Truth and Lies Can spot weight loss be trusted?

(Author: Park Soo-hee)

People often wish to just slim down their arms, thighs or belly, but in fact there is no such magical way to lose weight. Only when you give up that impossible expectation, successful weight loss will come like a miracle.

Q． How to reduce belly fat?

Q． Is it possible to reduce thigh fat only?

Q． I'm only in my 20s, but my arms are flabby.

It is not possible to reduce only local fat

Everyone keeps asking the same question: how to lose belly fat? How to reduce thigh fat? Is there any way to reduce arm fat only? These issues are representative of the media misleading everyone. We often see celebrities or fitness coaches with good figures demonstrating local slimming exercises on TV, but this is a completely wrong demonstration.

To be precise, those are not local weight loss exercises but exercises to strengthen local muscle strength. If you do local muscle strengthening exercises, you can certainly strengthen the muscles in weaker parts. But muscle strength training will definitely not reduce fat in that area. Our body mechanism is definitely not such that local fat can be reduced by doing local exercises.

There is a sequence to reducing fat

Some people say that they exercise a lot, but their thighs just won’t get thinner. wrong! That's because I didn't really work out, so I didn't succeed in losing weight. If you exercise more patiently, you will definitely be able to lose weight successfully. The secret of success lies in the mysteries of the human body.

Our bodies have a sequence for gaining weight and a sequence for losing weight. When losing weight, the first thing to reduce is visceral fat, followed by subcutaneous fat. Visceral fat refers to the fat between the internal organs, and subcutaneous fat refers to the fat hidden under the skin that we can see and touch.

Visceral fat is easy to reduce with exercise, but the problem is subcutaneous fat. Here is a little professional knowledge. When subcutaneous fat is reduced, the "lipoprotein" enzyme related to fat decomposition and storage activates fat and reduces fat in different areas depending on gender and age.

Lipoproteinase is active in the buttocks and thighs in childhood and in the abdomen in middle age. The fattening of the buttocks and thighs during puberty is not caused by sitting in desks and chairs for a long time, but by lipoprotein enzymes.

The body also has "β receptors" that help break down fat and "α2 receptors" that inhibit the breakdown of fat. β receptors are mainly distributed in the face and upper limbs, and α2 receptors are mainly distributed in the lower limbs.

Therefore, the order of fat reduction is usually face, abdomen, upper limbs, buttocks, and thighs. So if you exercise with a three-month weight loss goal but don't lose weight to the thighs, then if you continue exercising for another two months you will definitely lose weight successfully. In fact, losing weight is a war with yourself.