Body Mass Index
One term you may hear often when talking about being fit and healthy is you body mass index, or BMI. But more than likely, you have no idea what body mass index is, why its important, or what it is a measure of.
Simply put, BMI is a comparison of your body fat to your height. By comparing your total body fat to your height you are able to get a better determinant of whether or not you are actually over weight. For example, you may be 6 foot 9 and weigh 240 pounds. By most standards you would be considered overweight, but when the element of your height is thrown into the calculation, a comparison of your height to weight may find that you are actually at a very healthy weight.Read more
Walking is enough
Less than 2 years ago, Phil Novak weighed 387 pounds. Today he maintains a healthy weight of 185 pounds. So how did he do it? It all started when Phil was at a baseball game. He and his friend had gone out to smoke a cigarette and on his way back to his seat he began to feel light headed and his heart was beating too fast. He thought for sure he was going to have a heart attack and feared that he was going die... Read more
Propper Eating Habbits
Losing weight and gaining muscle; everyone strives to accomplish this goal, whether it be through dieting or regular exercise. But what many people don’t realize that weight loss is a combination of eating healthy and appropriate training, and in order to succeed both of these factors must be considered... Read more
Proper Eating Habits
Losing weight and gaining muscle; everyone strives to accomplish this goal, whether it be through dieting or regular exercise. But what many people don’t realize that weight loss is a combination of eating healthy and appropriate training, and in order to succeed both of these factors must be considered.
The main thing you must remember is that both weight loss and building muscle is based on your calorie intake. You won’t see any results if you continue to put into your body more calories than you burn. These excess calories will be stored as body fat. So by creating a calorie deficiency in your body, or burning more calories than you put in you should begin to loose weight and gain muscle. But don’t calories give use the energy to live?? Won’t burning all our calories create problems?? Simply put, you need to know where to get calories from in order to burn calories, lose weight, and gain muscle.
A little rule I like to live by is the 50-40-10 rule. This rule sets out how much calories you should consume from fats, carbohydrates and protein.
Fifty percent of all your calories should come from protein. Other than water, protein is the most abundant thing found in your muscles and is essential when trying to build muscle. Protein is used by your body in all sorts of ways and most importantly it helps to build and repair muscle. Having a high protein diet is necessary when losing weight and building muscle.
Forty percent of your calories should come from carbs, such as rice, potatoes, grains, and fresh vegetables.
And finally, only 10% of your calories should come from fats such as chips, sweets, candy, and soft drinks.
By following this simple 50-40-10 rule, combined with proper exercise you will be able to lose weight and build muscle.