Saturday, January 15, 2011

10 Reasons to Exercise

1. You want to fight disease.
Exercise reduces your risk of a number of conditions, such as cancer, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes (the National Institutes of Health says healthy diet and exercise can reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes by 58 percent).

2. You want to lose weight and keep it off.
This is a given, but it bears repeating that people who maintain weight loss, as Terane Weatherly has, work out regularly. They don't just exercise until they take off the pounds, then go back to being a couch potato. If you want a thinner, healthier body, there is no way to avoid being active.

3. You want to look better.
Exercise doesn't just help you lose weight; it also firms the body, improves posture, and gives the skin a glow.

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