subject: Losing Weight in one spot? - The myth about spot reduction revealed [print this page] Wouldn't it be great if it were trueif we really could lose weight just in our "problem" areas? There'd be no more thunder thighs, no more love handles, no more spare tires or saddlebags. We'd simply exercise our arms to lose our batwings or spend 30 minutes a day doing crunches to make our tummies flat, and viola! We'd all have the "perfect" bodies that we crave.
Unfortunately, spot reduction, as it's calleddecreasing the amount of fat in one area through exercise--is a myth. Just exercising your abs, for instance, won't give you a flat tummy if you're carrying extra abdominal weight. In fact, the cruel truth is that doing sit-ups can actually cause your belly to stick out even farther as the muscles under your fat become stronger and more pronounced. Fat that's stored near a muscle isn't burned when that muscle is used. Our bodies just don't work that way.
So if you want to lose pounds in your "problem" area, you'll simply have to lose weight, thus decreasing the amount of fat stored in your body in general and in your problem area as well. In other words, to lose your love handles, you're going to have to follow a diet and exercise program burns your body's fat, period. Where you'll lose it will depend upon your gender, your age and genetics and not upon any pill, exercise program or contraption sold on late-night TV for $19.95. Those who want a cookie-cutter body with have to pay for itat the plastic surgeon's office.
Should we all despair then and give up, perhaps grab a box of Ding-Dongs and camp out on the couch in front of the TV if we can't have things as slim as Jillian Michaels? Of course not! Through a healthy diet and exercise program, each of us can all develop a strong, sexy body. And the great thing about that is that your strong, sexy body will be uniquely you. Yes, some of us may have busts that are larger than the norm, or hips that are wider than average. Some of us may have thicker ankles than others or larger behinds. But is that such a bad thing? Surely beauty rests not on one feature but on the whole ensemble.
Another up side of working out and staying slimbesides the development of your own individual allureis that your bones and muscles will become stronger. And that muscle you're building will now never turn to fat. That's another myth, like spot reduction, that's pure hokum. Your muscles may shrink with disuse, but that's all. If you start exercising again, they'll return to you like old friends.
So eat healthily and exercise regularly. No, you may never have the "perfect" bodyshort of plastic surgerybut you will have one that's fit and toned. And those large upper arms? Consider them your signature, like Cindy Crawford's mole or Angelina Jolie's enormous lips. They make you, you.
Losing Weight in one spot? - The myth about spot reduction revealed
By: Henrik Hansen
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