Exercise
Medical experts agree that regular physical activity has a myriad of beneficial effects. Regular exercise improves mood and self-esteem, combats and prevents chronic disease like heart disease, stroke, diabetes, low back pain and osteoporosis, strengthens the heart and lungs, promotes better sleep, improves sexual function and prevents disability in older adults.
If calorie intake is not increased, regular exercise can lead to fat loss and increased muscle mass which increases metabolism and prevents fat regain.
Most of all exercise is fun. It adds joy to life. Particularly if one engages in activities that involve others- friends, family, pets. Everyone, even disabled persons, can find exercise activities that are enjoyable.
Exercise need not be drudgery- if it is, then find a different activity. Going to a gym is just one way to exercise. The best exercise programs are those you can do outside, everyday and ones you can increase both in terms of time and intensity.
Try to combine an aerobic activity and a resistance activity- both are important and they are synergistic.
Cornerstone Wellness encourages exercise and provides tools to chart progress, which both you and your doctor can view online. Being accountable to your health provider and yourself encourages compliance.
The calorie mapping function allows you to plot out a path, based on any zip code, that will allow you to determine how many calories you burn, individualizes to your personal weight, muscle mass etc. Just plot out your path, enter the time it takes you to complete the path, and the calories you burn will appear.
The resistance training section presents hundreds of movements, beginner to advanced, involving weights, balance balls, bands, or no equipment with written instructions and visuals. Simply click on the body part you want to strengthen and numerous movements will appear and simply click on that movement for instructions, video and step-by-step photos.
Sports and hobbies can burn more calories. Simply go to "my activity log" enter a particular activity from the dropdown menu and chose from scores of activities from archery to white water rafting, enter the time you did the activity and it will tell you the calories you, based your weight and other personal factors, actually burn.
The CT-1 calorie tracker, which is not a simple inaccurate pedometer (just measures steps) but instead is an advanced, FDA cleared, tri-axial accelerometer, which will track calories burned throughout the day, week and month. That way you can set goals, not just during formal exercise but just day to day lifestyle changes you make such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator, parking further from work or the store, walking your dog faster and further etc. The instant feedback is very reinforcing. These trackers have been used in many research studies like with the US Navy SEALS. They are extremely accurate and customized to you.
Combined with the meal planning function and the high protein meal replacement, the exercise function of the website and the calorie tracker will help meet your fat loss and muscle gaining goals, improve your health and quality of life, help you prevent disease or improve any chronic conditions you may currently have.
Most of all you will look and feel better and younger and if you make this program part of your daily life you will probably live longer and certainly more fully. So what are you waiting for-strap on a CT-1 tracker and let's get going.