Many people have long held the mistaken belief that everybody has a particular fat point where their body realizes that this is the level of fat that is normal to that particular person.
We all develop our own fat point based on our lifestyles.
Your genes will dictate the shape of your body, for example your height, your shoulder width and your leg length. But they will not dictate how much fat your body packs on. This is not hereditary, it comes from the lifestyle you have adopted and the foods you have eaten since you were born.
For those of you who have been overweight for an extended period and have kept a constant percentage of fat, this will be your fat point. It will alter in direct response to the kind of lifestyle you lead everyday.
If you have remained at a particular fat point for a year or two then your body will develop all the necessary requirements in the form of capillaries, connective tissues, hormonal levels and so on to support that point.
You have determined what that point is and your body will now try to maintain the new level.
Now your body will always be monitoring that fat point. Perhaps you decide to go on a crash diet course. Your body will see this as an attack on the nice status quo it has developed and it will try to correct the situation. Very often the body burns lean muscle to keep fat.
Unfortunately for many people they don’t like to accept the fact that it is not their genes or anything else that has resulted in their fat point being too high. They are comforted by fooling themselves that they cannot do anything about it.
The fact is that everyone is capable of lowering their fat point through changing their lifestyle. You need to build lean muscle tissue and increase your metabolism. Eating more healthily and exercising regularly will lower your fat point.
