Are You An Apple Or A Pear – Weight Loss Now

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

We all carry our extra flab a little differently. One person may have thunder thighs with a substantial butt and a slighter upper body so she is shaped like a pear, while the next person will hold it all around the core, in the abdominal area so that she is shaped more like an apple on a stick. The way we hold our body fat contributes significantly to our good health.

Women who are pear-shaped and carry all of their surplus weight in their butt and thighs have a health advantage over the women who are apple shaped. They may strive more with finding the clothes that fit and they may still have body image issues but they do not have the health tribulations that plague the apple-shaped women. The fat that accumulates on your butt and your thighs is not inevitably a health problem.

The fat that accumulates around the belly section puts the person at danger 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 difficulty because there are no internal organs in your butt and thighs.

To conclude if you are an apple or a pear, you must calculate your waist-hip ratio. Divide your waist in inches by your hips in inches and if the result is o.8 or less you are considered to be a pear. If the result is more than 0.8 then you are an apple shape. For instance a 28 inch waist divided by a 38 inch hip is 0.73 a pear, while a 32 inch waist divided by the same 38 inch hip is 0.84 or an apple.

While a pear may lament her big butt and thunder thighs it is more often than not more of a body image quandary, while the apple can be facing some very grave health risks. Exercise and a wise diet are vital if you are apple shaped and losing even as little as 2 inches off your waist can aid your health risks. If you are an apple, augment your cardio and focus on consuming a diet rich in fiber by consuming more fruits, vegetables, beans and legumes, and lean protien sources such as fish and skinless chicken.

When it comes to weight loss an apple shaped individual does have an advantage because weight that accumulates in the abdominal area comes off faster than the fat that accumulates in the butt and thighs. Butt and thigh fat is quite stubborn and it will take much more struggle to get it to finally come off.

We cannot influence our body type and how we carry our additional fat but we can do whatsoever is possible to drop weight and gain health.

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