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Phantom Fat - Are You Haunted By Phantom Fat?

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You would think that slimmers who have lost weight would be delighted with their new figure?

But, for a selection slimmers they still carry a bad self image about themselves even though they’ve slimmed down. This phenomenon is talked about by some weight loss specialists as “Phantom Fat.” The problem with phantom fat is rather than the people having the weight around on their bodies they continue to carry it around in their conscious mind.

Body image specialists say that it’s not uncommon for dieters(especially women) to have this notion around about themselves. Other than focusing on the fat they’ve lost, they focus on thoughts like not being back in great shape, hanging skin and cellulite. This then starts on negative feelings and feeling just as bad as they did even before they’d lost weight.

Some specialists believe this notion is caused by our brain not catching up with the new slimmer body, especially if the people in question has been overweight for a long period.

Another, cause of phantom fat loss is slimmers who used to suffer from yo-yo weight loss where they lose fat successfully only to have it go on all over again.  Then after they successfully have lost extra weight they deep down have the feeling that the new slim body will only be short lived and the old fat is going to pile on again like it has in the past.

In a study written in the journal Body Image, 165 women were questioned about their ideas were on losing weight. Ladies who were formally over weight and women who were overweight were far more preoccupied about food and their bodies, compared to slimmers in the group who were never heavy.

Experts believe that people in this air brushed, body obsessed culture dieters think the world to be a greater place once they have lost weight, unfortunately, this isn’t always the case.

For some slimmers they may need some type of counseling to make them uncover why think so negative about themselves and also to help them build up a more positive self image.

So, rather than weight loss and dieting being an outside job, its just as important to look at the inside job this way you can expect greater results, and results that you’re proud of.