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CONCLUSION:  Assignment:

1. Make the distinction between fitness and health. You've done this already.

 2. Decide to become healthy. I hope you've done this already too.
3. Know where you are. Are you currently exercising aerobically or anaerobically? Are you burning fat or glycogen? Either visit somebody who can test you, or answer the following questions:

 Do you wake up in the morning feeling tired?

 Do you feel famished after working out?

 Do you experience wild mood swings after working out?

 Does that same layer of fat hang in there despite your most diligent efforts?

 Do you feel aches and pains after exercising?

 If you answered yes to these questions, chances are that you're exercising anaerobically.

 4. Purchase a portable heart-rate monitor (they cost in the range of $175 to $200). It's one of the best investments you'll ever make.

 5. Develop a plan. Condition your metabolism to burn fat and produce  consistent levels of energy by beginning a ten-day program of  aerobic exercise according to the guidelines I outlined above. Begin immediately.

 6. Decide to make exercise part of your identity. It is only through a long-term, lifelong commitment to exercise that we can truly reap  the  rewards that  life has to offer us.

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