Most diet books have some "big" secret, such as cutting almost all carbohydrates or fats out of the diet. The promise is that if you do this one simple thing, you will lose weight and be able to keep eating almost the same way you are now without having to give up the foods you love. But if you are not happy with your shape, one simple trick will not changer things. There are number of things probably wrong with the food choices you make and the lifestyle that you have.
What you need is a personalized plan. One size does not fit every over weight person; people come in different shapes and sizes. And until you can describe your shape accurately, you're not ready to make your personal plan for losing weight and keeping it off. So, what is your shape? Are you an apple or pear? Are you big or small? Are you fat or lean?
Apple-shaped people have upper body-fat. Their fat cells in the upper body including the face, neck, breasts, and waist, behaving differently than fat cells in the high and hips. The upper-body fat cells are there to help both men and women withstand long periods of starvation- which happened in ancient times. The lower-body fat cells help women store fat during pregnancy so that they will have enough stored calories to provide an average of 500 calories per day as breast milk in order to nurse a newborn baby.
Losing weight around your neck, face, chest and waist usually goes along with losing fat on the inside. So, as you begin to feel and look better, you will also improve your health as well.
Dieting alone does not help you lose these special fat cells, which can cause a loss of both muscle and fat. You have to rethink your lifestyle food choices and you will have to exercise to build some lean muscle, which then remodels your percent body fat and body lean.
So, losing weight is harder if you have lower-body fat rather than upper-body fat. Luckily, as you lose upper-body fat, you will lose some lower fat as well.
Learn how you can get to a personal target weight and body fat level, and then you will be able to judge how you feel about your new shape.