Did you hear about the US airline that is bringing in a new policy to charge obese travellers more to fly?
Well, it seems to me that this is yet another ploy to treat overweight passengers as second class citizens. Apparently, if the said passenger cannot fit into their alloted seat, then they will have to purchase an additional seat and pay for TWO seats so they can fly. If there is no room on the plane they wish to fly on to provide 2 adjacent seats then they will be bumped off the flight and have to rebook - no doubt at an additional expense over and above the cost of the second seat- - and to heck with the inconvenience and maybe embarrassment!
Well, could this be the motivator and trigger to do something positive about being overweight? I would like to think so.
Why not start with counting calories?
Its easy and straightforward and should bring some prompt and positive benefit.Couple it with some easy exercise.
Go about it this way.
Think of calories as the fuel of the body, providing energy to enable us to move and live our life and do the things we want.Women need fewer calories than men as proportionally they have more fat than energy burning muscles.Try to balance what you expend on energy with your food intake - exercise more to build muscle at the same time burning energy.
Don't skip meals - binge eating and crash dieting won't help. Eat a balanced meal - breakfast is very important - have an idea of total number of calories you eat in an average meal. Don't snack -it piles on the calories!
If you over indulge take exercise.
A 30 minute session in the swimming pool works wonders.
Half an hours backstroke burns 275 calories
front crawl 281
breaststroke 320
butterfly 387
even treading water burns 140!
If you can't face that - 30minutes walking - at a gentle and not a fast pace 2/3 times a week will be a very effective substitute.
Don't forget - consult your doctor before embarking on any exercise regime if you're not used to taking any - start in a small way and gradually build up.
Don't like the idea of any of this? Tried it before and got nowhere? You need encouragement. You need to join in with thousands of other like minded people - you need to join a weight loss forum. These on-line communities have hundreds of different ideas on how to help, providing iner-action with other members, new ideas, diets, but above all encouragement.
Just google "weight loss forum" - you never know, it might be the answer you've been waiting for.
Monday, 4 May 2009
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