Fat Loss...Part 2: Does fat loss utopia sound like a foreign language?
One of the keys to losing weight by exercise is to do it regularly, which many people find difficult:
- It's always hard to find time
- So a great reason for exercising in the morning is that you'll have very little distraction
- In many ways, you are literally "making time" for the exercise by starting your day earlier.
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Now, in terms of your goal to lose 10 pounds, morning exercise will be more effective because you will be burning calories from fat already in your system.
This principle is based, of course, on the idea that you don't eat before you exercise.
The way you're going to lose 10 pounds is by burning fat, and when you exercise your body normally burns both fat and carbohydrates.
Now it gets a little more complicated:
- Your body's main and preferred energy source is carbohydrates, so when you exercise you will (more or less) burn carbohydrates first, and then your body will dip into its fat reserves.
- Carbohydrates come from your meals, so when you exercise at a normal time of the day your body will have plenty of carbohydrates to burn
- In trying to lose 10 pounds, however, you're hoping to burn fat.
- If you exercise in the morning on an empty stomach, you're burning energy at a time when your body's carbohydrate levels are the lowest, and therefore more fat will be burned with the same amount of exercise.
- There have been studies that suggest over 250% more fat is burned when you exercise in this state.
There's never any immediate way to lose 10 pounds - ultimately, losing weight requires smart dietary decisions and a well thought out routine of exercise.
By exercising in the morning, however, you will be giving yourself a distinct advantage in that battle to lose 10 pounds.
Plus you'll be privy to not only a physiological advantage, but also the practical one of actually enjoying your exercise at the beginning of the day without distraction.
Fat Loss