Misconceptions

I'm learning little golden nuggets of information that are helping me along my journey. I had some serious misconceptions (and still do...) about  healthy eating and exercising.

I was on the treadmill the other day and I was trying to get my heart rate up as high as possible. Because of course, that's the best way to get results, right? Again, it's me trying to do 150% for a short burst, and the main thing that I am burning is... burning out. It was explained to me that when doing so, I am burning carbohydrates (energy) first, and then fat. If I don't sustain activity, I will miss the burning fat stage altogether.

Something else that never occurred to me is that you burn the same amount of calories running a mile or walking a mile. WHAT? That is so hard for me get my head around. So better to walk 5 miles, than run 1 and stop.

And if this is my idea of what exercise should feel like, no wonder it is not something I enjoy.