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Monday, 09 March 2009 |
By Calasanz Martinez
 Many of our students enroll in a martial arts program with the specific goal of losing weight. Proper diet and regular exercise will lead to weight loss as long as it followed on a consistent basis. The old adage "diets don't work" really means that you have to make lifestyle changes that will stay with you for the rest of your life. This doesn't mean you have to deprive yourself of the foods you love, but you must eat them in small quantities and infrequently.
If weight loss is your goal, you will have to learn to discipline yourself. There is a Zen saying "discipline is freedom." Think of this in terms of weight loss. Carrying excess weight around is not healthy. It slows you down, limits the things you can do, and as you grow older, it brings disease to your body. Is this freedom?
While you've been free to eat whatever you want and have turned into a couch potato, you are now a slave to bad habits which will eventually |
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