It’s warm outside. Time to shed the winter coats and extra layers of clothing. Do you feel like you still have on an extra layer, even if you are only wearing a tank top and shorts? Do you dare not dress so scantily because you are carrying a
spare tire around your waist that won’t detach itself? Or, maybe just a little too much junk in the trunk that you cannot throw out? Have all the tools for safer sex but still lacking the confidence to take off your clothes in front of your partner with the lights on?Feeling sexy means feeling like you are your personal best. By no means are we all meant to have washboard abs or look like the latest pin up on the “hunk of the day” link. But physically achieving and maintaining your personal best is as simple as adhering to this golden rule on a daily basis: burn off as many or more calories that you consume. If you are trying to decrease the size of the spare tire or eliminate some of the trunk junk, then you want the amount of calories you burn to significantly exceed the amount of calories you take in. If you are on a maintenance program, the calories going out should at least equal the calories coming in.
To get an idea of how many calories you take in, try writing down everything you take in for a period of ten days. Remember, everything counts!---including each glass of wine (and any other beverage other than pure water) and each mint or stick of gum. Likewise, keep a log of all of your activities to see how many calories you burn for the same period and know that everything counts here as well!---including every set of stairs you climb and each time that you beat off.
The results will guide you as to how to move forward. Naturally, if the number of calories you take in exceeds the number you burn, it’s time add in a few more physical activities to your day and possibly decrease the size of your dinner plate. But, whatever you do, don’t stop eating!---doing that could actually prevent you from losing weight because of how it affects your metabolism. Stay tuned to the next installment of “Body of Life” for a discussion about metabolism.
In the meantime, check out these resources to help you assign a numerical value to the foods that you eat and all of your daily activities:
Your body of life for life is achieved
by striving to achieve your personal best.
by striving to achieve your personal best.
Bio Norris Norris Tomlinson has been a professional in the fitness industry for 18 years. He is currently the Program Director and a master Pilates instructor for Cheetah Gym Chicago. He is the former Director of Fitness Services for Bally Total Fitness Corporation, responsible for fitness programming at approximately 400 clubs across North America .
Have a question for Norris? E-mail him here.
Have a question for Norris? E-mail him here.
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