THE TRUTH ABOUT
ABDOMINAL FAT
By Makeisha Lee, Health and Nutritional
Advisor
What your personal trainer has not told
you about losing belly fat can leave you
frustrated with less than average
results. The label on the back of your
latest diet pill guaranteed you flatter
abs, but never told you that instead you
can actually be harmed and still in want
of a toned middle.
Millions of people may in fact be
satisfied with their over-all body shape
but when it comes to getting a flat
mid-section, they are completely at a
lost as to how they can effectively
target that problematic area. Here is
the “flat out” truth about getting
flatter abs.
Any type of pill that says things like -
“Lose the flab in hours with no work.”
Don’t buy into that hype. This comes
with a high price, minimal results, and
damage to over-all health, as most of
those pills contain very harsh
stimulants. Besides that, they don’t
truly work for the average Joe or Jane.
WHY? To begin with, if you really want
to get rid of abdominal fat, you’re
going to have to take an “all over”
approach.
HOW? This is simply done by decreasing
body fat overall. It is biologically and
mathematically impossible to lose
abdominal fat ALONE, particularly
without consistent physical activity.
Here is what you should know:
1)
Your body ultimately is the determining
factor on “where” fat will go and “how”
it will be removed. The credit for this
goes to something we all have –
genetics.
2)
Due to biomechanics, the midsection or
abdominal area of your body is the best
place to store extra energy in the form
of fat.
3)
Doing hundreds of crunches or taking
certain herbs and potions alone is not
going to remove fat from the belly,
opposed to another body part. There are
fat cells throughout the body.
4)
Males tend to lose body fat in this
order: first, it will come off your
face, then arms and legs. Next, it will
come off your upper body then the
buttocks. Typically, to be considered
toned in this area, a man should not
allow his midsection to go over 40”.
5)
Women will tend to lose fat on the
buttocks and hips last. To be considered
toned in this area, a woman should not
allow her mid-section to exceed 35”. For
both males and females, abdominal fat is
generally the last fat to get rid of.
Being aware of this process can
alleviate unrealistic expectations when
it comes to losing belly fat –or fat in
general. When you focus on getting lean
all over and use the correct methods;
inevitably a toned midsection will
abound.
Taking an all-over approach entails
selecting and having a regular intake of
foods that are power-packed with
nutrition in a synergistic balance of
good fats, protein and moderate carbs.
Regular and consistent “physical
activity”, COMBINED with good nutrition
is a must in order to decrease body fat
overall.
Then too, there are many non-surgical,
safe alternative methods for decreasing
fat cells throughout the body to achieve
a leaner body including – flat abs. Find
out what they are and immediately
implement them into your everyday
lifestyle!
Most importantly, remember that fat will
NOT just magically disappear from one
particular place on the body just
because you rubbed something on, or you
popped a wonder pill.
On the other hand, when you go back to
basics while exploring alternative
methods, you will always get better than
average results – every time!
