Hey!
Your in luck
I specialise in helping pear shaped women to change their body shape.
step 1: Eat CLEAN! Ditch the c.r.a.p (caffeine, refined carbs, alcohol and all processed foods)
instead fill up on fresh natural healthy foods such as organic meats, lots of green leafy veg, fresh fruits, nuts, seeds etc.
step 2: short bursts of interval training are much much more effective for pear shapes as they dont stress out the body so much as longer workouts (long cardio workouts increase the stress hormone cortisol, which is a nightmare for pear shapes as it increases the estrogen in the body, making you more prone to fat storage on the hips, bum and thighs, as this is where lots of the estrogen receptor are)
So thats a 20-30 min workout, vary it with weights AND short bursts of cardio, and change up the intensities, for example do 10 x 30s bursts rather than 5 mins plodding on the cross trainer)
3. Up your intake of vegetables containing the compound Indole-3 Carbinol. This helps the excess estrogen 'bind' to the indole and gets excreted much more easily = better results for you. Indole-3 carbinol is found in veg such as brocolli, kale, watercress, cauliflower (all the cruciferous vegetables)
4. Rest! Get to bed by 1030pm 5 nights a week. This will help lower your cortisol levels (for same reason explained above)
5. concentrate on how your jeans fit rather than the actual weight. It's much more of an accurate guideline.
Good luck and let me know how you get on x
Jenni
