Ways of Shaping Up

Shaping Up? Trying to shape up but don't want to exercise? The next time someone asks you this you can respond yes and we have found the secret to doing just that! We are sure your exclamation will be met with a look of surprise and probably some doubt followed by begging and pleading to be let in on the secret. Now it's up to you if you share the secret or not! Lets face it a secret like this is worth a great deal and even your closest friend or family member would be beholden to you forever if you were to revel it to them.

The secret does not involve miracle diets and bizarre dance moves. You don't have to make forty easy payments of $99.95 plus shipping and handling and you do not have to drink a gallon of crab apple flavored milk substitute shakes everyday while you wait for freeze dried astronaut food to be delivered from a warehouse in Timbuktu.
There will not be any giant steel contraptions that need their own wing on your house and there are not any videos of anorexics jumping up and down while they smile and shout at you. That guy on steroids will not promise you that you will lose weight if you squeeze his plastic machine or hang upside down on it. No my friends the secret is not any of this.

The secret is there is no secret. The information is simple and readily available; it is improving the nutritional compo net of what you eat while avoiding a sedentary lifestyle. That's it, in a nutshell, and now we will explain just how you can accomplish this. First take a few minutes to read the labels when you are shopping so that you can buy items with little or no fat and with little or no preservatives. Do not buy for convenience buy for health; skip the chip isle in favor of the produce section. Leave the fried chicken and red meat alone and pick up the skinless chicken and some fish. Fat free milk tastes just fine on your cereal and whole wheat breads and pastas are much better for you than their bleached flour counterparts. Fruit is a great snack or desert and so much better than cookies and cakes. If you make just these few changes you will decrease your caloric intake while increasing your vitamin and mineral intake which in and of itself can lead to weight lose.

Now let’s get serious about not being sedentary. No more escalators, elevators, moving sidewalks or motor vehicles of any kind for short trips. Limit your T.V. and recreational computer time and replace it with cleaning the house, gardening or doing a little volunteer work in the community if everything else is done. You would be amazed at how many calories a volunteer at the public library can burn just pushing a cart around shelving returned books. We are not asking you to hire a trainer or even to join a gym just to move more. Every movement you make burns energy and if you couple that with your new healthier diet you will lose weight. Now if you want to lose lots of weight let's start an exercise program or join a sports team maybe a dance class or some karate? We know you can do it, you have already overcome the first hurdle you Read this and are getting ready to start shopping and living smarter.