Managing Saddle Bags

Saddlebags refer to the extension of the hip that is normally associated to access fat on the hip and thigh creating an overly bulbous hour glass shape that is very heavy at the bottom. This is characteristic to women as when women gain fat the first areas that fat will store is here.

To reduce the fat in this area, the normal slimming techniques for overall weight loss should be started first. This is because generally females will loose fat in those areas first before fat in other areas will reduce. Thus you general dieting, calorie cutting and routine exercises should be attempted first before any other means are tried. On the flipside, if you are a man and suffer from saddlebags, then the basic dieting will reduce the fat deposit there however not successfully eliminate it. Research has shown that men who deposit fat in the hip regions generally either have a family history of it or suffer from hormonal imbalances.

Before going into exercises and trimming techniques for troublesome thigh saddlebags, I’d like to go into a bit about hormones and how they actually contribute largely to the development of problems like cellulite and saddlebags, for both guys and girls. The main element that causes hormonal imbalances in this day and age is the food that we eat. Research has shown that due to the amount of growth hormones put into our poultry and cattle; a lot of it is passed down the food chain to the final consumers us. This means that we are actually consuming a high proportion of the growth hormones given to poultry and cattle. The best medium of transfer for growth hormones is milk.

Now that we know the dangers that we are faced with everyday from the growth hormones in our food, we must understand that weird fat accumulation can be directly caused by having a diet rich in milk, cattle and chicken products. In this case you should try other alternatives before going for any other radical options. This is especially true for men, as men really should not have saddlebags; if they do it’s probably because of their diet.

Managing Saddle Bags - Part 2