You may never get bigger calves or stop fighting the “muffin-top. So acknowledge that you may be a scrawny ectomorph or a doughy endomorph. You can however, use nutrition and exercise to affect how much body fat or muscle you have. You can’t change the length of your limbs or the shape of your bones. Another option is an ecto-mesomorph someone who is lean like an ectomorph but shows muscles like a mesomorph. A low-calorie, high-protein meal plan is advisable for most people but it especially applies to endomorphs. My number one response is “Love what you got!” It takes all kinds of bodies to rock the world and we need to appreciate the special challenges of each. Endomorphs must watch their diet more than ectomorphs and mesomorphs. When clients ask my advice about getting fit. Years later we are still vacationing together, but now we let it all hang out! Let’s just say we made a few bucks (and spent it on a nice bottle of wine!) It made us realize how much time and energy we spend on it. Once on a tropical vacation with friends, we decided to charge a dollar each time one of us mentioned our weight, eating habits, or complained about our body type. Confession #5: I Have Learned to Love What I Got… I add a cardio component to almost every workout and don’t feel like I got a good workout unless the intensity is high or the time is long (at least 45 minutes.) While my husband can shed his holiday weight gain in a few days, it can take me weeks before I see any results. On the other hand, it takes me a long time and a lot of treadmill time to shed fat. Luckily, more muscle helps increase resting metabolism so it’s a win-win for us Endomorphs! Confession #4: I’m Having an Affair with my Elliptical… While my svelte husband has to work really hard to put on muscle and keep it on, my body responds quickly to weightlifting and the muscle sticks around even if I miss a few workouts. This is where my Mesomorphic qualities shine. Nothing makes me happier than pushing heavy weight. So while “snacking” works for him, it just causes me to over-eat! Confession #3: I Love Weightlifting… But me… I don’t even know what the symptoms of hypoglycemia feel like. With such a fast metabolism, he has to eat every few hours or he gets dizzy. I have to force myself to eat several small, nutrient-dense meals each day. Like many slow metabolizers, I could truly be happy eating one big meal a day. Healthy eating is a constant struggle for me… and one I don’t always win. I paid the price by gaining 20 pounds after my wedding. They had a pantry full of snacks and made a meal out of a loaf of bread and butter. When I moved in with my husband (and his 3 ectomorphic children) I was in heaven. Confession #2: I Can’t Eat Like My Husband…īefore I got married (which was late in life at age 47) there was never any food in my house. Sometimes, it’s tough living with a house full of Ectomorphs. I’m muscular and strong but find losing fat a never-ending challenge. I consider myself a healthy Meso-Endomorph.
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