Add Regular Physical Activity To Your Daily Routine

Aerobic Exercise

Along with a well-balanced eating plan, exercise is important for losing weight and maintaining your overall health. With planning, you can easily fit 30 to 60 minutes of aerobic activity into your routine most days of the week.

Aerobic activity includes walking, riding a bike, inline skating, ice-skating and dancing. It is important to your health because it strenghtens your heart, lungs and blood vessels.

To increase your levels of aerobic activity, first decide which activities you enjoy and look at your daily schedule to see where you can fit these activities in.

If you are starting from little or no daily physical activity, plan for five to 10 minutes per day. Once you achieve that level, increase it every week by 10-minute increments until you are up to 30 to 60 minutes most days of the week.

For maximum cardiovascular health, try to engage in all your aerobic activity at one time. But if your schedule doesn't permit it, you can break up the time throughout the day.