DREAMING OF THE PERFECT BODY

A significant number of people are not necessarily happy with their bodies. They dream of having a narrower waist, thinner thighs, or maybe slimmer arms. The whole structure of the body, along with its shape, is the product of many factors. Some of them are under our control, while others are something we must learn to live with.
Although the bone structure (frame), musculature, and fat storage make us look the way we do, people concentrate on the dream of losing fat on specific areas to look the way they want.

THE PROMISE THAT MATCHES THE DREAM TO SELL THE PRODUCT

The buyer creates the seller.
Almost every fitness or beauty commercial capitalizes on selling to their audience whatever they want (even if it is unattainable). Many of those commercials advertise supplements, equipment, or systems that promise to reduce the fat around the legs or waist. But is it possible?

VISCERAL AND SUBCUTANOEUS FAT

We classify the fat we store in visceral and subcutaneous, based on the place where the fat cells are located. Visceral fat (colloquially known as belly fat) refers to fat accumulation around the abdominal organs inside the abdominal cavity.
A large gathering of visceral fat is especially risky since it increases the blood pressure and the risk for cardiovascular diseases, insulin resistance, and colorectal cancer. The subcutaneous fat is the one we store just beneath the skin.

   We have no control over the distribution of fat cells. Some people will have a higher number of visceral fat cells than others, in the same way that some people may accumulate more fat around their legs than others. 

Our partial control is limited to the overall amount of fat we store, not the location. 

FAT CELLS

It is possible to lose fat around any specific area, but it is impossible to lose fat only there.

The fat cells are cells specifically designated to store fat before being utilized. They can store an unlimited amount of fats; therefore, they don’t need reproducing to keep up with the demand; they expand in size.
A person will have the same amount of fat cells, despite if there are underweight or obese.
We have fat cells distributed (not necessarily evenly) around our bodies.
The fat we store is diffused equally among the fat cells we have, and it’s also utilized in the same way.

DIFFERENT BODY TYPES

People come in all shapes. We have limited control over the amount of muscle or fat we accumulate, but we can’t change our body frame, height, or fat distribution.
Individuals who gain fat around their waist will always do that, except if they are not accumulating significant amounts of overall fat. It is merely how their body is built, and no pill, exercise, equipment, or trick will ever change that, despite how many commercials claim to have the method that works.

PEARS AND APPLES

For a while, body shapes have been classified as apple-shaped or pear-shaped. Needless to explain, people come in a much greater variety of shapes. For medical purposes, apple-shaped people (individuals that tend to accumulate most fat around their waist), are observed more carefully, due to the risks implied with an elevated amount of visceral fat.
Pear-shape people (most commonly seen in women), carry more of their fat around their hip and tights, having a lower risk than apple-shaped individuals.

FAT STORES IN THE FAT CELLS,
BUT HOW DO I EMPTY THOSE CELLS?

I believe analogies make things easy to explain.
Think of the fat cells like a bank account, how can you empty them?
easy: by expending more than what you deposit.

EXPENDING

For an average person, the Basal Metabolic Rate is the factor that burns most calories. Any aerobic activity (anything that keeps your heart rate under 60%) will also utilize fat as the primary source of energy. An excellent approach to start expending more fat is walking, add steps to your daily routine.

NOT SAVING

Avoid replenishing the fat that you are expending. By controlling the number of calories you intake and being conscious about the source of those calories, you can prevent filling up the fat cells again and start leaning down.

THE TRENDY LOOK

Every era has its idols. Good looking people like Dwayne Johnson, Zack Efron, J-Lo, or Margot Robbie; celebrities that their followers would love to look like.
In reality, all of them have different frames and have done everything they can with what God has given to them, hours and hours of intense training, and very conscious diets.
We all can build muscle, lean down, and be the best version of ourselves, which requires colossal sacrifice, but we can’t change our frame to look like somebody else.

It is worth to be the best and healthiest version of ourselves, but nothing worth is achieved without effort and consistency.