FROM A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT EXERCISE BENEFITS: WEIGHT LOSS AND BEYOND

When it comes to exercise, women certainly enjoy the physical results they achieve, such as getting more toned and dropping a pants size. But what really motivates many women to participate in regular phys- ical activity is that they also enjoy the way exercise makes them feel. Its not uncommon for a woman to say,
“On days I dont exercise, I feel crabbyor “I dont feel good about myself unless I get a walk in every day. Basically, the better a woman feels about exercise, the more likely she is to work out regularly. A study conducted in 2006 found that when overweight women lost weight by following a behavioral weight-loss program (exercise and a diet that moderately restricted

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