to keep in mind — and that’s what I’m gonna show you in this article.
First, You Might Feel Weird.
Lots of people start a dieting program and then they feel weird for the first couple days, weeks, or even month while they’re on it.
They might feel weaker at the gym (or stronger!) … more sleepy during the day (or more energetic) … or more or less of anything–they may even get light-headed.
The thing is, if you’re doing something like cutting calories. Just relax. You’re not going to die from cutting calories! Do you know how long it takes to starve to death?
This is just your body’s natural reaction to you giving it less food, or different types of foods, and you just need to wait it out. For some reason, when people feel “weird” when first starting a diet–they all of a sudden use this weird feeling to confirm their suspicions, “I’m totally different! What works for other people won’t work for me! I need to eat more or I’ll die!”
I say, stop being such a baby and realize this is just your body’s period of adjusting. It’s been proven that sugar addiction is really and addiction like alcohol so you’re going to have withdrawel symptoms (just like a junkie) … the same thing with cutting back or giving up on caffeine–you’ll get coffee headaches for a few days.
Just recognize it’s going to happen and deal with it (a.k.a. don’t stop, keep going)
Second, Get The Best Bang For Your Buck.
If you’re going to workout, you might as well pick the best exercise modalities for yourself. You should definitely start with Strength Training because strength is the basis of all other physical skills (endurance, speed, exlposiveness, etc).
And the stronger you are, the less energy your body has to use in order to accomplish every little task in your life–like getting your butt up off the sofa.
As I pointed out in my article “How much cardio do you need?”:
I read the results of a study recently, and it was pretty surprising. 69 obese women were put on an extreme 520 Calorie per day diet, then divided into 4 groups
- Group 1 did not exercise
- Group 2 did endurance exercise for 60 minutes 4 days per week.
- Group 3 did strength training 4 days per week
- Group 4 did strength training AND endurance exercises 4 days per week
At the end of the 90 days all 4 groups averaged a ridiculous amount of weight loss – over 40 pounds. (Eating only 520 calories per day will give you some extreme weight loss that’s for sure!)
The interesting finding was that there were no differences between the four groups in terms of the amount of weight or body fat that was lost … even though … group 4 was doing massive amounts of exercising every single week!
So it seems that even when it comes to fat burninig as the primary objective (as it usually is when people go on diets and start exercising) — strength training is still the key.
Third, Keep At It.
The most important thing for you to remember is that you need to not stop until you reach your desired goal(s)!
As they say, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your new body probably won’t be built in a day or two either. Anyone who tells you different probably just wants your money.
Can you start getting results fast–almost overnight? Yes! You most certainly can … but my point is that you’re going to get out of this (and ANYTHING in life!) exactly how much you put into it.
So the idea is:
- Decide you’re going to achieve your goal come hell or high water.
- Be smart about how you’re going to achieve it — choose the “best bang for your buck” methods and …
- Don’t stop till you get it.
It’s a very simple process, but most people don’t give it enough time for the process to work!
So that’s all I got for you today, I hope these dieting & Exercise tips help you out!
