Weight loss ≠ Weight loss and firming is the king way

I found such a problem. Almost every woman feels that she is not thin enough and always talks about the word "weight loss". In fact, maybe what you need is not to lose weight, but it seems more appropriate to say that you improve your body shape. After reading Teacher Fan Zhihong's article, I realized that "fat" is really not lost randomly! You must not believe that Teacher Fan, who has a slim figure and tight skin on the TV program, has had a loss weight experience, right? Let's take a look together now! I have been called "skinny" since I was a child. It was not until he was 16 years old, grew to 1.64 meters tall and weighed 98 kilograms that he entered the track of normal body shape. After graduation, my weight has always been more than 100 kilograms, and I have never associated myself with fat people. However, when I was 35 years old, I suddenly realized that I had become out of shape. With swimming rings on my waist, my upper arms are soft, and my hips are drooping; walking is too tired, and my sleep quality is reduced. When I look in the mirror, I really look like a middle-aged woman...

When I suddenly woke up, I realized that my fat ratio had exceeded the standard. The measurement result is 27.5%, which is beyond the reasonable range for my age, not to mention that I am a person with a small skeleton.

So I learned from the pain and decided to exercise to lose weight. Running 5 times a week, it was easy to go from being unable to run 400 meters to 3000 meters in a row. In only 3 months, I returned to my physical fitness of 25 years old. And my body has completely reversed the trend of aging. The swimming ring was gone, the hip line reappeared, the face became tight, the entire person's lines returned to his youth, and he walked so light that he wanted to jump. Someone around me began to ask: You are in great shape. Have you ever practiced dancing?

·Don't go hungry when you lose weight

When people lose weight after hunger, their weight drops quickly, but their body shape may not improve. Because this way of weight loss will cause the decomposition of muscle protein, the proportion of fat in the body will increase. Hunger causes malnutrition, which causes the internal organs to shrink and function, reduces the basic metabolism of the human body, and significantly reduces vitality, which is commonly known as "damaging vitality." Therefore, hunger and weight loss will not bring you vitality.

But if you don't starve, can you lose weight? This is a common question. During weight loss, most people regard weight as the only outcome indicator, but in fact, this indicator is often misleading.

Perhaps, many women who love beauty don't care about health and vitality, but you can't help but care about the following question-hunger and weight loss will make the body more relaxed.

Skin and subcutaneous fat are "supported" by muscles. Rich muscles and a thin layer of subcutaneous fat make women appear soft and smooth, full of beauty. Women with full muscles, even if they have more subcutaneous fat, such as a belly dancer, whose abdomen is slightly convex, but their bodies are plump and tight, presenting a beautiful and charming female curve.

What if there is no muscle support? The skin and subcutaneous fat will hang loosely on the bones, resulting in the sad state of "swinging your thighs when walking","bringing butterfly sleeves on your upper arms","putting a swimming ring around your waist","a bra makes a big deep groove", and "the hip line becomes loose and sloping".

·Tightening is more important than weight loss

The proportion of human muscles is significantly higher than that of fat. What happens if a person's fat content drops by 3 kilograms and his muscle ratio increases by 3 kilograms? The result is that the weight remains the same, but the size is smaller, and the person looks thinner. This kind of weight loss results cannot be measured on a scale. Many women experience such a change in weight after starting exercise. They found that their waistlines had become smaller and looked thinner, but because the scale did not reflect the results, they immediately suffered a blow and gave up exercising. As a result, they returned to their "fat and loose" state.

In fact, what is the significance of the numbers on the scale? Who would write a weight sign and hang it on his chest? Isn't losing weight all about beauty and vitality? Only by increasing the proportion of muscles can you achieve these two key points, so this is the real weight loss. No matter how much weight you weigh, as long as you look firm and slim, won't you achieve your goal?

In the bathroom, look at a 25-year-old woman, then look at a 45-year-old woman. If the latter is properly maintained, they can also avoid wrinkles and have a normal weight. However, if you look carefully at your cheeks, your waist, your hips, and your limbs, you will find that the tightness of the two people's bodies is vastly different. As we grow older,"slack" has increasingly become the main theme of all parts of the body.

As we get older, the muscles of the human body are more likely to shrink, and the "bony feeling" state of muscle atrophy will make people's faces slack, more aging, and at the same time, wrinkles will develop early. Therefore, in order to maintain their body shape, women after the age of 30 have to work harder and maintain their body tightness through exercise. The specific weight in kilograms is not so important. Isn't it beautiful to have a woman with full and rosy cheeks, a woman with obvious waist and hip curves although she is not bony, and a woman with a little fat in her abdomen but never swimming rings?

·Exercise makes you younger

We cannot prevent the arrival of aging, but we can greatly delay it through exercise. When a person is over thirty, his physical condition is like sailing against the current. If he doesn't advance, he will retreat. Active exercise allows us to push our relaxation as far as possible, and the average amount of exercise is impossible to produce large muscle masses. Even if we do 30 push-ups a day, we don't have to fear becoming a "muscular girl."

Moderate muscles are beautiful and help us stay tight. The most happy thing is that regardless of age, as long as we work hard, the muscle ratio can increase significantly and the body line can be significantly improved. Exercise can also help our body shape become more coordinated. For example, women with developed lower bodies can gradually approach the perfect hourglass body shape through aerobic exercise to reduce overall fat and increase muscles through upper body muscle exercise.

My experience is: I don't move for a week, I know it. Not moving for two weeks, family knows. If you don't move around, everyone can see it. I remember that I didn't exercise for a month and a half. As a result, fat accumulated around my waist, drooping buttocks, and decreased physical fitness. So, quickly make a plan to exercise 4 times a week, running and doing exercises. Results were seen after one week. After three weeks, the waist circumference had shrunk by 2 centimeters, and the line of the buttocks had also improved significantly.

It is worth noting that exercise is by no means a short-term behavior. It is a good habit that requires a lifetime, just as important as healthy eating. As you age, the exercise time required to maintain your body shape will take even longer to achieve the same results.

If you really love yourself and really care about your beautiful body shape, make exercise something you should do throughout your life! If you persist, you will surely create a beautiful miracle!

I wish you health!

fan Zhihong

(The above content comes from Fan Zhihong, PhD in Food Science, China Agricultural University, Bowen)