Are You An Apple Or A Pear

If you’re looking to get into shape, you need to look to different diets and exercises to help achieve your weight loss goals. Weight loss plans can differ according to your age and your body shape, and you need to choose the right one.

While some of us women are lucky enough to be skinny, more than half of us are trying to lose weight, and most of us are unable to do so irrespective of the crash diets and inhuman workout programs that we follow regularly. 

A major reason for this unsuccessful attempt, is the fact that while most of us are concentrating on our diets and general exercises, we fail to focus on what the shape of our body is trying to tell us.

We need a weight loss plan tailored to our body shape. The two most common types of body shapes observed in women are the pear shape and the apple shape.

If you are wondering which body shape you possess, just stand in front of the mirror and have a good look at yourself. If you observe yourself having more fat above the waist, then you have an apple shaped body. 

However, if you store more fat below the waist, then you have a pear shaped body. If things are still unclear, do the activity specified below, and you will know for sure.

Take a measuring tape and measure your waist circumference which should be one inch above your navel. Then measure your hip circumference which means measuring the widest area of the lower body.

Now divide the measurements. The waist circumference is the numerator while the hip circumference should be the denominator. 

If your result is higher than 0.8, then you have an apple shaped body. However, if the results are lower than 0.8, welcome to the category of pear-shaped women.

In no way, are we implying that one shape is better than the other, or that either of these shapes tend to be fat. This is just a simple and effective way to devise weight loss programs and knowing the shape of your body helps you understand about how it stores fats, and whether you are susceptible to any diseases as well.

Knowing your body shape is crucial for losing weight as it helps you plan your diet and workout accordingly. One useful book that can help point you in the right direction is Dr. Marie Savard`s Apples and Pears - The Body Shape Solution for Weight Loss and Wellness. This book specifies the details of these two common body shapes and helps readers understand several aspects of your body. 

For example, apple shaped bodies tend to store fat around important internal organs which causes hormonal and metabolic problems. On the other hand, pear shaped women have fat deposited around the hips and thighs making them develop low self-esteem and eating disorders.

So now you know that you’ve unsuccessfully been trying to lose weight for a while, and understanding your body weight is a crucial step that you have, perhaps, overlooked. 

Add in Diet options for apples and Pears -