Your Body Decides Where To Reduce the Fat

Posted on January 12, 2015

Just like you didn't pick your birth name and can't pick your neighbors, exercising does not give an option of which fat deposit on your body to use up.

From my own current exercising, I look great right from my chest downwards, I've lost fat there but unfortunately the stomach gut is still there. Eventually, the body will use the fat in the abdmominal area but only after it uses up the fat stores in other areas first.

Although one can't spot reduce, working muscles in a certain area does make that area grow. So work your muscles, they will grow, require more energy, asking your body to look for fat to nourish it. Eventually, that will include the areas you most want it to disappear!

Own it. Do it. Win it!

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beachcalsix

01/12/2015 10:03AM

uuugh this is my problem now lol. I have about 5-10 pounds of excess fat I am still trying to get off before I hit maintenance and I think 80% of it is on my stomach..but my body does not want to burn in that area. I think it's a survival instinct from what I've read. Thanks for the motiviational blog, I know if I stick to my healthy habits it will come off eventually! We can do it!

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kwogni

We definitely can, Amanda!

KCJAG

01/12/2015 9:37AM

Excellent point.... While the fat seems to dissipate slower around your midsection it is only because that is where it is more highly concentrated. The areas of your body where fat is thinner will show progress quicker like your face and chest. Keep up the great work and as the fat is replaced with muscle your metabolism will greatly increase to help feed the muscle and soon you will be seeing great results in those areas that seem to slowly shrink!!

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kwogni

Thanks for filling in the missing explanation I've been looking for. I never did understand why my body looked the way that it did losing fat!

KCJAG

Yes, the simple way to explain it is if you were to take a doll and lay it in an aquarium on its back and fill the tank with water until the water covers the entire doll you would no longer see the doll above the water. The water is the fat that surrounds your body and the doll is your body structure. As you drain the aquarium (exercise) and lose water (fat) parts of the doll will start showing above the water. While the water is draining equally across the entire tank, you will start to see the features first that were least covered with water (Fat) like the face, chest, and toes. Same with your body. The areas covered in the least amount of fat will be quicker to show improvement. Most people think you can spot train by doing abdominal exercises to reduce belly fat. While you will tone up that area, your body loses fat equally across its entire surface.