Men and women have different patterns for gaining weight; women have the tendency of increasing body weight from the waist downwards while men have the tendency of accumulating fat in the abdominal area which is commonly referred to as the pot belly.
It does not matter where the fat will accumulate, if you want to burn the body fat effectively you need to burn the whole overall body fat. Many people assume that it is possible to lose weight on one particular area in the body, however this is not true. For you to lose weight on that particular part of the body you need to take adequate measure to your overall body weight.

When attempting to lose your overall weight you should avoid fad diets. The use of fad diets never works because there is no relationship whatsoever between losing weight and going on a fad diet which is calorie restrictive. When you go on a calorie restrictive diet your body naturally goes into starvation mode. When the body is in starvation it will try to save energy by burning muscles instead of fat. What this does is increase the percentage of body fat and at the same time reduces the percentage of muscles in the body. When the percentages of muscles in the body are reduced, the body metabolism will be affected and therefore fewer calories will be burned because the metabolic process has reduced.

If you want to lose weight and at the same time maintain your health you need to do aerobic exercises. Not only will they help you shed of the extra weight but it will also have the following health benefits; improves high density blood cholesterol, improves handling of excess heat, increases a persons hemoglobin, improves your resistance to cold, it gives you an emotional lift, it decreases your blood pressure, it also decreases your insulin requirements, it increases glycogen storage, it decreases the conversion of sugar to fat, it increases stroke volume of the heart, it decreases resting heart rate, it reduces chances of becoming senile since there is an increase of oxygen delivery to the brain, it increases oxygen pick up in the lungs, it also increases fat burning enzymes, it also help you control your hunger, it leads to a decrease in body fat, it decreases stress, increases your level of endurance or aerobic threshold , it leads to the burning of more calories, and it reduces the incidence of hypoglycemia.

The other important training regimen you should include in your program is weight training. There are several advantages of weight training such as increasing body strength and preventing conditions such as osteoporosis. When you lift weights you increase your lean body muscles. When you increase your lean body muscles you are able to increase your body metabolism. When your rate of resting metabolic rate (RMR) is increased you will be able to lose weight permanently. Muscle tissues are active tissues which require constant energy and thus you are able to lose weight even when not working out. If you lose your overall body fat you will also be able to lose fat in your lower body.

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