As we look ourselves closely to the mirror, we will criticize every little change that we see on it. We would always be conscious in getting physically old and much wider and bloated than before. The remedy, diet!

But diet alone can not help you lose weight permanently. Making exercise a regular part of your daily life activity is as important as diet in losing weight and keeping it off. In this topic, some of the benefits will be discussed in using your home gym to help you manage your weight.

1. Muscle actually burns calories. On average every pound of muscle burns 35 calories a day. As we grow older and more inactive we start to lose muscle mass. The average inactive adult will lose about half a pound of muscle every year. This is considered as one of the main causes of that spare tire developing around your waist. We keep eating like we did when we were teenagers but our bodies practically require fewer calories. By the time we reach early thirty’s (30’s) we need almost 200 fewer calories a day then we did when we were 19. Each pound of fat is about equal to 3500 calories so with an extra 200 calories a day it does not take long to add 10, 15, 20 pounds!

2. Dieting with cardiovascular exercise can reduce our muscle mass. Of the low-calorie diets will result in one pound of muscle being lost for every  three pounds of fat. This will make it more likely that when the diet is over that we will gain the weight back. Using your home gym to maintain and build muscle mass will speed weight loss and help keep it off.

3. Weight training for 30 minutes 3 or 4 times a week is good for the body and even the internal organs especially the heart. Ideally this can also be combined with some cardiovascular exercise as well to work on total fitness. The result will be a slimmer, fitter and firmer you without watching everything that you eat. Some studies have shown that proper exercise routine can help anyone lose weight while increasing your daily calorie intake.

Setting up a proper diet and exercise routine will result in long term health benefits that will be with you for the rest of your life. It is the key to stopping the yo-yo affect that so many of us face when we diet.