Adam Napper - Personal Training in Allen Tx

PSA: A 10-Minute Walk will add 1,000 steps to your day.

Good Question... “Adam, I want to lose a few pounds and so I’m thinking of trying intermittent fasting. Do you think that’s a good idea? Thanks!”

I recommend you try it as an experiment for a while. And you don’t have to be 100% perfect. Try and be 85% perfect for 3 weeks or longer. Then take a mental step back to reevaluate by asking yourself a few questions...

1) Did my weight change in a meaningful amount?

2) Was it easy and stress-free? Or really stressful?

3) Was my overall hunger ravenous or mild?

4) What might I try changing to make it easier on myself?

Ideally, someone would try a new eating strategy and then say “I lost a few pounds, I found it really easy, and I didn’t feel like I was starving.” But it’s more likely you will want to make a few small revisions and try again.

The Research: When nerdy researchers give someone two large meals, then compare that to giving someone the same total amount of food, but spread out into 5 or 6 smaller meals, they find there is no fat loss difference between groups. So the good news is you can eat at the frequency that works best for you. Except...

If you are really active, you probably would do better spreading your food throughout the day at least a bit. Going to a 2 hour, bone-crushing football practice might go better with at least a little food in your system.

If you are trying to lose weight, a common mistake is weighing yourself incorrectly. Here's how to do it properly...

1) Weigh every day at the same time of day.
2) After 7 days, take the average

That number, your AVERAGE weight, is the number to focus on. If the average is trending down, you're losing weight in a meaningful way. Meaning, it's not just water fluctuations.

I, for one, am kind of tired of reading/hearing about COVID. That said, I found this article interesting. If you don't want to read it all, I'll summarize...

In a study of nearly 6000 COVID hospitalizations, 88% of the patients had multiple comorbidities. ( Like hypertension, obesity, and/or diabetes.)

Though we can't yet say for sure, there's a real chance that a population that's in better shape would have better health outcomes during this pandemic. The author summarized it well in one sentence...

"You’re never going to regret you got in better shape during this time, but you might really regret it if you didn’t."

Is COVID-19 an assault on the out of shape American? How obesity, blood pressure and diabetes are related to hospitalization from coronavirus.