It's Only 10 Pounds

A common theme among a section of the general public is losing that stubborn ten pounds. One thing is certain, doing what your doing isn't working. The reason for this is that change isn't usually comfortable, thus requiring some effort to accomplish. Gimmicks work, but only temporarily. The bottom line is that something has to give, one or two behaviors have to go. Thats it. Sounds simple, however every overweight or obese person was once ten pounds above their "comfortable" weight. So the eye ball test tells us that this isn't easy. Here are some science based behaviors you can add to your life in order to not only lose the ten pounds but to lower your body fat and increase the likelihood of living a disease free high quality life.

1.) Primarily eat an anti-inlfammatory diet high in whole foods not a diet that promotes inflammation. This includes processed foods. If a food doesn't have a label it's good.

2.) Add resistence training into your exercise program. The goal is to increase the amount of metabolic tissue in your body. Strength training does this and so much more!

3.) Do interval training over steady state cardiovascular work.

4.) When not doing any of the above add in steady state cardio or activity into your life.

Good luck and make this summer a healthy and fit one!