Find Your Metabolic Type
Turn off your eating triggers and find your perfect workout with this new scientific system. This custom program may help you be a learner, healthier person, as state in Fitness mags.
Which body type are you?
1. Which best describe your body shape?
a. Sleek, long, bony
b. Strong, solid, sturdy
c. Very curvy, pear-shaped, with smaller upper body
d. Small, less developed, almost boyish.
2. Which best describe your skeleton characteristics?
a. Long limbs, long, bony hands and feet, oval head.
b. Medium-length limbs, square palms, oval or rectangular head
c. Small and/or bony upper body, visible rib cage, thick legs, heart-shaped head
d. Small bones, delicate hands, large eyes and/or head
3. Which characteristics best describe your basic personality?
a. Enthuistic, changeable
b. Assertive, orderly
c. People-oriented, nurturing
d. Reserved, intellectual
4. Which best describes your energy level?
a. Unsteady energy throughout the day
b. Steady energy throughout the day
c. More energy in afternoon/evening
d. More energy in the morning
5. Where do you gain body fat first?
a. Just below navel, upper hips, around the middle.
b. Stomach, back, arms, upper body.
c. Buttocks, saddlebags, legs
d. Equally all
Answer questiond 6-8 as though fat, calories and nutritional values fo not matter.
6. My favorite toppings for bread are:
a. Jelly, honey, preserves
b. Cream cheese, peanut butter
c. Garlic butter, honey mustard
d. Fruit spreads or cream cheeses
7. My favorite toppings for pasta are:
a. Red sauce, butter
b. White sauce, butter
c. Spicy or creamy sauces
d. Butter of cheese sauces
8. Generally, my favorite snack foods are:
a. Cookies, muffins, cake, sodas with caffeine
b. Crackers and cheese, pretzels, popcorn, nuts
c. Chips and salsa, chips with dip, brownies, chocolate
d. Fruit, cheese, rise cakes, sherbet
Total your number of a,b,c,d and answers to find your body type. If you have two close scores, you may have characteristics of a second type. Follow the plan for your primary body type, but bear in mind the other.
a= Thyroidal
b= Adrenal
c= Gonadal
d= Pituitary