Why Can’t I Lose Weight – Even When I Diet?
Many dieters struggle to lose weight, even after months of faithfully attending to the strict demands of their nutritional intake. Metabolic rates, energy demands and stress levels may all contribute to a failure to shed pounds and reduce body fat, but the single greatest step that dieters can take towards achieving their health and fitness goals is to combine a healthy, nutritious diet with regular cardiovascular exercise and resistance training. By employing this three-tiered program, dieters will start to see the pounds come off, body fat reduced, muscle tone increased and daily energy levels skyrocketing dramatically.
Regular and intense cardiovascular exercise such as running, brisk walking, bicycling, swimming or aerobics not only strengthens the heart, lungs and their attendant delivery systems for oxygen and nutrients, but also burns amazing amounts of calories with every episode. Dieters interested in melting fat need to engage in intense cardiovascular exercise three to five times weekly for at least 45 minutes per session.
Similarly, resistance training, more commonly called weight lifting, not only builds and strengthens muscles and connective tissues, but tones the muscles and burns high number of calories. Lifting even moderate weight with every muscle group five days per week will contribute to burning fat, increasing energy levels and helping dieters to achieve their health and fitness goals.