'I Won't Look That Different'
"You can't really spot-reduce," Price says, "but you can tone, refine, and shape." Of course, aerobic exercise, the kind that gets your heart rate up, also burns fat and increases strength. You also burn fat at a more rapid pace afterward, even while sleeping or talking on the phone.
A recent study at Duke University Medical Center also showed that exercise can reduce harmful cholesterol in the blood weeks after you stop exercising, indicating that your body adapts to exercise and becomes more efficient and healthier. The more intense the exercise, the more lasting the results.
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So, while you may not look 100% different, Price says, you will be different. And because of the effort, you may have a more positive feeling toward yourself when you catch a glimpse in the mirror.
'Exercise Will Interfere With Cocktail Hour'
Surely you don't need an expert to take that excuse apart. If you need unwinding time with friends, start making friends at the gym, spot each other on the machines, or walk with a buddy.
"Do something -- anything -- that gets you off your rocker!" exclaims Price. Off our rocker? What did she mean by that?
Kimiecik puts it more simply. The "shoulds" (to lose weight, prevent disease, live longer, feel better) are never as powerful as the excuses not to exercise and don't work for most people. You need to spend time thinking about why you personally want to exercise more. Make your own list of reasons to do it, rather than not to do it."
Published June 24, 2003.
Medically reviewed by Charlotte E. Grayson, MD.
SOURCES: Jay Kimiecik, PhD., associate professor of exercise science, Miami University, Miami, Ohio. Joan Price, MA, fitness motivator, author, The Anytime, Anywhere Exercise Book. Price's website, www.joanprice.com. "Siccing Sam on Fat Foods," by Peter Aleshire, Arizona Republic, May 25, 2003.
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