Is it possible to slim down your belly without losing your breasts? 5 major weight loss questions, experts honestly say...

Want to lose weight but not to the chest? Can you lose weight by running every day? Is starving yourself the fastest way to lose weight? The hotter the weather and the thinner the clothes, the more people are aware of being "fat". As a result, many people come up with various transformation plans in their minds, but there are also many people who don't realize that their concept of weight loss is wrong. Next, let the experts explain it and see if your idea is correct!

Question 1/Is it possible to lose weight without slimming down to the chest?

Pan Yuti, a sports instructor at the Community Health Promotion Center of Changhua Christian Hospital, said that in fact, the parts of the body that are prone to fat accumulation and the order in which fat is burned all depend on personal physique. In other words, where you are fat or thin is determined by "genes."

Since people cannot decide where the fat grows when they gain weight, how can they expect to lose fat locally when losing weight, and only slim down their lower abdomen without slimming down their chest? It is recommended to be more practical, recognize the fact, and burn excess fat consistently, and you will eventually conquer the part you want to lose weight.

Question 2: After exercising for a long time, will fat turn into muscle?

wrong! Sports instructor Pan Yuti said that as the saying goes, "A cow is still a cow even if it is taken to Beijing," the same goes for fat and muscle. The two are originally different substances and cannot be changed or exchanged.

By the way, people gain weight mainly due to the "hypertrophy" and "hyperplasia" of fat cells. The former means that the number of cells remains unchanged but the volume increases, while the latter means that the cell volume remains unchanged but the number increases. People are most likely to have proliferating fat cells during infancy and adolescence, and the proliferated fat cells will not decrease, they will only get bigger or smaller. Most of the fat accumulation in adulthood is the hypertrophy and increase in volume of existing fat cells. From this we can see that if you are fat as a child, even if you work hard to lose weight, you will still be prone to obesity. So don’t wait until you grow up to control your weight, pay attention to it from a young age!

Question 3/ Will I lose weight if I run every day?

Running is the most common and easiest exercise for people who want to lose weight. Running makes you sweat easily and gives you a sense of accomplishment, so people feel that they can lose weight faster if they run regularly. However, the reality is that "running may not necessarily help you lose weight!" Think about it, to lose 1 kg of fat you need to burn 7,700 calories. For a 70 kg person, running at a speed of 10 km/h takes 6 to 7 hours (equivalent to 1.5 marathon distances). Can you handle such a large amount of running?

A better approach is to weight train to increase muscle mass. 1 kg of muscle can consume 12 calories, which is 3 times the 4 calories burned by 1 kg of fat. This shows the importance of increasing muscle mass in fat loss.

Question 4/Will weight training turn me into a "Barbie"?

Don’t worry! Many women see dumbbells or weights and worry that they will grow muscles immediately after exercising and become the "Barbie" seen on the Internet or in the news. In fact, this is because they have invested countless training hours every day, strictly controlled their diet, and even used special drugs to achieve such a figure. It is impossible for an average woman to turn herself into a Barbie doll by doing about an hour of weight training every day. However, it will help to shape the body and have a good posture.

By the way, if you want to lose weight through exercise, you can’t miss both weight training and aerobic exercise. It is recommended to follow the steps of "warm-up → weight training → aerobics → stretching" in order. Do weight training first, then do aerobic exercises such as running, flywheel or swimming. The fat burning effect will be better!

Question 5/Will you lose weight faster by starving yourself?

Some people would say that if you eat too much every day you will get fat, but if you don’t eat, you won’t get fat, and you may even get thinner! ? It’s not that simple! Sports instructor Pan Yuti explained that long-term hunger will result in insufficient calories to meet the calories required for the basal metabolic rate. The human body will naturally begin to control calorie consumption. In addition to breaking down subcutaneous fat, it will also break down muscle, leading to muscle loss and a decrease in the basal metabolic rate. However, muscle is lost quickly and fat is broken down slowly. The result of dieting and starving yourself is that muscle decreases quickly, but fat remains as stable as a rock. It is simply a loss of both the wife and the army, and it is even more difficult to achieve the effect of weight loss.

【Intimate Reminder】：

Sports instructor Pan Yuti said that there is no shortcut to losing fat and weight, and it cannot be achieved overnight. A good fat loss plan should take into account diet and exercise, eat the "right" foods every day, and reduce the intake of sugary drinks and fried foods. Develop a habit of exercising at least 3 to 5 times a week, starting with weight training and then aerobic exercise, and pay attention to the correct exercise posture, as well as warm-up before exercise, stretching and relaxation after exercise, and adequate rest, so that you can lose weight healthily and maintain a good figure for a long time!