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"Linda C. T." wrote in message
om... Really? My nutritionist told me my 20% composition is extremely healthy. Some people tend to consider that the lower, the better... Men are able to get very low, but women really have biological reasons for wanting to remain at reasonnable values. 20% is not exactly unhealthy, it's just the lower end of normal. However, if you start pushing that value further downward, that will become unhealthy. I don't think I am looking to lose whatever fat I have, but I am just looking to slim down because I often "feel fat." Sure, this might be a state of mind or what have you, but I don't really like to see my stomach protrude over the waist of my pants --and I don't even wear tight pants! The problem is that when reducing body fat%, fat will disappear from wherever it is designed to disappear first. It might not even leave the belly, but leave the breasts or butt instead, and that's probably not the expected result. Have you lost a lot of weight previously? What does make your stomach protrude? Is it really excess fat? Or is it excess skin? Or hypotonic abdominal muscles? When you lose weight, you may have some pockets of fat left, and getting rid of these is extremelly hard. Likewise, abdominal muscles can remain deformed. That's where you need to assess exactly what you don't like about your belly. Pockets of fat will be very resistant to a diet, but they are good candidates for a liposuction. Weak abs can be strengthtened through exercise. A diet is not the universal answer to all lose stomach problems. |
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