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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Are You An Apple Or A Pear - Weight Loss At Present

By Phyllis H Foster

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

We all carry our surplus flab a little differently. One person may have thunder thighs with a large butt and a smaller 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 carry our body fat contributes to a great extent to our good health.

If you are shaped like a pear you have a clear-cut health advantage over the people who are shaped like an apple. You may have more troubles in getting clothes that fit and you may have body image issues but your health is not really too much as risk. Contrary to that the people who hold their fat in their bellies are at jeopardy for crucial health problems.

On the other hand the fat that accumulates around the mid section puts the person at risk for such things as heart disease, diabetes and other health risks. The trouble is that the fat in the middle collects around the internal organs. This prevents their organs and their bodies from optimal role. Pear-shaped individuals do not have this same problem because none of the internal organs are found in the butt and thighs.

To clarify if you are an apple or a pear, you must compute 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 illustration 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.

A pear may have body image issues and she may fight with her body type but she is not really facing critical health risks, which is not the case for an apple-shaped individual. If you are apple-shaped it is much more important that you drop the weight. Try increasing your cardio exercises and concentrate on consuming a fiber-rich diet with more fruits, vegetables, beans and legumes and lean protein sources such as fish and skinless chicken.

If you are an apple shape though, you do have an advantage in the weight loss department. Additional fat around your center area 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 resolution to get it to finally come off.

We cannot influence our body type and how we hold our excess fat but we can do whatsoever is possible to drop weight and increase wellbeing. - 17273

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