Fat Muscles Equals Obesity

Hi, all. This is my SECOND post of the day so scroll below to find the one I just posted on sunscreens and protecting your skin.

Now, there's an article in Discovery Health that talks about fatty tissue around your muscles and states that severely obese people have trouble losing because the metabolic "memory" has now been programed to store fat. This shows that it makes it doubly difficult to lose when you're severely overweight, and also promotes the fact that dieting alone isn't the only life style change you need to make. They are going to do more research into this but they do know that exercise does change muscle metabolism. Here's the article link as well as one they have called "Working With Your Doctor to overcome Overweight and Obesity."

Now I haven't read all the way through the Working with the Doc article, but it looks pretty good. They've got some basic info in their. And keep in mind, when they talk about how calories you burn with an exercise or whatever, these are generalities. They are not specific to YOUR body's specifics (metabolism, weight, age, etc.) which are important in determining your true amount of calories burned, etc. Also, keep in mind, if you are fit or a body builder, the BMI doesn't necessarily work. Remember that's based on averages. K?

All right, that's it for today. Many blessings to you and your health!

~Lise

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Lise Fuller, www.lisefuller.com, www.myspace.com/lisefuller, ROMANTIC TIMES REVIEWERS CHOICE NOMINEE, 2006; Pikes Peak Romance Writers 2006 Author of the Year

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