How come some women are happy even if they are a few pounds overweight? And what can you learn from them? You can't lose weight, get rid of your love handles and look good just by eating less .. there's more to it than that!
Some women are radiant and enjoy life even though they are five or ten pounds overweight, simply because they focus on the good things in life. They don't worry!
Who's having a more fun and fulfilling life?
Weight is relative, it is dependent on your height, bone size and much more. It depends very much on your self image .... you'll be much more attractive and happy, even if you're heavier than the fashion models, if you love and respect yourself.
Yes, that's true even if you have love handles!
And you may well ask who makes the judging of being ideal in the first place? Look back a few hundred years, say, and look at the paintings done at the time. These women were beauties in their days - today they'd be called overweight! ... and you can see they are quite "rounded" .....
A good, healthy body, is one that has a low ratio of fat to muscle. Men normally have a higher muscle-to-fat ratio than women (unfair but a fact!) due to the different hormones in play in their bodies.
To be long term healthy you should have a low fat percentage, a woman around 25 years of age might have about 25 percent body fat, whilst the same woman at 65 might have more than 45 percent body fat!
If said woman exercises and avoids being a "couch potato" she might well have a much healthier 30 percent even at age 65 ..... and she'll probably still be slim without love handles ... because she won't have any!
Since muscle is far more efficient at burning calories, it makes sense to build muscle - meaning your body will consume more of the calories in your food - in other words, lose weight.
Plus, of course, muscles look sexier than fat ... and you feel better, you look and feel attractive and sexy!
Fat tissue is very different from muscle tissue. It does not need oxygen, nor does it create activity and it cannot repair itself. All things muscle tissue is capable of. Basically, body fat is as close to "dead flesh" as you can get ... a good reason to minimise your fat percentage and building healthy, living muscle instead.
If you increase your muscle mass your hormones kick in, your skin glows and your sex drive inceases and you're more alive. Basically, build more muscle!
Regarding your excess fat the word is: location, location, location! Where you have stored your fat is just as important as how much there is of it. Just about the worst place you can carry fat is right around your middle. A bad place to carry excess fat is on your stomach and as love handles.
If you're lucky to have a slim waist and big hips you're much more likely to live longer and stay healthy. The level of so called "Bad Cholesterol", for example, is lower.
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