Tuesday 25 September 2012

Burn Fat for Improved Wellness

Guest Post by Roger Navidad Pahuriray

People burn fat and lose weight for different reasons. Celebrity mom Kate Hudson did a lot of cardio, yoga, and pilates after giving birth in order to shed off the pounds she gained during her pregnancy. Kate is just one of the many celebrity mothers who work out hard to regain their pre-pregnancy figures. In short, they are those who shed the extra pounds for beauty and vanity.

 Many, however, do it for health reasons. For example, The Today Show anchor and weatherman Al Roker had a gastric bypass surgery in an effort to lose some of his 320-pound weight. Although he had to undergo surgery, Al did manage to lose 100 lbs. 8 months after having the procedure done. He successfully achieved his goal of becoming a much healthier version of himself. 

Then there are those who workout, burn fat, and lose weight to feel better about themselves. Grammy and Academy award winner Jennifer Hudson did exactly that when she decided to lose weight. She became Weight Watchers’ spokesperson and lost a total of 56 lbs. She even wrote a book about it, a biography entitled I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down. Since losing the weight, Jennifer Hudson has appeared in numerous shows and red carpet events looking stunning and obviously pleased with how she looks. 

Whatever the reason, the process and after effects of burning fat and losing weight can do wonders for a person’s wellness. Wellness, after all, is not just about a person’s physical state of health. It’s also about a person’s mental and emotional wellness, social wellness, and spiritual wellness. When a person works out, all factors that affect one’s well-being can be improved. Yoga, for example, is a form of workout that not only challenges one physically and burn fat. It also involves some form of meditation which means it can relax the mind and relieve one of stress. It allows one person to improve his mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. The relief from stress can also affect one’s social wellness as it can improve one’s mood and interaction with others. Exercise, after all, can produce endorphins – the happy hormones capable of alleviating the symptoms of mild to average depression. Exercise also increases the levels of serotonin, a chemical in the brain that cancels off negative perspectives produced by depression. So if a person is free from depression or at least the symptoms of it, he or she can function quite well and can interact healthily with other people.

 Working out also gives you the chance to improve your social wellness. By going to the gym, attending workout classes, joining marathons, or enlisting in a fitness club, a person is able to widen his or her network of friends. The friendships formed with fellow weight-watchers and dieters can serve as a needed motivation to stay fit. Long-term friendships also mean forming bonds with people who can form a major support group that can help you with personal issues when you feel overwhelmed. 

In other words, exercise has a big effect on one’s wellness. Just 2 hours of exercise at least 2 or 3 times a day is enough to induce some positive changes in a person’s life.

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