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Time Magazine Ruffled
a lot of Feathers This Week.

Time Magazine published an article called
Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin this
week.

The authors main assertation is this:
“The basic problem is that while it is
true that exercise burns calories and
that you must burn calories to lose
weight, exercise has another effect:
it can stimulate hunger.

That causes us to eat more, which in
turn can negate the weight-loss benefits
we just accrued.

Exercise, in other words, isn’t necessarily
helping us lose weight.  It may be
making it harder.”

We already knew that!

Look at a linebacker in the NFL.  Big,
strong, fast, but often extra fat on them.

Why?

Because they eat like horses, no matter
how hard they workout.

Remember…

Exercise is just the stimulus that tells our
nutrition plan what to do.

Exercise alone will make us stronger,
faster, more fit, healthier, more vibrant,
more energetic, and less stressed.

And yes, thinner, IF your nutrition plan
is proper.

You cannot outwork a sub-par diet, no
matter how good or ingenious your
exercise plan is.

A proper eating plan can be up to is 80%
of your success, IF your goal is weight loss.

American College of Sports
Medicine Chimes In…

The American College of Sports Medicine
released a statement last Friday saying it
takes “strong exception” to the Time story’s
conclusions.

“Physical activity is one of the most important
behavioral factors in enhancing weight loss
maintenance and improving long-term weight
loss outcomes,” said John Jakicic, who chairs
the ACSM’s committee on obesity prevention.

One expert quoted in the Time piece, Dr. Timothy
Church, said his professional opinions were
misrepresented, according to the ACSM statement.

Another ACSM member, Dr. Janet Rankin, said:
“A practical response to the claim that exercise
makes you eat more and gain weight is to look
around. If this were the case, wouldn’t those who
regularly exercise be the fattest? Obviously, that
isn’t the case.”

Time Magazine was Correct,
But…

CLICK HERE and tell me that exercise isn’t a part
of a successful plan.

If it is true, then we should be able to sit in a chair
all day, never move, eat perfectly and have healthy,
vibrant, fit bodies.

Try it and see how you feel.

You may be skinny, but is THAT a goal?  To have no
energy, but be skinny?

It is a proper balance and combination of both.

It always has been.

Have a GREAT Weekend!
Cliff Latham, M.S.
979-695-6400

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