Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The Importance of Muscle Toning During Weight Loss

By Robert Kaufman

Nowadays it seems that everyone is trying to lose weight with a different product being for each person. While most will promise weight loss success with weight loss secrets, only a handful may end up being successful and help you achieve your goals.

No gnormous weight loss secret or expensive bottle of magic pills is needed to lose weight. Basically, eating right and watching what you eat are the keys to the kingdom. If it takes 3,500 calories to gain one pound, it stands to reason that you can also LOSE the weight by reducing your intake by 3,500 calories. So simple! So easy. I feel your pain.

Many people have found this scientific approach successful and have lost a great deal of weight. Some will have reduced more calories for faster weight loss while others will include an exercise program to increase their weight loss. Combining a reduced calorie diet with an exercise program will accelerate the weight loss process. Any plan you choose you will have made lifestyle changes that will eventually lose the weight.

Sometimes a person will lose quite a few pounds and nobody notices. This can be rather discouraging. Often, the reason no one notices is because although you've lost weight, your body looks very much the same from the outside. You may have less body fat, but since your body is not toned, it is overall not noticeable to others. Your clothes will fit better but no one really sees that.

This is the reason toning your muscles while you lose weight it crucial. If you don't exercise already then you should begin slowly. The right combination of diet and exercise will yield results. How can it not I ask you? Your flabby body can be cured with exercise and a healthy diet.

You can start toning your muscles while you loose weight by walking. Begin by walking about half an hour a minimum of three days a week. Gradually increase the time you walk as you gain endurance. Not only will the walking help in toning your muscles while you loose weight, it will also help you to lose additional weight.

You can tone specific parts of your body too! Light weights can tone your arms. Leg exercises like squats and lunges tone your legs, thighs and butt. Crunches work your abdominal muscles. Begin with ten repetitions of each and remember to start slow.

Be aware of what schedule you are on when toning your muscles by lifting weights. Rotate days, alternating between upper and lower body to ensure proper rest and repair. This helps you to build more muscle. For example, tone arms and abdominals one day, then switch to legs and buttocks the next. - 14130

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