Stubborn Fat: Does It Affect You?
EVERYONE walking the face of this earth has an abundance of fat cells throughout their bodies.
In fact, if you’re a healthy adult with normal body composition, you have approximately 30 billion fat cells. This is an astronomical number when you think about it.
Did you ever wonder why you have so many? Have you ever wondered what those fat cells are for?
Fat Cells Are Genetically Programmed: The answer is, fat cells are part of our genetic code and they enable us to use stored energy when food is scarce.
This survival mechanism works very much the same today as it did 10,000 years ago. However, there is an abundance of food in modern society today, and we no longer need to store so much fat to survive.
When you consume too many calories, your body goes into storage mode for the “lean times,” so to speak, but the lean time never comes. So your body simply stores those extra calories as fat.
When you eat fewer calories than your body demands, your cells release stored fat for energy. Pretty simple equation; however, not all fat is the same.
Placement of Fat Deposits in Your Body: The placement of fat deposits on our bodies varies depending on each person’s genetic influences, lifestyle choices, and nutritional intake. Men tend to store their body fat around their bellies and chest. Women tend to store it around their hips, buttocks, thighs, and the backs of their arms.
A complete discussion of hormones and fat storage is beyond the scope of this article, but let it suffice to say that certain hormonal processes do determine body fat distribution.
The Solution to Stubborn Fat: So what is the real solution? It’s simple: you must understand how fat cells work and how to move past the plateau phenomenon and lose the last bit of body fat what we call “stubborn fat.”
I have worked with many clients and I would say most of them have a good amount of stubborn body fat. This fat is literally programmed to be very difficult to lose. It seems to remain in our bodies no matter what we do, hence the phrase stubborn fat.
Most modern diets and weight loss programs seem to work in the beginning, but they never really address this crucial part of fat loss—the last bit of stubborn fat
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