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Useful information about health and Korean medicine.
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How should I read my body composition test results?
Rather than the number on the scale, we look at which direction your muscle mass and body fat each moved. Even when your weight stays the same, things inside may be changing for the better. If you only look at your weight, it's easy to get discouraged. Early on after starting exercise, muscle increases, so your weight may stay the same or even go up a little. Many people give up at this point. Body fat going down while muscle
Is regaining weight a sign of weak willpower?
No. When you lose weight, your body treats it as a crisis and changes so that it uses less energy. Burning less than before, even when you eat the same amount, is the body's basic response. There's a reason we start with this. Most people who regain weight blame themselves first. But the pull back toward your old weight works regardless of willpower. Knowing that and preparing for it
Can I lose fat from just the areas I want?
No, you can't. Fat decreases across the whole body together, and which areas shrink first follows an order you were born with. No method is known to change that order. We often hear, "I just want to lose belly fat," or "I just want slimmer arms." So many people focus on exercising that area, but that exercise only builds the muscle there; it doesn't