People often want to lose fat or not lose fat at specific parts of the body. e.g: while a person may want to loose belly fat, you often come across people who have chubby cheeks and want to lose fat from there. However, spot reduction/addition of fat is practically impossible. The body gains and loses in a uniform way.
When a person starts getting lean, the face changes too. Your face starts to look less round and your jawline and cheekbones become more prominent. This drawn out look often gives an impression to onlookers if you actually eat something or not.
You lose face fat the same way you lose any other fat - by establishing a caloric deficit through nutrition and training and getting your overall body fat percentage down. For people, willing to lose face fat, the good news is, face fat is actually the opposite of stubborn abdominal fat - in the sense that for most people it is the first people from where fat disappears.
On the other hand, people who already have thin faces actually do not want to lose fat off their face. During my weight loss, i was often criticized that i was getting too lean and looked emaciated, including in the face. As your body fat gets very low, some people really do start to look gaunt and the cheeks look "sucked in".
To minimize this gaunt look in an extremely lean body, one should keep fluid intake high and carb intake adequate as low carb diets have a diuretic effect. One should also also avoid over training, prolonged periods of very low calorie/low carb dieting, sleep deprivation and overall life stress, because these factors will probably add to the "tired" look in the face.
At the same time, i would suggest don't get mislead by people's comments and leave your goal unfinished. It's true that in quest for a ripped mid section, we might end up looking a lot leaner in the face, but maintaining a healthy lifestyle with lot of water intake may actually work for you in the longer run.
Great post Saurabh.....
ReplyDeleteThe face is said to be the mirror of the heart. I myself quite agree and to some extent also practice drinking a lot of water.
Being a regular consumer of alchohol, i myself have observed that if i do not consume alchohol for 2 weeks at a stretch.... it first shows on the face. The face looks a bit less chubbier.
Also, would appreciate if in one of your future posts, you provide some inputs on fitness tips for alchohol consumers. Like the best combination of drinks, which is the fittest drink and what quantity, etc. so that people like us can stay fit and also not sacrifice the alchohol indulgence :)..
Great going bro.....
bro, alcohol has a dehydrating effect and if the intake is high, as in your case then it is going to take off the glow on the face.
ReplyDeleteN if you ask me, no alcoholic drink is better than other if not taken in moderation. Boozing once in a while goes fine, infact many medical practitioners say, alcohol has medicinal properties if consumed in moderation.
To decrease your alcohol intake, you can switch from hard drinks to something light say beer(which has a relatively low alcohol content), but then again it comes loaded with calories. So basically one is better off keeping away from them :)
Drink plenty of water to keep the water level in body high and prevent it from dehydrating as a side effect of alcohol consumption.