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Whether You Are An Apple Or A Pear - Fat Loss Technique

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

Dissimilar bodies store up fat in a different way. A person who stores all of the extra fat in their thighs and butt has distinct problems than a person who stores all of their excess fat in the center or the abdominal area. When you carry your fat in your thighs and butt you are shaped like a pear and when you carry your excess fat in your abdominal area you are shaped like an apple. The way that you carry your fat has a great impact on your wellbeing.

The pear-shaped women, who carry all of their surplus weight in their butt and thighs, are at a health benefit over the apple shaped women. While they may have more difficulty finding “jeans that fit” and they may fight with body image just as much as the apple-shaped woman, they do not have the same health issues to contend with. The fat they carry on their butts and thighs is not necessarily detrimental to their wellbeing.

The fat that accumulates around the belly region puts the person at threat 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 trouble 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 calculate 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 illustration, 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.

Both shapes may have body image issues but the reality is that the pear-shapes are not really facing significant health risks. If you are shaped like an apple it is imperative that you do what you can to let go the excess fat. Increase your cardio exercise and make sure that you are eating a fiber-rich diet consisting of more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans and legumes and include lean protein sources like fish and skinless chicken.

If you are an apple shape however, you do have an advantage in the weight loss department. Additional fat around your middle region tends to come off much faster and easier than the fat in the butt and thighs. Butt and thigh fat is much more persistent and it takes much more determination to get it to finally come off.

You cannot manage the type of body that you have and how you carry excess 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.

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