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Lose 10 Pounds by Getting Up Early
By 1a2b | April 25, 2009
For a lot of people losing 10 pounds can make all the difference in the world. Weight gain is a slow and steady process that surprises most people. The weight is added here and there over a period of time and one day we wake up to find that we are 10 pounds overweight. Many of us can lose the weight by simply adding some exercise to our daily routine. The problem is where to find the time to fit it into our busy lives. We need a quick, easy, and effective solution.
Anytime we want something we have to give up something else. In the case of squeezing in the exercise we need one option is to give up sleeping late. If you simply wake up 1 hour early each morning you can get in a quick workout before you start the rest of your day. By doing this you do not interrupt your normal routine. Losing 1 hour of sleep is well worth the sacrifice. Exercising in the morning also has the added benefit of being the optimum time to burn excess fat from the body.
Our bodies use the stored carbohydrates from the meals that we eat as fuel or a source of energy. Since we are waking from a fast first thing in the morning we do not have any carbohydrates to burn. Exercising in the morning then forces our bodies to burn the stored fat. Studies have indicated that by exercising first thing in the morning our bodies will potentially burn up to 250% more fat than if we did the same exercises at any other time during the day. One important caveat to exercising in the morning is that you have to exercise on an empty stomach.
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