| How many times do you hear overweight people say | | | | that habit as well. If your parents always ate high |
| things like, "I'm only this way because I'm big boned" or | | | | calorie snacks at night while watching TV, well, you get |
| "both of my parents are big so it's in my genes" or | | | | the picture. |
| even "all of the women/men in my family are | | | | Another downfall to losing the weight gain battle is |
| overweight". | | | | physical inactivity. While just being physically inactive |
| So now the question is, if other members of your | | | | does not add extra fat by itself, most overweight |
| family are overweight and have always been, does it | | | | people are inactive and that means you will burn less |
| mean that you might have inherited the "fat" gene and | | | | calories throughout the day. When an inactive person |
| are predisposed to being overweight yourself? Is there | | | | eats even a normal amount of food daily which is |
| anything that can be done about it, or are you doomed | | | | usually still more than they need, they are more likely to |
| to be overweight for the rest of your life? | | | | store the extra calories as fat. |
| There are some facts that must be considered before | | | | Your age plays a part in your weight also. When |
| you assign blame for your weight problem to your | | | | people age, they typically become less active. Also, |
| family tree. Genetics do decide what the shape of you | | | | after age 30 or so, an inactive person will lose around 1 |
| body will be as well as determining your height and | | | | 2 to 1 pound of muscle tissue per year. This makes |
| possible risks to your health. If there is a history of | | | | your metabolism slow down being that muscle is |
| obesity in your family, you may have a higher potential | | | | active tissue and the more you have, the higher your |
| for it, but it does not mean that you are doomed to a | | | | metabolism, the less you have, the lower your |
| life of plumpness. | | | | metabolism. This will account for weight gain. |
| The fact is, even though you may have inherited a | | | | Most overweight people are not that way because of |
| higher concentration of fat cells from your family gene | | | | the genes they inherited, but because of the bad habits |
| pool, it is the bad habits that you inherit from them that | | | | they inherited as well as ones they developed on their |
| will contribute more to your weight than your genes. | | | | own. According to the American Medical Association, |
| Here are the facts about what makes you overweight | | | | less than 2% of all obesity can be directly attributed to |
| that you must know to help you break the family | | | | any kind of metabolic disorder or hormone imbalance. |
| tradition of living with that extra padding. | | | | The bottom line is all of the excuses in the world for |
| For openers, the food choices that you make play a | | | | being overweight won't take one pound of fat off of |
| very important role in whether or not you will become | | | | you. The whole thing comes down to modifying your |
| overweight. Not knowing what a proper portion size is | | | | lifestyle to one that is conducive to proper weight |
| during mealtime will also hurt your weight. If as a kid | | | | control. That means eating less than you've been used |
| growing up, your parents always went back for | | | | to eating and being more physically active than you're |
| seconds during meals, you probably will have inherited | | | | used to being. |