Let me ask you, do you weigh yourself regularly? Have those numbers crept up over the years?

Do you measure yourself? Have those numbers increased, also?

Bought new clothes? Let me guess, the old ones’ don’t fit anymore, right?

If you’re reading this, you probably do some sort of exercise or are looking to start.

So, what plans or goals are you using or setting in order to drop that weight and inches?

Are you going into the gym or on your home treadmill and running for 30 minutes at a time?

Current recommended guidelines for exercise call for 150 minutes per week or 30 minutes per day for five days.

Unfortunately, that’s not enough.

A study  published in the “Archives of Internal Medicine,” showed that 201 overweight and obese women were broken up into two groups doing the same exercises. One group burning 1000 calories per week versus 2000 calories per week for the second group.

What they found was after six months was that they all lost 8-10% of their original weight. However, the group exercising for only 30 minutes per day, burning 1000 calories per week, gained back some and only lost 5% of their starting weight.

The group that worked out for 275 minutes per week and burned 2000 calories, were able to keep that weight off with a total loss of 10%, or more, of their starting weight.

If you’re already doing 30 minutes of exercise daily, why not increase it gradually by 5 minutes per week until you get to almost one hour for five days?

As you age, your metabolism slows, making it harder to lose those extra holiday cookies you ate.

Increase that exercise duration and it will help with your longevity.