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Weight Loss Methods
Exercise for Weight Loss
By Carma Haley Shoemaker
We are always trying to find ways to lose weight. Whether with a new diet, a new program, a new pill -- the ways to lose weight are endless. Has everyone forgotten about exercise? For losing weight, trimming the figure or just to fit better in your old clothes, exercise is a method that's tried and true.
Exercise? Who has time? Who has the energy? Who wants to sweat? These are just a few of the reasons people give when asked why they don't exercise more. Carrie Eichler, a nurse and mother of three from Ashland, Ohio, claims her days are full of time-consuming events leaving her no time to exercise. "With three active boys, a husband, a job and all the things that go along with these, I barely have enough time to breathe, let alone try to find 30 minutes to an hour a few days a week to exercise," says Eichler. "As a nurse, I know it's important to exercise. But, the way I see it, I get plenty of exercise chasing my kids, running from here to there and walking all day at work."
According to Ingrid Komer, a women's fitness specialist at Bally's Total Fitness, if you can find 10 minutes a day, then you can exercise. Finding two or three segments of 10-minute periods throughout the day will offer the same benefit, but none of the time constraints of a 30-minute workout. "Maybe fitting in 10 minutes while the baby is napping or when the husband gets home and can watch the children or even 10 minutes before going to bed is more attainable," says Komer. "You really will see results even though it doesn't feel like you're doing that much because you're not doing it all at once. Most people feel they have to exercise an hour in order to see the benefits they want, but that's not true. You can get the same results by breaking it down into smaller groups."