Five Fit Tips
July 25, 2011 in General by Allison Crerie
1. Instead of guzzling a ton of water after your workout, try to focus more on hydrating beforehand. You might find you’ll have more energy and focus during your workout.
2. Lift some weights. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that working out with heavy weights even for as few as 3 to 6 repetitions increased exercisers’ sleeping metabolic rate—the number of calories burned overnight—by nearly 8%. That’s enough to lose about 5 pounds in a year, even if you did nothing else!—The Editors of Prevention.
3. Instead of focusing on the number of calories you’re eating, focus on the quality of calories. Get a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and proteins.
4. There is such thing as healthy fat. Eating fat does not necessarily make you fat. Monounsaturated fats are “good for you fats,” that come from nuts, olives, and avocadoes.
5. Diet soda IS bad for you. Diet soda may increase your risk of metabolic syndrome, a group of symptoms that includes high levels of belly fat, blood sugar, and cholesterol. People who consumed just one diet soda daily had a 34% higher risk of the syndrome than those who abstained, according to a University of Minnesota study of nearly 10,000 adults ages 45 to 64. – The Editors of Prevention
