Morning cardio, and Grocery Shopping


Well, the weekend has been slow for me so far. I sort of fell off the horse as some would say, but I am going to get back onto it tommorow. Tommorow I will start to try and do some morning cardio, a little cardio before classes. So at 6 am..I will join tons of other people who do this, and start a day out with some morning cardio.

Now, some people might ask what are the benefits of morning cardio. When I did weightlifting, it was always recommended to do morning cardio before eating anything, as your body will burn more fat this way. So a quick search of google showed that morning cardio does indeed burn more fat, as long as it is low intensity. So what I am thinking of doing is 1 hour low intensity trainer/treadmill in the morning and 1 hour high intensity in the afternoon. I need the HT cardio to get my cardio endurance up. So wish me luck, I have been getting up at 9-10am every morning for the last few months, and to start at 5am should be fun.


Now, onto something else that was bugging me as of late. I try not to be critical of overweight people, as I am one, and especially ones that are changing as I am, but the grocery store was just ridiculous when I went. Everyday we see people on TV complaining that so and so company is contributing to being overweight, and so and so product is increasing obesity. Now these complains are somewhat valid, along the same line as GM helps to contribute to car deaths because they make cars.

For anyone that does there own grocery shopping, there is no reason you cannot have healthy, good food stocked in your home. As I sit there picking up some fish, lean ground beef, and some boneless skinless chicken, other people are picking up bacon by the pounds, regular beef and battered chicken. Now, free choice is wonderfull, but this is where the problem of obesity starts in our country. It does not start with laziness (though that is an issue) it does not start with how busy people are (though that is an issue as well). The problem with obesity starts with Mr and Mrs smith shopping at local big value grocery mark, picking up fattening, salty food for little Jimmy at home.

People really need to understand that they themselves make the choice of what they put in there mouth. As well, it is your money you are spending on the food, so you decide. It does not take much to put choose lean beer over regular beef, and the .8cents/pound difference is not alot. Nor does it take alot to know for 7.5$ at the local burger joint, you can have 2 subway cold cut subs on whole wheat bread and a diet coke. Not only can you have more, the subway will not make you tired afterwards from all the fat!

To any personal trainers out there, or friends of people that are trying to loose weight, the best thing you can do for your client/friend/familly member is go with them to the grocery store. Walk with them through the place, purchase foods for the next 2-3 days not 2-3 weeks, stay on the outskirts of the store, which is where the healthier food is located. With maybe an extra 10 minutes of your day in the grocery store you can change your entire life overnight, just by picking up something different on the shelf.




Lifestyle changes start at the grocery store.