Q&A for How to Keep Fit

A healthy diet combined with exercise can help you stay fit. When you're planning your diet, remember you have to burn more calories than you take in. The biggest mistake that people make when they're trying to lose weight is that they don't achieve a calorie deficit. Even plans like low-carb diets, vegetarian diets, and intermittent fasting won't help you lose weight if you're consuming more calories than you burn each day.

Absolutely! Exercise is good for you. Exercise also can keep your body well toned and healthy, increasing your strength. Take some extra time to do exercise every day.

No. Exercising can make your body toned and healthier. Your basic body shape will stay essentially the same.

Because we lose a lot of the body's water during perspiration and breathing, so need to replenish it to avoid the effects of dehydration.

It is best to control your diet and start exercising. You need to decrease your junk food. Drink plenty of water. Sweat a lot, but don't forget to maintain hygiene

You may lose some weight and/or gain some muscle, depending on how much exercise you're doing and what kind.

Try to eat nuts, berries, meat, fish, and green vegetables.

Most people can safely lose between 1-2 lbs. per week, which would amount to 12-24 lbs. in 3 months. If you're severely overweight, you might lose weight more quickly though.

Make healthy food choices. Drink plenty of water, and walk a lot. You can't stay healthy without moving your body regularly.

Carbs will provide energy for workouts (but are high in calories), and protein will aid in muscle growth. Foods high in potassium, such as bananas, will help you to avoid muscle cramps.

Lemon Baked Salmon is when you buy a salmon and put lemon juice on the salmon before baking it.

If you feel good every day and have plenty of energy, your body is firm, and you don't get sick regularly, you're probably doing enough. It depends on what you are trying to achieve.

Everyone's body weight is different, especially growing children. It depends on your height and genetic factors, so there isn't an average weight for a ten year old that would apply to everyone.

Do cardio. It's great for the whole body. Plus you will lose weight and gain muscle in time for your football games.

It's all about two numbers: caloric intake and caloric burn. Your belly does not shrink or increase after every meal, it's set in motion over time. The belly grows if due to stress or surplus calories your body decided to store energy as fat, and it shrinks if you eat less than you burn off. But there are too many factors to take such precise control that it neither grows nor shrinks. In all, if you eat less than you burn, you should stay roughly the same size.

Daily cardio will definitely help, but it also depends on your caloric intake and the types of foods you eat.

Exercise is really crucial so as not to get fat and unhealthy. If you do not exercise enough then you will feel more tired and less able to sleep. You will also feel heavy and harder to walk. But, if you do exercise, then you will feel more energised and happy! Also, exercise is vital to maintaining a strong immune system to fight off viruses, bacteria and other problems.

Yes! Proper hygiene helps keeping the body healthy. For example, washing your hands with soap on a regular basis helps eradicate germs.

There is no specific length or amount that you should exercise. Just stop when you feel your body can't do any more and this will increase as you go along.

Fitness advocates might do more than 300 press-ups (push-ups) a day. But for an average person, even 50 to 100 push-ups should be enough to maintain a good upper body, provided it is done properly. You can start with 20 push-ups, but do not stick to this number. You can challenge your body by consistently increasing the number.