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BOTTOMSLIM | POST PREGNANCY WEIGHT LOSS TIPS FOR NEW MUMMYS

Post-Pregnancy Weight Loss Tips Are you trying to get rid of your post-pregnancy weight? Starting a diet and a fitness regimen could easily help you lose the belly flap and loose skin. However, some women still struggle to shed off this excess weight. Well, before you go forward with any drastic decisions with regard to losing weight, first seek help and guidance from medical personnel. This will help you establish if your weight loss difficulty is because of a medical condition or illness. This read will help you understand why your weight loss journey is taking longer than expected. Reasons Why Post-Pregnancy Weight Is Harder To Lose Unrealistic period Most women have very unrealistic expectations with respect to weight loss. They tend to grow impatient especially if they cannot see their results after a while of working out. It would be beneficial to note that it is unrealistic for pregnancy weight to shed after a few days or weeks after the pregnancy. It is estimat...

BottomSlim | What It Means To Have A Pear-Shaped Body

Venus of Willendorf - The Body of A Goddess Due to the world’s obsession with the Kardashian big buns, most pear-shaped women have absolutely no complaints about their bodies, at least until they gain weight. Have you ever been told you have a pear-shaped body? Do you know what that actually means? What is a Pear Shape? The pear shape is a term loosely used to describe a body fat distribution that is localised to the lower half. This essentially means that the vast majority of fat tends to be stored in the hips/buttocks, thighs, and legs. Pear-shaped women generally have slim upper bodies with narrow shoulders, small busts, and tiny waists. When it comes to having a pear shape, weight gain is generally fit into two classifications. First, there is a build-up of subcutaneous fat, which is located just underneath the skin. There is also an overgrowth of fat cells within two additional “reserve” fat layers that are situated just beneath the subcutaneous fat. These multiple laye...

BottomSlim | Sudden Weight Gain in Thighs and Hips

Weight gain generally occurs slowly over our lifetime; however there is evidence to show that some life stages and some life events are likely to increase the risk for weight gain. For women, the weight gain occurs a couple of time during their lifetime: Life Stages like puberty and menopause and during Life Events like pregnancy. There are plenty of resources available regarding these critical periods of weight gain so you are made aware and you can take action. However, there are times when sudden and unexplained weight gain might be dangerous for health and long-term well-being. As one of the pioneers in helping women stay in shape naturally , BottomSlim works with plenty of clients to advise them about lifestyle changes that can interfere with their abilities to maintain a healthy body, confident appearance and happiness overall.  Here are two of the top causes of sudden weight gain that we notice generally affect Singaporean women: 1.     ...

BottomSlim | I Hate My Fat Calves!

How you want your calves to look like? Big or muscular calves are a nuisance for a girl aspiring to have a slim and slender figure. Many girls who work out to keep a good figure struggle to have slim calves and fret over muscular calves. Why are my calves so fat?  There are several causes. Some you can help, some you can’t. 1.      Genetics: Tough to accept but if you have not done any form of activity that could change the shape of your calves, going up a hill daily to fetch a pail of water, chances are that you won’t be able to make significant changes to how your calves look. You were born this way. 2.         Muscle: Simply because you are exercising the wrong muscle group. 3.       Fat: No other way to look at this. Slimming therapy is one way to reduce the size of your calves. BUT legs are the hardest place to lose fat and tend to be the last place for women, so it will have to b...

BottomSlim | Thick thighs, Skinny Jeans Conundrum

Project Superstar gave Silver Ang her shot to fame onscreen in Local TV. She is not the thinnest model but still cuts a nice figure that she can be proud of. But a few uncontrolled moments of overeating and lacking exercise later, Silver had problems fitting into her jeans.  Not a new problem as Silver had struggled with thick thighs since her teens. When Does It Go Pear-Shaped? It is clear that the world doesn’t care about girls with thick thighs because they constantly inconvenience them. Females tend to store fat on the hips, thighs and buttocks, making one’s appearance pear-shaped. The hips are slightly wider than shoulders with a slim upper body, broadening into a fuller lower body. Pears can be all sizes, petite to plus size.  And yet the dressmakers and clothing manufacturers defiantly continue to design to an hourglass silhouette (hips & bust are about the same size with a singed waist and a fuller bottom). Often a pear has to buy a pai...