In my experience with dieting and reading about fitness I’ve heard many many times that the first place you gain fat is the last place you lose it. Is that a myth? It sounds like myth to me. If it’s not a myth then the last place you gain fat is the first place you lose it, right?
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One thing people don’t often think about when discussing this topic is how muscle gain/loss plays a factor in how you look when your weight changes.
A lot of people say that it’s a myth that you can “target” a certain part of your body to eliminate fat. That is technically true – however, if you’re concentrating on exercising a certain area of your body then you’ll gain muscle in that area which may make that area look more toned. This might create the impression you’ve been able to target that area for fat loss. If your goal is to exercise to improve your appearance, then you may not care about this distinction.
I have lost 50 or 60 pounds in the past several years, but that was primarily through cardio and calorie cutting and very little upper body work. So my legs look great and toned, but my upper body just kind of looks like a deflated version of how I used to look. So I’m stuck being skinny-fat unless I ever care enough to work on strengthening my upper body.
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