I had a meeting & luncheon yesterday with a group of people (3 of which were men) who have all lost a significant amount of weight. As we were all talking about the amount of weight we had lost and what our eating & exercise habits had been and what they are now I had another light bulb moment. For men, they tend to lose weight quicker. At first when you think about it you immediately say to yourself, "Well, men have a higher metabolism. They can cut back just a little and the weight just falls off of them."
Further examination reveals several things.
In a given day as a woman how much of your time is spent sitting at a desk? Are you mobile, as in up and moving around at work or at home even 30% of the time? Most men are up and moving 60% of the day. They are moving, walking, physically working and burning calories. My husband is a great example. During this Meltdown his goal was to lose 15 pounds and he has already achieved that mark. He made moderate changes to his diet (he gave up his Mountain Dew for G2 Gatorade), has been healthier in his eating, and he hasn't exercised once. He told me last night that he has been doing the same thing as far as work is concerned ~ nothing has changed. He is moving the majority of the day and has added no additional exercise; the major changes he made is that he is just eating healthier. His movements and steps in a given day far exceed 10,000 steps on a pedometer.
I'm going to do a little experiment this upcoming week of Meltdown. I want to see if increasing my steps to 10,000 daily starting Friday not including my normal exercise will affect the scale at all.
I purchased a pedometer (walmart $5) to count my steps in a given day at work to get a baseline reading of what my current actual steps are ~ I'll let you know what my baseline is. My next step will be working towards getting in 10,000 steps each day at work not including my exercise.
In other words . . . . . I'm going to Man UP to a healthier lifestyle!
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