[ No Comments ] Posted on 09.17.08 under Health and Fitness
Many americans have a misconception of how calories are burned. The importance of knowing how calories are burned is very important in the fight to stay health and in shape. Expend more calories than you consume and there will be a weight loss. The body burns calories three ways. Resting metabolic rate (RMR), energy expended with exertions either from exercise or daily activities. And the thermic effect of food. Resting metabolic rate is the most important of the three.
Resting metabolic rate account for 60-75% of daily caloric expenditure . This means you burn the most calories while at rest. The faster your Metabolic rate is the more calories you burn. People a high percentage of lean body mass (fat free mass) burn calories more while at rest. This means it is important to not only lose fat but to gain muscle in the process. It is also important to eat enough calories during the day. Restricting calories will lower you Metabolism rate this is why it is important to have a good healthy diet plan.
Energy expended with exercise or daily activities account for 20-30% of your daily caloric output. When you can determine the amount of calories you burn according your workout and intensity. A typical exercise session will burn about 300 calories. It is important to do some type of exercising because daily activities alone may not burn enough calories.
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.05.07 under Health and Fitness
The universal desire that preoccupies a human heart is the desire to look good, a desire to look beautiful. We all know the story of Snow White; her step mother turned jealous of her good looks and wished to look the same. This made her turn to evil ways, but fortunately today we don’t have to turn to evil methods just to look more and more beautiful and remain the same for a longer time. Time and again beauty and remaining beautiful has been the top most wish of every person. Many of you might be the lucky ones to have the best of looks and sharpest features, those nice big eyes, glowing skin, striking features you must be one of those who have got it all, but maintaining these features then would have become your priority now.
Many people have good looks but as time passes the signs of ageing start to appear on everyone. The factor of ageing makes our beauty fade away a little time and again. Many researchers around the world have done researches on this segment and have proved that most women after the age of 27 get stressed because of the fading of their beauty. Read the rest of this entry…