So it’s New Year’s Eve, and it’s the first time I am writing a blog on this ’thoughtful’ day. I so don’t want this to be a patronising rehash article where I motivate you to set ‘SMART’ goals for the year ahead. I mean, blogs are about telling people about what you think and how [...]
This is my final installment, in a series of 5 articles, that argues against some recent sensationalist media headlines suggesting that exercise leads to weight gain! Don’t believe the hype! Regular exercise, together with a healthy eating programme, will lead to weight loss, and will help you to maintain this weight loss for life.
So what [...]
Today’s story is part 4 of 5 explaining, against some recent sensationalist headlines, why exercise does lead to weight loss.
I have already described that there are various physiological and psychological adaptations to exercise, which vary from person to person, but can actually lead to weight gain after exercise. These compensatory responses to exercise include metabolic [...]
On Tuesday I talked about the physical compensatory responses to exercise, metabolic adaptations and changes in appetite, and yesterday I discussed the compensatory behavioural changes, such as reward and compliance. Bottom line, exercise can produce different responses in all of us.
These factors shout in favour of exercise not leading to weight loss, in fact the [...]
Yesterday I talked about reading an article by Dan Roberts in the Telegraph titled ‘Why your workout isn’t and the flaws in it’s argument in relation to the Physiological Adaptations which are Compensatory Responses to Exercise. I pointed out that there is individual variability in every piece of research conducted, and for this reason any [...]
Reading the article by Dan Roberts in the Telegraph today ‘Why your workout isn’t working’ is pretty lame and only shows a sensationalist view backed by poor understanding of the subject matter.
Fact: Exercise combined with healthy eating does lead to successful weight loss and weight maintenance – let me explain.
The NICE (National Institute for Clinical [...]
