Is Your Fat Point Determined By Your Genes?

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.

Genes play a large part in determining the overall size and shape of your body. However, genes are not involved in setting the amount of excess fat that you carry around with you. This is due to the kind of diet you have been following from birth right up to the present moment.

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.

It wasn't genes that did it. It was you that determined your fat point. Your body only wants to keep things balanced.

The body then settles down to monitor and maintain the new fat point. Any sudden changes to your lifestyle will be seen by the body as negatives that have to be corrected. Going on a sudden diet will mean the body will try to conserve fat often at the expense of muscle tissue.

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.