Fat Burning Q' & A
Q. By doing cardio exercise, strength and resistance training, could I lose both the visceral and subcutaneous fats?
A. First let's define what they both are-Subcutaneous fat is found just beneath the skin. Subcutaneous fat can be measured using body fat calipers giving a rough estimate of total body adiposity.
Visceral fat is fat that is deep inside the abdomen, around the organs. Visceral fat, unfortunately, is nowadays thought to be much more significant for disease risk than subcutaneous fat. Scientist have linked visceral fat to metabolic diseases like diabetes. For women, a waist size of more than 35 inches signals potential trouble.
Now back the the question if doing both weight training & cardio will get rid of both of these.
Yes, but it's only part of the equation. Nutrition is critical when getting rid of both of these types of fat. You can be working out a lot but if your nutrition isn't geared for fat loss then forget it.
What can you do? First, focus on what you are eating.
Reducing or eliminating simple sugars like sweets would be good, then making sure you take out saturated fats (ex. bacon and fatty meats). However, some small amount of saturated fats are actually good to help reduce fat.
Peanut butter and egg yolks. Too many women that go on no fat diets think that these are bad, but if you're diet is too low in fats then your testosterone levels go down which will but the brakes on fat loss.
Next, include EFA's (essential fatty acids) -fish oil can be taken 6-12 grams per day.
Total calories should be adjusted for fat loss, every woman's metabolism is different. You must be in a calorie deficit in order to lose fat. This can be done by cutting both calories as well as adding in exercise. If you have more fat both visceral and subcutaneous allow time for your body to reduce it. What happens is that where you store the most fat, is the last place that you lose it. You can't spot reduce. The good news is that if you are consistent and keep tracking and monitoring your progress you will be able to reduce it.