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Okay, okay .. I'll admit it up front: I love to talk about exercise! There now .. allow me to say more, please!
Whether you're just starting Atkins or you've been following it for years, if you haven't begun an exercise plan, my question for you is this: WHY NOT?
The value of a regular regimen of exercise has been well-documented since the dawn of time! Yeah, sure, we're *all* busy .. there are only 24 hours in a day and most of us have 25 hours worth of demands a day!!
But ...
Let me state, yet again, that EXERCISE IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. If you are 'doing Atkins' and not exercising, then sorry to break it to you, but you're not doing it by the book. Our late GREAT Dr. Atkins said so! This isn't just me talkin' here!
If you are about to begin Atkins, let me encourage you to begin an exercise program at the same time. What a perfect combination: Atkins and exercise! You need not be an athlete .. you need not run a marathon .. (although I call tell ya that's pretty cool!) .. all you need is 30 minutes a day of heartrate raising, cardiovascular exercise .. IN ANY FORM! The benefits will astound you!
Make a mini-commitment to exercise everyday for a week and then revisit how you feel at the end of 7 days. My money is on the fact that you'll be hooked and want to keep it up!!
After a week, go for 2 .. then a month! By then, you won't need any more encouragement from me .........
As Nike made famous: JUST DO IT!
Some people like to say "hey I lost all my weight without exercise." Well kudos to them, but I always want to say "imagine how much faster you would have lost it if you would have exercised! And not only that, think how much better you'd look .."
Betty
Whether you're just starting Atkins or you've been following it for years, if you haven't begun an exercise plan, my question for you is this: WHY NOT?
The value of a regular regimen of exercise has been well-documented since the dawn of time! Yeah, sure, we're *all* busy .. there are only 24 hours in a day and most of us have 25 hours worth of demands a day!!
But ...
Let me state, yet again, that EXERCISE IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. If you are 'doing Atkins' and not exercising, then sorry to break it to you, but you're not doing it by the book. Our late GREAT Dr. Atkins said so! This isn't just me talkin' here!
If you are about to begin Atkins, let me encourage you to begin an exercise program at the same time. What a perfect combination: Atkins and exercise! You need not be an athlete .. you need not run a marathon .. (although I call tell ya that's pretty cool!) .. all you need is 30 minutes a day of heartrate raising, cardiovascular exercise .. IN ANY FORM! The benefits will astound you!
Make a mini-commitment to exercise everyday for a week and then revisit how you feel at the end of 7 days. My money is on the fact that you'll be hooked and want to keep it up!!
After a week, go for 2 .. then a month! By then, you won't need any more encouragement from me .........
As Nike made famous: JUST DO IT!
Some people like to say "hey I lost all my weight without exercise." Well kudos to them, but I always want to say "imagine how much faster you would have lost it if you would have exercised! And not only that, think how much better you'd look .."
Betty
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What would we do without it?
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