I can be SKINNY and FAT??!! WTF?!!!

Hi everyone!!! Hope you are well and staying active!!!

This week I want to touch on the subject of Skinny Fat... weird concept I know but a lot of people either don't know about it or don't understand it! I was once one of those individuals but, before we get into that let me tell you what it is.

Now, you might be asking yourself how can I/or someone be Skinny and Fat at the same time, it's quite simple actually....

Skinny Fat: A person who is not overweight and appears to be skinny. They have a high body fat percentage with a low lean muscle mass percentage.

Alright so now that there is an understanding let me tell you how this happens...

• Low caloric diet
• This puts your body into starvation mode, holding on to all of your fat and burning the rest! This is because 1 gram of fat = 9 calories! Your body doesn't know when the next time it is going to be fed so it burns the stuff that has the less calories per gram and holds on to the highest. 
• Mass amounts of cardio/ or no activity at all
• Mass cardio = holding on to fat, again starvation theory! 

Simple enough right?

Let's talk a little more about it so you fully understand! Ok so when you see those girls on the cardio machine and you are like "dang!!! I wanna look like that!" or "dang she's sexy"

Think again my friend! Yes, she is probably very pretty, and yes I sound mean but the question is... is she fit? Does she have that muscle tone you are looking for?

If she spends all of her time on cardio equipment NO, she is skinny and squishy..... good endurance YES... sorry to be the barrier of bad news, or happy to wake you up :0)

Now, hear me out, I used to be skinny fat! Obsessed with my elliptical or stair master! Spending anywhere from 1-3hours on the thing!! I was the skinniest I've ever been!!

However, I still had love handles hanging over my jeans and I wasn't toned like I wanted to be, that's how I looked and this is what I wanted to look like...

Yes, I got there but this is 3 years later!!! It took a while and some college classes to realize what I was doing to my body and how to change it.

If you want muscle or even just toning you have to incorporate weight training no matter what!!! You can do cardio for hours and days but you will not get those results you want!! 

You need to eat clean and make sure you lift! I know some people are intimidated to lift weights because they are going to get bulky!! Listen in the picture above I was chest press 25 dumbbells, squatting 145, and shoulder pressing 65 lbs. YOU WILL NOT GET BULKY I promise!!! Keep the cardio to a minimum 30-45 minutes 4-5x a week but same with the weights 4-5x a week rotating different body areas. 

The cardio will prevent you from getting that bulky look and the weights will give you that fit/fabulous look you have been trying so hard to get! 

Actually once you hit a certain point you don't even have to do cardio anymore!! Isn't that awesome?!!! You turn yourself into a fat burning machine! 

Also, to those who say they gain weight when they lift wights, YES initially you will but that is because muscle weighs more then fat, you are building that lean mass that burns fat!!! Also keep in mind if you put muscle and fat side by side, 1 lb of fat is double the size as 1 lb of muscle. 

I hope this was helpful and if you have any questions feel free to ask!!! 

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Until next time!

Pistols...Out! 

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