If you’re trying to get fit, but not necessarily reaching your desired level of results, you may be over looking some key components to your overall fitness.
Here’s a list of some mistakes I see made regularly, and I shouldn’t really call them mistakes, rather, let’s call it lack of education.
Here’s a list of things that often get overlooked by folks who want to get fit(ter) …
1. Focusing Strictly On The Scale
When it comes to weight loss, the scale is not your friend. It can provide data, but it’s a tool. Although most people use it as an indicator for weight loss, it can be very unreliable, especially by the human operating it. A better focus would be on inches lost, as this is a sign that your body fat is decreasing, and you’re adding lean muscle mass.
2. Eating Too Many (or Not Enough) Calories
The amount of calories you’re eating will play a large role in your ability to lose weight. You’re either grossly over-estimating the amount you’re eating, or you’re underestimating it. And this could negatively impact your weight loss.
Eating more calories than you’re burning, could lead to overeating and weight gain. And not eating enough calories, could slow your metabolism, and put your body into “starvation mode.” When this happens, your body will burn muscle, therefore slowing your metabolism.
3. Not Exercising Enough
Even if you are exercising, you may not be getting enough activity to make a difference in your weight. Why? Although exercise can help you burn excess calories, not doing enough, could result in not enough calories burned, therefore slowing weight loss.
Are you active everyday? If not, you’re probably not exercising enough.
4. Not Eating Enough Protein
If you want to lose fat, and get in shape, you need to be sure you’re eating enough protein. Not only does protein lead to increased lean muscle development, it may also suppress your appetite, therefore preventing you from overeating. You also burn extra calories by digesting protein. If you’re struggling to lose weight, increasing your protein may help.
5. Avoiding Strength Training
If you’re focusing solely on cardio as your only means of losing weight, then it’s not going to work. Although cardio can add a little boosting calorie burn (if you have enough muscle), strength training may will boost weight and body fat loss.
Strength training focuses on building your lean muscle mass, which is more metabolically active than fat mass. The combination of a strength training program, with a cardio program, will give you better, overall results.
If you’re watching what you eat, and exercising, but not getting results, then you may be committing one—or more—of these common mistakes. But, if you’re able to correct these mistakes, then you may see your weight loss take off.
Track what you’re doing so you can get a big picture view, and then with more data, you can make sound decisions on what’s working, and what’s not!
Be Well – John
Changing the way Life is done.
Mindset. Fitness. Nutrition.
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