Tue, Jan-01-02, 13:52
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Plan: Atkins/Stnry Bike/Physio
Stats: 225/210/155
BF:
Progress: 21%
Location: Powell River, B.C.
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Atkins on Exercise
I picked up and have started reading Dr Atkins' Age Defying Diet. I figured if his LC diet is doing me so much good, perhaps he has some interesting information on aging too.
I skipped forward to the exercise chapter since exercise is so much on my mind these days.
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From Age_Defying Diet
According to a recent study of older men in Hawaii, your risk of coronary heart disease decreases 15% for every half mile walked each day.
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This gives us some control of reducing the odds of suffering heart disease. We can literally "walk away from it"!
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For those of you who need to lose weight, regular exercise will help speed the process along. I particularly recommend it for people who have a high metabolic resistance to weight loss. Even though walking a mile burns only 100 calories, a prolonged exercise program often proves to be the essential that tips the balance in hard-core unable-to-lose-on-a-strict-diet people. Those of you whose weight loss is simply plateauing will find that exercise gets you over the logjam more quickly.
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He goes on to recommend walking as an excellent exercise program that anyone can do. Cheap, easy, free and requires no special equipment!
My only disappointment with what I'm learning about the value of exercise, is that I didn't figure this out 20 or 30 years ago!
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