A new study released in a December issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association suggests that fitness trumps overweightness. After following a group of men for 11 years, findings seem to point to activity and fitness levels being more important to health than carrying extra weight.
Not to down play the health risks that continue to be associated with being overweight, but this research seems to corroborate with previous knowledge that having a low level of fitness is a much more impactful risk than other health health markers, like higher body weight.
So, get up and move. Really, you can't find time to walk for 10 minutes? Just start there. Then at some point, when you realize, and you will, that you feel better or have more energy...add another 10 minutes on or at a different time. Ultimately the goal is 30 minutes of at least a light sweat. But you don't have to start there. You can even plan for time to rinse off and shower before heading back to the sedentary job. Incorporate these increments into your life and they have a better chance of sticking. YOU CAN do it. Just keep going :)
Today 230.8. I am really feeling good about my direction. Success bares new resolve. Come with me.
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