Find Your Balance

Find your balance between food and physical activity.

Becoming “a healthier you” is not just about eating healthy, it's also about physical activity. Regular physical activity is important for your overall health and fitness. It also helps you control body weight by balancing the calories you take in as food with the calories you expend each day. In general, I recommend being physically active for at least 30 minutes, most days of the week. Then increasing the intensity or the amount of time that you are physically active over time to achieve even greater health benefits. Additional time may be needed to control body weight and keep it off. We don’t want to lose it and find it again! We want to remove the excess unhealthy fat. About 60 minutes a day may be needed to attain this. CONSIDER THIS: If you eat 100 more food calories a day than you burn, you'll gain about 1 pound in a month. That's about 10 pounds in a year! The bottom line is that to lose weight, it's important to reduce calories while increasing your physical activity.

To your success,

Nancy DiCioccio, M.P.H

nancy@bikepathcountry.com