If you want to reduce your body fat, focus on increasing the amount of exercise you get, rather than decreasing your food intake. A recent national study was done, using two groups of sedentary men, one group in their 20’s and the other over age 65.

A lot was learned from this accumulated data and it is interesting to note that there was a significant relationship between lack of physical activity and fat. Not surprisingly, the most sedentary men had the most body fat.

These studies have also indicated, that the government’s current recommended daily allowance for calories, does not correlate with the body’s actual energy needs. For example, although 2400 calories have been calculated, for older men, they in fact, burned an average of 2800 calories daily.

The leading experts now recommend, that people who want to lose weight, start increasing their physical activity. Just being more active in general (such as climbing the stairs, instead of taking the elevator; moving around, instead of sitting still; sitting up, instead of lying down as well as showing some excitement and enthusiasm, instead of boredom), are things that more effectively burn calories and reduce body fat.

Everyone seems to have lost sight, of the value, of being active. Consider this, a half-hour aerobic workout, accounts for far less energy expenditure, than our minute-to-minute movement in the office, or at home.

Millions of Americans are trying to lose weight, spending approximately $30 billion a year, on diet programs and products. Often they do lose some weight, but, if you check with the same people, five years later, you will find that nearly all have regained whatever weight they lost. A national panel recently sought data, to determine if any commercial diet program, could prove long-term success. Not a single program could do so.

Being seriously overweight and more particularly obesity, predisposes individuals, to a number of diseases and serious health problems and it’s now a known fact, that when caloric intake is excessive, some of the excess is frequently  saturated fat.

People who diet, without exercising, often get fatter with time. Although your weight may initially drop, while dieting, such weight loss consists mostly of water and muscle. When the weight returns, it comes back as fat. To avoid getting fatter over time, increase your metabolism, by exercising regularly.

Walking is one of the best exercises, for strengthening bones, controlling weight, toning the leg muscles, maintaining good posture and improving positive self-concept. To lose weight, it’s more important to walk for time, than for speed. Walking at a moderate pace, yields longer workouts, with less soreness - leading to more miles and more fat worked off, on a regular basis.

High intensity walks, on alternate days, help condition one’s system. But, in a walking, weight-loss program, you are not required to walk an hour every day, as some people would have you believe.

When it comes to good health and weight loss, exercise and diet are inter-related. Exercising without maintaining a balanced diet, is no more beneficial, than dieting while remaining inactive. You need exercise.

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Clinton Robson is a South African fitness fanatic and is a qualified Personal Trainer. He is busy doing a special higher level course, to qualify as an Exercise Specialist, or Conditioning Coach and would like to study Bio-Kinetics. At present, he works in 2 gyms, assisting the staff with clients and training plans. He has been working out regularly, for the last 10 years. After completing the higher course, he will seek employment on the cruise ships, to gain more experience and then will open his own gym. He thrives on extreme sports such as canoe marathons, tri-athlons, iron-man, skydiving, bunjee jumping, martial arts etc. He has decided to use blogging as a medium, to share articles on fitness, exercise, bodybuilding, gym, training, weightloss and more, with other interested people. He is part of Dersalsites, run by his family. Visit Clint at: http://dersalsites.com/clintstrainingblog/

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