Exercising, Eating right and Losing weight? Take it easy.

I have been eating mare fruits and veggies and less fast food. I have been losing weight. I also have been hitting the gym pretty hard. I have been going 4 times a week and lifting heavy. It has taken its toll on me. If you are hitting the gym and dieting you are stressing your body and you need to watch yourself for injury.

This week I injured my back and shoulder lifting weights. I am pretty careful to lift safely, but since I am using allot of energy to lose weight, I didn’t realize the stress it puts on my body.

Your body takes time to adjust to a new diet. When your body is adjusting it causes stress on your body. Energy that normally would be used to move is now going elsewhere. Starting a new exercise routine causes similar stresses. You body needs time to adjust to the new levels of work out. Combining a new diet and new exercise doubles (may be more) the stresses on your body. When your body has that much extra stress you are open to injury. You don’t want to hurt yourself and end up not being able to work out for a week or two.

My recommendation is to keep it simple for the first few weeks of a new diet and workout routine. Take your time and ease into your workout routine. At first, don’t push yourself too hard. I would say do 60% of what you could do and work up from there. Take 3 of 4 weeks to work up to the level of exertion you desire. When you are adjusted, and then step up the intensity. You’ll know when you are adjusted when you can workout much longer without becoming exhausted.

Don’t end up like me and hurt yourself. You don’t want to be out of the gym or off the treadmill for a week. You especially don’t wan to lose momentum when you are first starting out a new routine. So take it easy and ease into your new diet and workout. Your body will thank you.

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