How important is exercise to losing weight?
How important is exercise to losing weight?
It’s pretty important because
- it burns calories
- it boosts your metabolism - even when you’re not exercising
- it strengthens and firms your body making you look slimmer
- it helps maintain skin tone and avoid loose skin problems
- it makes you feel good - at least once you’ve finished your exercise for the day
- it keeps you busy and away from the fridge!
and they are only the reasons that help with weight loss. There are of course many other reasons to exercise such as keeping you healthy, helping you sleep, boosting your energy levels etc.
All in all exercise is a GOOD THING.
Having said that it’s not ESSENTIAL in order to lose weight - it just helps. You CAN lose weight by diet alone. I don’t recommend it but you can.
What I will say is that if you are not keen on huffing and puffing away at the gym, vary what you think of as exercise. Find an activity (or activities) you enjoy instead such as dancing or swimming or ice skating and don’t let the dreaded exercise word cross your lips. Have fun instead of “exercising” while burning calories and losing weight
