Don’t Ever Get FAT
Women have more body fat than men, and not without reason. By nature, a woman’s body is developed to protect her and a potential fetus. As a result, women have more enzymes for storing fat and fewer enzymes for burning fat. To start with, women naturally have a higher percentage of body fat than men, about 25% compared to 15%. Athletes fall into different ranges with levels as low as 10 percent for women and 5 percent for men. But this minimal amount is only maintained for a brief period, such as competition. If body fat stays below normal for long, the health and body functions go down.
Weight Loss Today
Weight changes you see on the scales and in the mirror daily is not related to how much you’ve been eating or exercising today, yesterday, or last week. The small weight fluctuations result more from how much water and digested food there is in your body at the moment. When you feel like there is too much water in your system, such as after eating salty or sugary foods, or at that special time of the month when your body lets you know you are a woman, the number on the scales hits its greatest mark. Same thing happens when your stomach is fuller than usual, you are dehydrated and constipated. All that bulk contributes to your total body weight giving you an unwanted reflection in the mirror, reading on the scales and uncomfortably tight pants you planned to wear to a special occasional meeting.
Some of that not-so-great sensation can be contributed to the energy stores in the form of glycogen, not fat deposits on your hips and thighs. When the food is digested and metabolized, it turns into glycogen, or usable energy stored in the liver and muscles. Your body needs and uses glycogen all the time, and your hormones regulate that process making sure that you never run out of energy.
The Bad Side of Hydration
However, each gram of sugar attracts 3 grams of water, giving your body a fuller healthier better-hydrated look. For example, for every spoon of sugar you eat your efficient self-regulating system will store three spoons of fluid contributing to the overall weight gain of 60 grams or four tablespoons. Salt also attracts water which is stored in the body cells. It naturally comes from all the foods you eat, but all manufactured products contain a lot more. So, the more salt or glycogen you hold, the more water your body has, the more you weight, and the tighter your pants are. But don’t get discouraged – this also means that your body fat percentage is lower! How can you be ‘fitter’ when you feel so ‘fat’?
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