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Originally Posted by jnguyen115  It goes away when you lose BODY FAT, not just weight. Women in general are so fixated on just losing the pounds that they don't pay attention to their body fat percentage. Some women that are stick skinny with high body fats will still have cellulite. To do this, you have to burn fat without losing muscle. To burn fat without losing muscle requires hard work. The three main things you must do:
DIET! (balanced meals 40/40/20 ratio of protein carbs and fat. This is just a general concept however some people have different requirements).
Weight lifting is ALSO a must. Weight lifting does not mean going into the women's section of the free weights and lifting the 2 lb pink dumbbells. Weight lifting is known to increase metabolism as well as burn fat throughout the day for a longer time period than cardio. Lifting heavy is crucial (8-10 reps). No, you will not look like Arnold as us women do not have the testosterone to develop those sizes of muscles. If you're afraid to look like the bodybuilding women, do realize that they work VERY hard to get to where they're at (assuming w/o the use of steroids). Those women eat well above their maintence calories per day with all healthy foods. This helps them build muscle since they want to gain mass. If you eat below your maintenance calories, you do not have to worry about gaining mass since we cannot gain msucle and lose fat at the same time.
Third is of course cardio. It is the least important as it will not increase your metabolism throughout the day as weight lifting will. Diet is the most important...as the saying goes, you are what you eat. If you put junk into your body, your body is junk.
I am really over the whole fad diet phase. If someone wrote a book and said you can lose weight if you slap your forehead twenty times a day and walk sideways, people will buy it. Fad diet books are one of the top sellers.
If you relaly want to read a good book for dieting, I'd recommend reading Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle by Tom Venuto. It is an E-book and has taught me everything I need to know about how to lose fat and maintain muscle. |
Really great information. Do you know what the formula is for figuring out your maintenace calories? My hubby and I have been walking 3 miles every evening. It takes us about 50 minutes to do it. It really makes us feel better with more energy, but I wonder what body parts I'm improving. I really need to slim down in my butt and thigh area.