The problem with body fat is that when you start to accumulate it in large quantities (more than 20lbs), it actually changes your physiology and makes it harder to get rid of.  The more overweight you are, the more likely you are to gain even more fat because adipose tissue in abundance makes you fatter! Here is why:

1. Fat is the main location of the enzyme aromatase.
   This enzyme takes androgens like testosterone and converts them into estrogen.  The nice thing about testosterone is that it tells satellite cells (the stem cells of your muscle bodies) to become muscle cells, rather than new fat cells.  When you have low testosterone and high estrogen because of too much aromatase activity from being overly fat, your body will make a larger proportion of new fat cells as opposed to muscle cells. 
2. Testosterone is also helpful in making your lean tissues more insulin sensitive.  When you are insulin sensitive you store more carbohydrate reserves in the muscle cells for use during exercise etc.  When you are over fat, you are low in testosterone because aromatase is converting it to estrogen again, so you muscles are less insulin sensitive.  On top of that, fat cells also have insulin receptors and so the fuel you should be storing in lean muscle tissue is now being taken up by the fat cells, making them bigger and fatter. 
3. Fat cells are largely responsible for the production of leptin, the  hormone of satiety in your body.  Basically leptin helps let you know when you have eaten enough.  When you are over-fat, you produce too much leptin to the point that the brain’s receptors for leptin down regulate and it no longer receives the message that you have eaten enough and are full.  The end result is not feeling satisfied from normal meals.  Overweight people are not necessarily hungry all the time, but when they eat, they do not get the rewarding feeling of a good meal.  This causes them to desire more high carb and junk foods to get this feeling.  So being over fat makes you not only eat more, but more importantly crave poorer choices of food. 
4. Fat cells produce cytokines, small, secreted proteins that among other things, produce and regulate immunities and inflammation.  When you become over-fat, the increased inflammation leads to increased cortisol, decreased metabolic rate, and increased abdominal fat.  This is part of the cascade of metabolic syndrome that leads to insulin resistance, heart and cardiovascular disease.  Inflammation also decreases testosterone, growth hormone, and thyroid hormone, leading to muscle loss and fat gain. 
5. Being over-fat makes you depressed and inactive.  Being over-fat usually involves an imbalance in the fats in your body.  Diets high in omega-6 and low in omega-3 not only make you fatter, but they damage the brain making you depressed and fatigued.  On top of that being over-fat can have a significant emotional impact on individuals.  Emotions can cause increased cortisol, decreased testosterone, and actually affect blood sugar without eating anything at all.  So feeling bad about being over-fat can actually make you more prone to gain fat without ever eating a single calorie!

To recap, the best way to get rid of fat, is to never let yourself get over-fat in the first place.  If you have let yourself get into this vicious cycle, it’s important to use a consistent and intense program of resistance training, a strategically planned diet, and proper supplementation to overcome the fattening effects of the fat cells in your body.

Proper resistance training will increase insulin sensitivity of your muscle cells, allowing your body to utilize the carbohydrates you do consume for building lean tissue. One of the most effective ways to burn fat is to build more muscle. Muscle tissue is metabolically expensive, burning calories even at rest, so focusing on building muscle will enable you burn fat faster in the long run.  Of course, you must also be strategic about when and what type of carbohydrates you are consuming in addition to macronutrient combinations and other factors.  This is where the Mi40 Foundation becomes an extremely valuable resource for anyone.

The MI40 Foundation program will help you learn the fundamentals of nutrition and proper training to build muscle faster while improving your ability to burn fat without resorting to any ridiculous fad diets that won’t keep the fat off and usually end up just making you miserable.  

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