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Month’s Letter
Dear KRS,
My new job requires me to drive most of the day therefore I am SITTING. I lost 20 pounds over the last year but I had a more active job than I do
now. What can I do to lose 10 pounds when I sit all day? I work out but feel like I have less energy to do the things at the gym
than I did before.
Sitting All Day
Dear Sitting,
Many, if not most, jobs are rather sedentary in the modern era so you are not
alone. The first thing to consider
is that, because you are burning less daily calories with your new job, you need
to reduce your caloric intake. In other words, because you are exerting less calories you
need to ingest fewer calories. Simple
math. The same math applies when
you get sick or injured and can't exert as many calories.
Besides reducing your food intake (if you haven't already),
try increasing your exercise frequency and duration a bit. Many make the mistake of thinking they have to work out HARDER
(intensity) to "make up" for their sedentary state and consequently
burn out and stop exercising entirely. By
increasing your exercise intensity and duration, you should drop the desired
poundage and notice an increase in your energy level. [My book “Healthy, Wealthy &
Wise” offers an effective “No Time
to Exercise” program that shows you how to incorporate exercise into your
working day.]
KRS
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