Have you ever felt genetically pre-disposed to be fat? Have you ever tried diet after diet, watched people around you lose weight on the same diet you’re trying and suffer the frustration of no results, or worse, weight gain?If you have ever imagined that your best weight loss efforts fail because you are simply “meant to be big” then you may be surprised to find there is a sliver of truth in the statement.

In his book, Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle, Tom Venuto dedicates a chapter to discussing people’s pre-determined genetic response to dieting and how it can affect your weight loss efforts.

As someone who has struggled watching people lose weight rapidly and with ease even when on the exact same diet that is not working for me, I have grown used to the doubt it creates in others. It can be a weary thing when the people around you start to wonder if you are, “really sticking with it?”

Imagine my great relief at seeing this world champion body builder acknowledge that there are some reasons beyond my control for the difficulty I have experienced in my past weight loss efforts.

But hold on, I think I may have mentioned before that this kind of high-achiever accepts no excuses. Even though Venuto lists 10 genetic predispositions all of which may adversely affect your weight loss attempts, he quickly offers the solution, understand your body type and give it what it needs to succeed.

An explanation follows detailing three different body types and how they often combine in people to form an easily recognizable set of characteristics. You can easily understand your body type just by standing in a mirror.

This new-found information is not wasted. Venuto moves on to include training and nutrition strategies for all three body types.

I was quite enthused after reading this chapter, especially by his closing notes on the responsibility we all bear in our own weight loss.

You see, reading information like this, can easily cause a person conclude that he might as well give up. “If genetic predisposition says my body type is prone to hold on to fat then surely I am doomed.”

However, this chapter is not meant as an excuse, it is meant to shed some light on an area that may have frustrated you for some time.

Yes it may be true that you have genetic factors that slow down your weight loss.

Yes, it may be true that these factors are beyond your control.

But this will change, after you have read the information in this chapter which will cause you develop a whole new approach to weight loss. One that incorporates your individual circumstances instead of just ignores it.

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