Weight Loss and Physical Activity Kayla Van Sickle

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Weight Loss and Physical ActivityKayla Van
Sickle

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Increasing Physical Activity is Essential

• Combined with dietary modifications
• Continued exercise improves weight maintaining
  success
• Choose activities you enjoy
• Incorporate it into your lifestyle
• Remember these are long term changes

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Weight Loss Formula

• Decrease calories eaten
• Increase calories burned
• Combining these strategies is most effective

• To lose 1Ib decrease calories by 3,500
• Losing 1Ib/week decrease 500 calories/day
• Exercising increases calories burned when resting

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The Physical Health Benefits

• Decreases risk of cardiovascular disease
• Lowers blood pressure
• Improves blood sugar control in diabetics
• Lowers cholesterol levels
• Prevents osteoporosis

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Psychological Health Benifits

• Reduces stress
• Increases sense of well being

• For these benefits
• Do minimum of 30 minutes/day
• Not necessarily in one continuous session
• Take stairs at work,

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Getting Started

• Start slowly by setting realistic goals
• Choose an activity thats right for you
• Wear appropriate clothing for comfort
• Stretch before and after
• This helps prevent soreness

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Calories used in 30 minutes of activity
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Level of Exertion

• Low-to-moderate levels of Intensity
• 65 of maximum heart rate
• Burns fats at higher percentage
• Moderate-to-high levels of Intensity
• 75 of maximum heart rate
• Burns carbohydrates over fat

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What does this mean?

• exercising low levels increases fat burned
• means less calories burned in time period

• At Low Intensity one must
• Increase time spent exercising

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Tips to Remember

• Physical activity alone is not enough
• Must be combined with dietary changes
• Choose activity you enjoy
• Set realistic goals
• Consistency is extremely important
• Consult your physician before you begin