This is a problem that is mainly directed at the female population, after all us men rarely have extra fat carried around our thighs and bums.
I guess that's another one to the "men have it easier than women" things huh?
I see many women, daily, walking around town who have a very flat mid section, quite toned arms, but they have one problem: they suffer from added fat around the thighs and glutes.
Now, I know this effects a few women I know personally, and it boils their blood that they have to have it this way.
Can it be helped?
Of course it can!
It's all caused by the female hormone estrogen.
Both sexes create estrogen (think man boob or 'moobs'-which I wrote about a couple of weeks back). Women tend to store it in the lower body, where's most men store in in the lower abdomen area.
The cause of this is down to 'Alpha -2 receptors'. These basically stop fat from moving from a fat cell and being used as an energy source.
What all this means is you have to think outside the box a little than your usual healthy diet.
You'll need to eat more vegetables that are high in 'Indole 3 carbinol'. These include broccoli, watercress, cabbage, and cauliflower.
Do not microwave food at all. Steam really is your best option here. It's not even close in comparison.
Make sure you lift resistance whilst training.
Buy some organic flax seed. Take one tsp a day with water first thing in the morning as it speeds up the 'excretion process'.
Finally, do not do slow boring cardio, i.e jogging. Change to intervals. If you are going to chose running - run hard/or uphill for 30 seconds, walk/jog for 1 minute, repeat x 6-8 times and then you're done.
This form of training will burn up to 9x more fat than jogging for twice as long!
I guess that's another one to the "men have it easier than women" things huh?
I see many women, daily, walking around town who have a very flat mid section, quite toned arms, but they have one problem: they suffer from added fat around the thighs and glutes.
Now, I know this effects a few women I know personally, and it boils their blood that they have to have it this way.
Can it be helped?
Of course it can!
It's all caused by the female hormone estrogen.
Both sexes create estrogen (think man boob or 'moobs'-which I wrote about a couple of weeks back). Women tend to store it in the lower body, where's most men store in in the lower abdomen area.
The cause of this is down to 'Alpha -2 receptors'. These basically stop fat from moving from a fat cell and being used as an energy source.
What all this means is you have to think outside the box a little than your usual healthy diet.
You'll need to eat more vegetables that are high in 'Indole 3 carbinol'. These include broccoli, watercress, cabbage, and cauliflower.
Do not microwave food at all. Steam really is your best option here. It's not even close in comparison.
Make sure you lift resistance whilst training.
Buy some organic flax seed. Take one tsp a day with water first thing in the morning as it speeds up the 'excretion process'.
Finally, do not do slow boring cardio, i.e jogging. Change to intervals. If you are going to chose running - run hard/or uphill for 30 seconds, walk/jog for 1 minute, repeat x 6-8 times and then you're done.
This form of training will burn up to 9x more fat than jogging for twice as long!
