Weight maintenance and exercise
Did you know that your brain controls your appetite, but the signalling comes from your long bones to regulate appetite and energy expenditure, so we need to be on our legs regularly for the long bones to communicate with the hypothalamus and not sitting.
Exercise stimulate the satiety hormones and offsets increased energy intake. Therefore long term weight loss includes high volume exercise. Studies show that lean people were standing upright for an additional 152 minutes a day.
Suggestions for weight maintenance
- Stand up and sit down regularly throughout the day
- Do squats while brushing your teeth and walk briskly
Recommendations for Physical Activity:
- Maintaining and improving health: 150 minutes per week
- Prevention of weight gain: 150-250minutes per week
- Promote significant weight loss: 225-420 minutes a week
- Prevention of weight gain after loss: 200-300 minutes per week.
