Getting Active

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Including regular moderate activity in your lifestyle:

helps prevent weight gain
On average people tend to gain around 1-2lbs a year throughout their adult life. However, keeping active can help you remain a healthy weight. Studies show that physically active people tend to have lower body fat levels, weigh less and are more likely to avoid weight gain over time than inactive people.

helps you lose weight
Exercise alone has only a modest effect on weight loss and it’s true that much greater losses can be achieved by changing dietary habits and Food Optimising. However, the combination of Food Optimising plus increased activity gives better weight loss than either alone.

Synergy
Body Magic is the synergy created by Food Optimising plus the right kind of moderate activity. Body Magic brings results that are so much more than simply burning up a few extra calories. In fact, the whole synergistic effect is nothing short of magic.

raise your metabolic rate

Activity helps you lose weight due to the extra energy expended while exercising, plus it helps preserve lean muscle tissue and hence metabolic rate so you also burn more energy even while at rest. When you slim you always lose some lean muscle tissue along with body fat. As muscle tissue constantly burns energy it raises your metabolic rate. Therefore, as you lose it, your metabolic rate slowly decreases. However, increasing your activity levels prevents or helps reduce the amount of muscle tissue lost and therefore help maintain a higher metabolic rate. If you’ve been particularly inactive for some time, increasing activity levels can even help you build up muscle and raise your metabolic rate.

Increasing activity will mean that more of the weight you lose will be body fat.

helps you stay slim

There is plenty of evidence that regular activity is a key factor in successfully maintaining weight loss. Data shows that no matter whether weight was lost through diet, exercise or a combination of both, the people who keep weight off in the long term are those who have included and continue to include regular physical activity in their lifestyle. The exact reason why exercise is so important in maintaining weight loss is not yet fully understood. We know it will burn energy and help maintain muscles and metabolic rate. It is also known that psychosocial factors such as the feeling of empowerment, improved confidence, body image and self-esteem are important too.

Start your journey to a slimmer you today.