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While eating healthy food can immediately and powerfully stimulate metabolism to burn the right mix of fat and sugar, physical activity can complement it. In fact, fat is burned in muscles, in a complex biochemical process called beta-oxidation. We can influence how much fat and sugar we burn by choosing the appropriate level of intensity during exercise. Food, however, is still the primary regulator of this process, so even if we perform the perfect exercise but consume refined carbohydrates, especially right before working out, the potential fat-burning benefits of the workout may be reduced. But by avoiding sugar, the right exercise can further enhance the fat-burning process, along with providing other health and fitness benefits. Fat-burning takes place in the aerobic muscle fibers throughout the body. This is called the aerobic engine or system. Burning fat calories is easy—best accomplished during slower, lower intensity activities. Aerobic muscles, also called slow-twitch, are fatigue-resistant; unlike power muscles, they allow us to perform at relatively slow paces all day long. So say goodbye to no-pain, no-gain high-intensity anaerobic exercise, which means high sugar-burning and less fat-burning. When it comes to working out, don’t just do it, do it right!
The Overfat Pandemic
Philip Maffetone
The goal is to achieve fluency so you can finally speak your mind.
Creative Calling
Chase Jarvis
Wendell explains that my pain feels like it’s in the present, but it’s actually in both the past and the future. Therapists talk a lot about how the past informs the present—how our histories affect the ways we think, feel, and behave and how at some point in our lives, we have to let go of the fantasy of creating a better past. If we don’t accept the notion that there’s no redo, much as we try to get our parents or siblings or partners to fix what happened years ago, our pasts will keep us stuck. Changing our relationship to the past is a staple of therapy. But we talk far less about how our relationship to the future informs the present too. Our notion of the future can be just as powerful a roadblock to change as our notion of the past. In fact, Wendell continues, I’ve lost more than my relationship in the present. I’ve lost my relationship in the future. We tend to think that the future happens later, but we’re creating it in our minds every day. When the present falls apart, so does the future we had associated with it. And having the future taken away is the mother of all plot twists. But if we spend the present trying to fix the past or control the future, we remain stuck in place, in perpetual regret. By Google-stalking Boyfriend, I’ve been watching his future unfold while I stay frozen in the past. But if I live in the present, I’ll have to accept the loss of my future.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb
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