A few Fat Facts you must know

I just wanted to throw down some fat facts here real quickly to help
highlight some common misconceptions about fat loss. First of all,
muscle weighs more than fat. This is an important thing to remember
as you progress toward your overall goals. As we mentioned
previously, many folks pay more attention to the weight they lost and
how they actually look and the shape that they're in. You could lose 20
pounds and still look very similar to how you looked before you lost

the weight if the weight loss was muscle. Keep in mind that body fat
percentage and how you look and the mirror are better ways to judge
your fat loss results than simply the pounds you lose as determined by
a scale.
Another important fat fact to understand is how your body actually
puts on and then loses fat. This process occurs in an inverse ratio
scenario. What this means is that the areas on your body where fat
will accumulate on first, will actually be the last areas to lose fat. For
instance, on men, fat will begin to collect on the lower midsection or
the belly first. On women, it is often the thighs and the back of the
arms that represent the first stages of fat gain.

So, when you're looking to get into fantastically lean fat-free shape,
for men it will be the belly that is the last thing to go and for women
the thighs and the backs of the arms of course. The reason it is
important to remember these fat loss facts is because of the fact that
so many people try to “spot reduce.” Spot reduction is the theory that
suggests you can actually lose weight in certain parts of your body by
targeting those areas with specific exercises. This is a myth and is not
possible. The fat will be lost from your entire body exactly opposite in
the way that it went on as we mentioned.
Therefore, you can do all the crunches in the world and while you may
develop stronger abdominal muscles, you may never see them unless
you lose fat from your entire body, INCLUDING this next, very
important area.