Interesting article re: internal fat

MTGirl

http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100254540&page=1

I thought the last part was particularly enlightening - from page 2:

How can you lose the internal fat?

You don’t really need to know how much internal body fat you have to reduce it. To lose it, you just need to start exercising, if you’re not already. Bell conducted a study in the journal Lipids on 17 normal-weight women, having them perform aerobic exercise three days a week for at least 30 minutes. The women did not diet. After six months, MRIs showed significant fat losses—an average 17 percent reduction in the internal fat and a 25 percent decrease in visceral fat. “Some women lost up to 60 percent of their internal fat, showing a great improvement in metabolic health,” Bell says, “yet they were all disappointed because they did not lose weight on the scale.” Bell and colleagues also measured fat in slim men who were fit and in men who were slim, but unfit and inactive. Their 2009 study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, showed that the fit men had lower levels of visceral and liver fat than the unfit men.

“Your main exercise thrust should be to do a combination of cardio exercise on most days of the week with resistance exercise on two to three days a week,” Kravitz says. And don’t get too obsessed with how much you weigh, since the scale can’t reveal the true picture of what shape your body is in.

So if you are doing it all right and not seeing the scale move, it doesn't mean you aren't accomplishing something very important!

jmarie9

interesting.

borisda

frustrating

shagybear33

Thank you very much for this post!!!

I've been getting discouraged not seeing the scale go down, actually went up a bit lately.. LOL

After reading this, I feel much better and can feel my motivation coming back!!


Thanks bunches!!

borisda

I've been using the scales at the local chemist that has a fat reading but how much of this reading is internal fat and how accurate are they anyway ?

simona1972

Im certain that most of the 20lbs that Ive lost is internal fat.

I posted this earlier, but I'll say it again...MY LIVER NO LONGER HURTS! :happy:

borisda

Are you saying that the internal fat put that much pressure on your internal organs it caused an ache, I never considered that.

Wolfena

Im certain that most of the 20lbs that Ive lost is internal fat.

I posted this earlier, but I'll say it again...MY LIVER NO LONGER HURTS! :happy:

:laugh:

It was definitely an interesting read.

kingking

I posted this earlier, but I'll say it again...MY LIVER NO LONGER HURTS! :happy:

Is that due to a change in alcohol consumption?

simona1972

Are you saying that the internal fat put that much pressure on your internal organs it caused an ache, I never considered that.

Mine did. Whenever I pushed in that area I had pain. There's some commercial that run here on TV by the Canadian Liver Association that shows unhealthy eating is just as bad for your liver as drinking alcohol. Pretty interesting. I never linked the 2 together until I started losing weight and asked my doc. about the pain.

simona1972

I posted this earlier, but I'll say it again...MY LIVER NO LONGER HURTS! :happy:

Is that due to a change in alcohol consumption?

You know it! LOL! Im probably the only Italian on Earth who doesnt drink alcohol...not even wine.

borisda

You know your italian kins men have now dis-owned you

leavinglasvegas

Great acticle! Thanks for posting.