Love to learn new things!

Ok so I have been meaning to do this all semester long since I have been taking really interesting classes for my major of exercise science. I’m just going to throw out some random facts, and tid bits, you can take em or leave em. I just found these things to be interesting and many of you may already know them. Here goes:

1. When you are trying to loose weight the best way is to decrease your diet by 250 to 500 Calories and loosing only 1-2 pounds per week. 30 min of workout maintains, while 45-60 min looses weight. Mypyramid.com has a good food processor to help keep track of your caloric intake.
2. This is for men out there trying to bulk up through high protein diets: excess protein is converted into fat by the body. So you need more Carbs to bulk up muscle, as well as protein.
3. If you are eating a good rounded diet (fruit, veggies, whole grain, and meat) vitamin supplements aren’t needed, (unless your doctor advises you to take them!)
4. When you start to feel thirsty you are already 2-3 % dehydrated. If you work out pretty hard make sure you get fluid in you that contains 6-8 % Carbs and 110-115mg of sodium (Gatorade does the trick).
5. When your child is 8 years check them every month for scoliosis, they can change 3-6 degrees in their spine per month, till they are 10! Much easier to correct if caught early.
6. So we have a muscle on our abs that goes across us horizontally, doing sit ups doesn’t help it. Everyday you should come up with a cue (like doing the dishes, coming to a red light or doing my hair) for yourself and bring your bellybutton to your spine. Suck it in! This will help further tighten those abs.
7. Ok last one and I’m done. Don’t let your kids sit in the ‘W’ (opposite of indian sitting, their legs are all the way out) position it might cause bone torsions in their legs, meaning there legs won’t align right.

Sorry just wanted to share some fun things, Hope you learned something heck I know I did!