Eradicating bodyfat is the American obsession. We spend billions
of dollars a year trying to starve it off, medicate it off,
melt it off or suck it off. Much of that effort and those dollars
are for naught. Some people have come to think of bodyfat control
as a lost cause.
I don’t get it. All the hype only obscures the truth.
Losing excess fat and keeping it off doesn’t need to be
such a complicated process. Although all the advances in nutrition
and metabolic research give us an advantage in the battle; controlling
bodyfat is still mostly a matter of common sense. Forget the
crazy diets and dangerous diet drugs.
How do bodybuilders and fitness athletes stay lean despite the
voluminous calories they consume? Six-time Ms. Olympia Gory
Everson, known for her love of Snickers bars, engages in some
type of physical activity every day. Ronnie Coleman combines
the treadmill and stair-climber. Shapely Melissa Coates does
interval training on a treadmill set at a challenging grade.
Physical activity performed daily or at least several times
a week is one “secret” to bodyfat control. Research
on dieters finds that those who exercise regularly usually keep
the weight off, while those who don’t usually gain it
back and sometimes gain more than they lost. So get moving to
get losing.
Muscle mass, of course, is the other “secret” to
bodyfat control. Yes, you should include weight training if
you want your fat-loss program to be truly successful. Being
more metabolically active, muscle burns calories even when you’re
not training. That metabolically “inert” bodyfat
doesn’t burn many calories, but in excess it does contribute
to undesirable hormonal and other changes that can soften your
physique and hasten the development of heart disease and cancer.
All this is why the bodybuilding lifestyle is your best medicine
for a hard body and good health.
Food is the other part of the weight-control battle. Again,
the commonsense approach of eating low-fat, moderate-protein
healthy meals is the way to go. Starvation and fat diets and
diet drugs may take off a few pounds fast (mostly water weight,
however), but they’re not a permanent solution and they
can have dangerous, even fatal complications. Those healthy
meals, meanwhile, provides you with lots of whole foods, fruit
and vegetables to give you nutrients to keep you glowing with
vitality. Now that’s the way to live!
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