Fat Loss 4 Idiots Opinion

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Weight Loss And Apples And Pears What

By Diana A Alexander

Obesity and being overweight is reaching prevalent proportions these days. Many people need to lose weight. Some people want to lose weight for visual reasons, so that they can look fine in a bikini but other people need to lose weight so that they can preserve their health.

We all carry our additional body fat a little differently. One individual may have thunder thighs with a generous butt and a slighter upper body so she is shaped like a pear, while the next individual will carry it all around the middle, in the abdominal region so that she is shaped more like an apple on a stick. The way we hold our body fat contributes greatly to our good health.

Women who are pear-shaped and hold all of their additional weight in their butt and thighs have a health advantage over the women who are apple shaped. They may strive more with finding the clothes that fit and they may still have body image issues but they do not have the health problems that bother the apple-shaped women. The fat that accumulates on your butt and your thighs is not necessarily a health problem.

The fat that accumulates around the belly region puts the person at hazard for things like heart disease and cardiovascular problems, diabetes and other health risks. The problem is that the fat in the belly section collects around the internal organs. This prevents the organs from performing optimally. If you are pear-shaped you escape this difficulty because there are no internal organs in your butt and thighs.

In order to find out is you are an apple or a pear shape you need to figure your waist-hip ratio. Divide your waist measurement in inches by your hip measurement in inches. If the result is 0.8 or less you are shaped like a pear and if it is more than 0.8 then you are an apple shape. For example, you can take a 28-inch waist and divide it by a 38-inch hip and the result is 0.73 or a pear shape while that same hip of 38 inch with a 32-inch waist computes out to a 0.84 or an apple shape.

A pear may have body image issues and she may fight with her body type but she is not really facing significant health risks, which is not the case for an apple-shaped individual. If you are apple-shaped it is much more crucial that you drop the weight. Try increasing your cardio exercises and concentrate on consuming a fiber-rich diet with more fruits, vegetables, beans and legumes and lean protein sources such as fish and skinless chicken.

If you are an apple shape on the other hand, you do have an benefit in the weight loss department. Excess fat around your center region tends to come off much quicker and easier than the fat in the butt and thighs. Butt and thigh fat is much more obstinate and it takes much more resolution to get it to finally come off.

You cannot manage the type of body that you have and how you hold surplus fat but you can do whatever is possible to prevent the excess fat in the first place or lose it if you already have it. - 17269

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