Dieting for Specific Body Types - Different Diet Plans for Somatotypes
Dieting for Specific Body Types
Dieting won’t affect everybody the same way - dieting for specific body types may be necessary for you to achieve you diet plan goals. Two consistent dieting tips for specific body types include:
- Eat slow-absorbing carbohydrates (brown rice, wholemeal, wholegrain etc)
- Get plenty of sleep (8-10 hours if you’re a young teen, 7-8 hours if you’re an adult)
- Drink a lot of water. You can’t really have too much - remember: If you end up drinking only when you’re thirsty, you’re already dehydrated.
The main three differences in these body shapes along with their recommended diets include:
Somatotypes
Ectomorphic Dieting:
- Have a friend who’s very slim, athletic, but still eats a whole lot of junk, doesn’t necessarily exercise too much and never seems to put on a single pound? Well, ectomorph body shapes have ultra-fast metabolism.
- You shouldn’t have any reason to want to lose weight, basically you’d want a diet full of carbs and proteins to build muscle mass, along with plenty of rests to ensure your muscles grow (muscles develop when you are at rest, not while you work out).
- You can get away with eating more calories than you burn since you process them so fast. Eat a lot, workout a lot, sleep a lot.
Mesomorphic Dieting:
- Do you know somebody who just has the perfect body shape, who you’d love to be shaped as? The desired rectangle shape for males and hourglass figure for females belong to those specific body types of mesomorphs.
- Mesomorphs store fat relatively equally all over the body, which while it is more balanced, still holds the possibility of obesity. Stick to lots of protein basically to maintain or increase your muscle mass.
Endomorphic Dieting:
- You might have a slightly chubby or overweight friend who seems to be fairly active, doesn’t eat too much junk yet still doesn’t slim down. ‘apple’ shapes for males and females are common for endo’s, who deposit fat mainly below the waist.
- Monitor what you eat, particularly excess fats, carbohydrates and sugars. Your slower metabolism can’t cope with too many excess calories, so you need a solid healthy diet plan mixed with strenuous endurance/light weight exercise. Make sure you drink Plenty of water
- At times it may be very de-motivating eating fast food or a large dinner with friends who regulate their weight easier than you - remember, you can blame it on your body type. Self-discipline will help you pull through - if you really want to slim down, follow a specific diet plan and make sure you burn more calories than you consume.