Always feel tired? You've Got to Spend Energy to Get Energy!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMBTKqbdfIGxae-gep-EVD78Otf0EFAKNDchOQGXjKu-hvqzoGLKaGw4FzYcxoPtsWyRpfkraZi3EHCsME8bkHr-qE7udAmvIuHinOY-zA7_zkVaBU44saBE9OW7TxR7YCeTgOD1YkCc9/s1600/Passions-Vital-Role-In-Powerful-Communication.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMBTKqbdfIGxae-gep-EVD78Otf0EFAKNDchOQGXjKu-hvqzoGLKaGw4FzYcxoPtsWyRpfkraZi3EHCsME8bkHr-qE7udAmvIuHinOY-zA7_zkVaBU44saBE9OW7TxR7YCeTgOD1YkCc9/s1600/Passions-Vital-Role-In-Powerful-Communication.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.48em; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 18px;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a puzzling thought: You've got to spend energy, which you swear you don't have, to get energy.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.48em; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 18px;"> <span style="line-height: 1.48em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You have to force yourself to spend energy you swear isn't there - push through the horrible moment and just do it. As a result, your body gets a wake up call saying, "We need more muscle fibers, mitochondria, blood, nerves, coordination, ATP, etc." Without the wake-up call, your body doesn't know you need more infrastructure. So it won't make any. And without the additional infrastructure, physical activity won't ever feel easier.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.48em; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 18px;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This paradox that you have to spend energy to get energy - especially when it feels like you have no energy - is one of the main reasons sedentary people quit exercise programs. They cannot fathom a future version of themselves where jogging for two minutes then lifting that weight 12 times is no big deal - much less pleasurable. In their minds, physical activity is freakishly difficult and unbearable - something to be avoided.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JGVuwaJ8Io5X-4NG4xPcxxgfDMAUKCMiyJ2NgNI4VF_gLUhMqyP_b1AXwdemhaaNwRI6emUnAZiOYsVuhj9MYRHLkTjiDSfWUzB6qz7bpPlZZF8ahJH0EOKRg3Phe1ydQ1W7qHR2nqvX/s1600/running-woman2_650x366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JGVuwaJ8Io5X-4NG4xPcxxgfDMAUKCMiyJ2NgNI4VF_gLUhMqyP_b1AXwdemhaaNwRI6emUnAZiOYsVuhj9MYRHLkTjiDSfWUzB6qz7bpPlZZF8ahJH0EOKRg3Phe1ydQ1W7qHR2nqvX/s1600/running-woman2_650x366.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.48em; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 18px;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">Even something as simple as a brisk walk gives you natural energy and also releases endorphins that improve your overall mood, making you feel more inclined to go out and accomplish something that day.</span></span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span> <br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span> <br /> <div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we exercise, we increase blood flow. This helps deliver more oxygen throughout our bodies. We need that oxygen to create energy.  As more oxygen is being delivered throughout our bodies, more energy is created.  Therefore, after a workout, you are likely to find that you feel much more energetic.</span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, exercise releases endorphins in our bodies.  You don’t want me to go into the chemistry mumbo-jumbo to explain that, so I’ll just say that endorphins released in our bodies will give us a “feel good” sensation.  </span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">"It's now been shown in many studies that once you actually start moving around -- even just getting up off the couch and walking around the room -- the more you will want to move, and, ultimately, the more energy you will feel," says Robert E. Thayer, PhD, a psychology professor at California State University, Long Beach, and author of the book Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood With Food.</span></span></span></div> </div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span> <div> <div class="node" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Contrary to popular belief, exercising doesn't make you tired -- it literally creates energy in your body. Your body rises up to meet the challenge for more energy by becoming stronger," says nutritionist Samantha Heller, MS, RD, a nutrition advisor for the Journey for Control diabetes program.</span></div> <div class="node" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="node" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So don't give up!! If you dream of having more energy, you gotta move your butt! Your body will naturally become stronger, more powerful and more energetic!! </span></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> </div>

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Always feel tired? You've Got to Spend Energy to Get Energy!

It's a puzzling thought: You've got to spend energy, which you swear you don't have, to get energy. You have to force you...