Based on such established research and evidence, though, a lot of people still fail to take action for various reasons. On of the reasons often cited is the "lack of time." People often feel stressed out and tired after a hectic day at work, and with the weekends busy with the children's activities and catching up with errands, it because very difficult to find the energy to begin going out for a walk. This could be a downward negative spiral as the more tired and low energy you become, the less you want to get up and take a walk, and the less happy you end up, and then the more tired you will feel and so on.
One really needs to take a step back and look at the big picture. I once heard from a successful entrepreneur that there is nothing known as the "lack of time," it's really a lack of priorities. For example, even if a person is busy and tired, he/she still gets up go to work everyday or take time to do grocery shopping each week. Think about what it means if you have more energy to face your everyday activities and happiness, how much more will the quality of your life increase? That is worth going on a 10-minute walk around the block a few times a week.
There are a few "experts" that say as long as you're burning more calories it shouldn't matter what type of fuel is burned, thus high energy exercises would be great for a dieter to lose weight. I disagree with this point, I believe if anaerobic exercise makes up the majority of exercises in your regime then most energy burned will come from carbs. This will drive appetite and encourage sugar cravings in order to replace the glycogen stores used, forcing the dieter to consume more calories. I believe many dieters struggle with cravings and overeating so anything which may cause an upset cannot be good. With aerobic exercise it helps regulate the appetite because glycogen stores are not reduced rapidly. Another point is that for the less fit individual anaerobic exercise is just too intense forcing the body to work very hard thus requiring longer for recovery. This could mean fewer workouts per week resulting in less energy burned over a greater time span. Aerobic exercise often helps people feel more energetic and motivated to workout again within a day or two.
Anaerobic exercise can be great for results but I believe this mainly applies to those with average to good fitness levels. The only exception is doing a weights session a few times per week purely to help boost or maintain lean mass and a higher metabolism. Otherwise I think the major part of an exercise regime should be made up of aerobic exercises, especially for the first 3 months of starting a weight loss program.
“A sound mind in a sound body” is best proven by people who live a healthy life with a positive outlook. You seldom, if at all, see physically fit people suffering from anxiety and depression. On the contrary, when you are physically fit you have the energy to make the most of your time and because of this energy, you can do those which you have set for yourself to do. The busy lifestyle makes for a healthy exhaustion at the end of the day resulting to a better and a sounder sleep. There is no room to be anxious about the “what ifs” and the “what could have been” primarily because you know you are doing your best and secondarily because you are left with no energy to focus on the negative.
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