Diet and Exercise.. How Do We Lose Weight? 6

The last thing on the subject of diet and exercise..

By the way, if you see a thin person who eats a lot and he tells you “I'm on a diet”.. do not mock him.. diet does not mean “weight loss”.. the word “Regime”.. means “a system”.. whatever it is..

Let us summarise all of the above with a few final new notes:

- You do not want to lose “weight”.. you want to lose “fat”.. forget the scale and watch your body and your clothing measurements..

- Follow up with a doctor about any changes in your skin or your health that worry you.. consult the doctor if you are over forty and it is your first time exercising.. consult the doctor if you are taking any medication or suffering from any illness..

- For minor sports injuries, like strains and inflammations and simple tears and so on, you can turn to the pharmacist.. our problem with the pharmacist whom we let give us medicines that harm us is that we believe he is Nostradamus.. or a fortune-teller opening the sand table.. so you come to him with requests along the lines of “please give me something for a headache”.. and then you come back complaining that he gave you a stomach ulcer..

The pharmacist does not know your medical history.. so you have to explain to him: “give me something for a headache, doctor, but mind you, I have an ulcer/ a clotting problem/ kidney disease”.. “give me an allergy medicine, but please, doctor, I'm going to drive the car now.. I don't want anything that will make me sleepy”.. etc.. that way he can help you properly..

- Stay away from the pills and injections and hormones that some people take to build their bodies without effort.. unless you would like to sacrifice your health and your life.. Arnold Schwarzenegger is still being treated to this day.. and some people have actually died..

- Sleep well, deep and uninterrupted sleep.. sleep early and wake early..

- Cut down on smoking and stay away from the conditional cigarette tied to something.. the coffee cigarette.. the cigarette after food.. etc.. your lungs rid you of excess fat.. they have to be working efficiently..

- Know what you are eating and eat with balance and moderation.. remember that magnesium, for example, is important for absorbing calcium.. but at the same time too much calcium blocks magnesium! Do not overdo any one thing..

- Do not sit for long, even if you exercise regularly.. constant sitting is deadly..

- If you are married, encourage your partner to exercise with you.. otherwise you will get into existential dramas of the sort: “you are planning to marry another wife.. exercise matters more to me.. and my cooking is not good enough for you any more”.. and you will end up sitting together on a sofa watching Mohannad running after Noor with a pot of mahshi and a tray of kunafa between you, and your coronary arteries will clog and you will meet Karim's face after this late night..

- There is still time for exercise and healthy diet even if you are 90.. but under a doctor's supervision..

- A piece of advice for my brothers the doctors, the pharmacists and the trainers.. never mock an older person who exercises and diets.. and refrain from jokes along the lines of “come on, you old man” and that kind of talk.. and never make anyone feel that he has become “old and cannot”..

- Encourage your son to exercise from a young age..

- The best kind of sport is a mix of cardio, weights and calisthenics.. even football stars like Mohamed Salah go to the iron gym..

- In the iron gym, if you are unsure about something.. consult the trainer..

- Push yourself and struggle through the first two weeks and force yourself and exercise.. after that you will get addicted to it because of happiness hormones and divine drugs that your brain orders your body to secrete..

- Half an hour a day in which you exercise.. you are not busier than Putin and the Prime Minister of Japan.. those people exercise and it makes their minds clearer and their decisions better..

- Keep pictures of your progress and the achievement you have made, and reward yourself..

- Have an open day when you eat whatever you like, but stay away from sugar.. sugar is a destructive enemy..

- Alcohol contains sugar and “empty” calories with no benefit at all..

- Try to replace your stimulant drinks like tea and coffee with cinnamon and ginger and natural juice “squeezed at home” or at the juice shop.. not the ready-made canned kind..

- Make a music playlist for training and put headphones in your ears and listen to music.. my favourite playlist is the music of “Bill Conti”.. change it and vary it so you do not get bored..

- Keep swapping your exercises and changing them and developing them so that your body does not get used to them..

- Share your experience and your attempts with people who are doing the same thing.. and stay away from the idiots of “after he grew old they took him to the book” and “come on, man, forget it”..

- You can exercise even if you are chair-bound..

- Climb the stairs, do not take the lift.. walk the errands you can walk, do not take a car.. ride a bicycle if that is available.. move.. God did not create more than 350 joints in your body for you to sit on them over coffee..

- Your constant hunger comes from a problem with insulin in your body.. you can solve it by fasting.. after fasting you eat vegetables and fruit and meat or fish or chicken, away from fried food and away from sugar..

- The belly fat area is difficult.. it burns slowly and the body leaves some of it to the end.. never stop and never despair.. keep going..

- Keep going and change your life and succeed.. you will breathe better and sleep better and your mood will improve and your children will imitate you.. you will work better and be calmer and more at ease..

- In the references in the previous posts.. in their references there are videos of exercises that suit all people..

- Look at these pictures.. there is no excuse..

Start today.. do not surrender to illness and laziness.. leave that to the lazy and the negligent.. not you..

You can do it..

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