In order to lose weight, you have to create what we call “energy debt” or “energy deficit” – that is, eliminate the balance and instead be on the negative side of the balance scales. Of course, that works very well for “beginning”. However, success does not last forever. When you’re trying to lose the last few pounds, weight loss becomes less about energy balance and more about hormones.
Some hormones, such as Leptin, actually control the majority of your general weight loss efforts. However, assuming you are eating enough and trying to create an energy deficit through training, Leptin isn’t the issue.
There are other hormones, which are a little more dishonest in their effects on your body. They do not just determine "if you gain weight", they determine where do you gain the weight , and whether you’re able to lose weight from those areas. Those “problem” areas on your body are there for a reason. “Problem areas” are created by your hormonal environment, and it is your hormones that forces your body to have particular fat storages.
This type of fat storage is also heavily dependent on the female sex hormone estrogen. This is one reason why you see this type of weight gain specially in women.
High levels of estrogen are great for making babies, but terrible for losing weight – which is why women usually have more trouble with weight loss than men. However, anyone (male or female) with high estrogen levels will have trouble losing weight, especially from the lower body. In essence, the higher your estrogen levels, the greater the likelihood you’ll store fat in your lower body; mainly in the hips and thighs. And yes, it is possible for men to have high estrogen levels. You see, you can use certain types of training to eliminate that effect.
In addition to helping you lose weight stored in the lower body, these specifically designed weight loss workouts will also be great for loosing weight in general. Essentially, they’re great for burning calories and for shedding lower body fat through estrogen management. Combine the two and the result is rapid fat loss, with a heavy concentration on lower body fat stores.
Abdominal fat storage obviously has a lot to do with your diet and overall body fat level. The one thing we’re talking about here is cortisol. This hormone has been in the media a lot in the past few years, so by now you know that cortisol is sometimes called a “stress” hormone. Basically, that means your body will produce cortisol (and encourage belly fat storage) when you are under stress – both emotional and physical. So to combat cortisol, it is not enough to just get more sleep, you have to go through resistance training.
Cortisol is also produced through physical stress. In fact, training is actually one of the primary means through which your body will produce this sneaky little hormone. Additionally, because cortisol has been linked to over training and has a catabolic (muscle wasting) effect, producing too much of it through training is certainly counterproductive. It is important to note, that long duration cardio and extended lifting sessions are what produces the most cortisol. Instead, short, intense training sessions using a particular type of training will help the effects of cortisol; both the muscle-wasting effect and the cortisol related belly fat storage.
In addition: the degree to which you are able to process and respond to glucose (sugar) in your body is called insulin sensitivity. The higher this is, the easier and more efficiently your body utilizes carbohydrates for energy, and the less likely you are to store carbs as fat. On the other hand, insulin resistance is the opposite; you don’t deal well with carbs. And anything other than a low carb diet pretty much means you are going to hang on to some fat.
The good news is that insulin resistance can be less severe with certain types of training. For example, with careful planning and a good selection of exercises, you can start to reduce your love handles and lower back fat while you increase insulin sensitivity.
The better news is that this natural weight loss PROGRAM has specific series of training sessions that will do just that.
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