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Now's the time to assess your body shape
by Nigel Cunnigham
http://www.fitnessforus.com

Is it time to take a long hard look at yourself in the
mirror and decide that it's time to make an improvement?
Not by starting a fad diet that will only be effective for
a few weeks and then will cause us to become even fatter
than we previously were but by trying to improve our bodies
for our own health, not to line some else's pocket.

Let's turn the tables and look at it from our point of
view. In past generations life has been very different. We
all work as hard, but it's not so physical now. We tend to
sit for long periods with our computers and even the
physical tasks in the home are now nothing compared with
only a few decades ago. The net result is that we don't
need the number of calories we used to consume and if we
take anything like the number without substantial exercise
we are going to put on weight.

Whereas a normal diet could well have consisted of 4000
calories fifty years ago, we can now find ourselves putting
on weight if we only consume 1500 calories a day. The
result is that we become disillusioned, starve ourselves
and then our bodies have a way of calling for food in a
manner we find it difficult to ignore. Unfortunately often
we fail to distinguish what we should or should not be
eating and we therefore binge on all the wrong things. We
know they're wrong but the call is something we can't
ignore and so our good intentions and our strict diet end
up making us put on weight.

In addition, it has always been accepted that as we grow
older our waists will thicken. Now, however, we expect to
stay sexy and young for longer. They say that fifty is the
new thirty but it is hard work to make a fifty year old
body have the same shape as a thirty year old. Our main
goal, however, should be to want to live a long and healthy
life and we can only do this by taking care of ourselves
and what we eat. If we can grasp the nettle and start our
new lease of life by changing our diets, our bodies will
begin to feel more energised and therefore able to start
exercising. If this is a frightful thought it can start as
something as simple as making extra trips up the stairs and
develop into extra housework or gardening, a walk at the
weekend, perhaps a dance class, swimming (with a sauna a
Jacuzzi, of course!), in fact the list is endless.

If you've decided to commit to becoming fit then take the
following steps:
Look objectively at what you are currently eating. Cut
out the 'dead' foods (anything that is literally dead or
cooked to death by frying or over boiling) and target your
shopping towards the fruits, vegetables and nuts that are
fresh and nutritious and have life in them still.
Eat the right fats - almonds and avocados are avoided by
many but are full of the fats that we need. Remember that
fat free diets aren't good for us.
Drink water and plenty of it. Sometimes we think our
bodies are hungry when they're actually thirsty. Recognise
the difference.
Eat small amounts often. Remember that your stomach
doesn't tell you that it's full until twenty minutes after
you've finished eating. The art is to recognise that you
should stop eating!
Take a long look at your body. Assess which areas you
want to improve and how many inches you want to lose off
particular areas and once you feel able to face it, target
those areas through the right exercises.
By combining a good diet along with exercise you will
find your body shape changes twice as fast.

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