"Flip Your Fat-Burning Switch"
copyright 2002 by Greg Landry, M.S.
I'd like you to imagine that there's a
switch on your forehead. Everytime you
flip that switch, it does three things:
1. It elevates several of your body's
hormones that tell your body to burn
more fat.
2. It decreases hormones that tell your
body to store fat.
3. It gives your metabolism (basal
metabolic rate) a boost.
Would you be flipping that switch pretty
frequently? You bet you would! You would
probably wear it out.
Now, what if it required a little effort
on your part to flip it? Are you game?
Would you be willing to exercise regularly
to get that switch flipped, because that's
exactly what exercise will do for you.
Everytime you exercise, the switch gets
flipped.
For example, insulin is a hot topic right
now because it's a "fat storage" hormone.
Exercise decreases an elevated insulin level
allowing fat to be removed from "storage"
and burned as fuel.
Epinephrine and growth hormone are "fat
mobilization" hormones. Their blood levels
are increased with exercise and they cause
fat to be removed from "storage" and burned
as fuel.
Your basal metabolic rate is elevated a
little every time you exercise. the more
you flip the switch, the more it's elevated.
Here's the bottom line folks - when you're
sedentary, your body loves to hold on to
fat. It likes to "store" as much as it can.
Conversely, when you exercise, your body
screams for fat to be dumped. It does
everything it can to get rid of fat. The
more you exercise, the more it screams.
Make it scream! :)
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copyright 2002 by Greg Landry, M.S.
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