Plan It is an accepted fact that exercise is an important part of any successful weight loss. Every muscle you have can burn calories burn, so the more you work them, the more calories you! So, you must exercise for weight loss.

The benefits of regular exercise:

1. Promotes strong and healthy bones: Exercise increases circulation and flow of nutrients to the bones, reducing the risk of fractures and osteoporosis.

2. Stronger circulatory system and lungs

3. Better skin tone: Helps keep skin more elastic.

4. Weight loss and maintenance: Essential to both losing weight and maintaining weight loss, exercise increases the body's metabolism (the rate at which the body burns calories), as well as increase muscle which helps burn fat.

5. Controls blood sugar: Physical activity helps maintain the body's glucose levels, important especially for diabetics or those at risk for diabetes.

6. Controls cholesterol: Exercise increases the ratio of good cholesterol (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) and also lowers triglycerides.

7. Helps with pain tolerance: By increasing the level of endorphins, the body's natural pain killers, exercise can help alleviate pain, such as PMS symptoms and menstrual cramps. The deep breathing during exercise brings more oxygen to the blood, which relaxes the uterus.

8. Makes for easier pregnancy and childbirth

9. Controls physical and emotional stress: Not only does exercise reduce physical and emotional stress, but it can also alleviate bouts of anxiety or depression.

10. Improves your intellectual capacity: Exercise increases your productivity by helping to clear your head so you can approach your work refreshed and able to concentrate.

11. Promotes flexibility: Stretching exercises help elongate muscles, promoting flexibility.

12. Reduces backaches: Stretching exercises also reduce backaches.

13. Promotes a younger and healthier body: We spend money every year trying to maintain a healthy and younger body. Regular physical activity can help slow the aging Process.

14. Prolonged independence for the older person

15. Strengthens immune system over the long term - less likely to get sick

16. Regulates your body's waste system: Relieves constipation by increasing intestinal activity and curbs bloating by increasing perspiration.

17. Improves your sleep: Since your muscles are less tense, you relax more easily at night. You fall asleep more quickly, sleep more soundly, and awake more refreshed.

18. Gives you more energy

19. Better overall health

20. Gives an overall sense of well being: Do you want to be happier and more upbeat? Exercise boosts your self-confidence by improving your strength, stamina, flexibility, appearance, and sense of control.