Making Your Exercise Plan

In an earlier post, Obesity & Health, I included this formula:

Formula For Weight Loss: Calories Out (Activity) > Calories In (Food Eaten)

In earlier posts we talked about the Nutrition side of this equation.  Now we’ll consider the activity part.  It makes sense that increasing your activity level can help you lose weight since you burn more calories.  Incorporating an exercise plan in your daily routine consists of making behavior changes and should be approached in the same way.

• Choose an activity that you’d like to try.  A tool for determining Activity Calories on my website InsightsForHealth.com can help you learn how many calories you can burn with different activities.
• Decide on your exercise goals and when you intend to reach them.  Goals:
  • Time of day you’ll exercise
  • Duration of each exercise session
  • How often you’ll exercise.
  • Identify the date you will begin to exercise.
  • Identify possible obstacles to starting your exercise program and ways to overcome them.
  • If there is any question about the safety of your proposed exercise program due to your age or health status, check with your physician before you begin.

I’ll talk more about your exercise plan in upcoming posts.  They will cover the following topics as you get ready to introduce an exercise program into your routine:

1. Making Your Exercise Plan
2. Benefits of Exercise
3. Recent Recommendations for Healthy Adults
4. Those Older Than 65 Or with Chronic Conditions
5. Risks of Exercise
6. Back to Exercise And Weight Loss
7. Points to Remember About Starting Your Exercise Plan

For Your Health – Dr. Bob