Body Sequencing For Fat Loss

Determine Your Fat Loss Starting Point, The Fastest Path To Pain Relief, & Your Body’s Secret Language

by Dr. Kareem F. Samhouri
Body Sequencing & Fat Loss Expert

Have you ever felt that your body isn’t as responsive to diets and exercise programs as your friends?

The first step in improving your health is learning where to begin. Most people simply start in the wrong place, which leads to disappointment and sub-par results. By learning the proper starting point in your fat loss journey, you are expediting your results and guaranteeing yourself a similar outcome to “everyone else.”

In order to properly assess where to begin, it’s important we go over a bit of preliminary information to help you understand this process — You’ve already heard of this information before, but just not applied this way.:

Your body has various ‘systems’ (circulatory, nervous, digestive, etc.)
Every system of your body has a priority level, relative to the rest of your systems, when it comes to survival.
When you work on your body’s systems in order, you follow the natural path to better health.

In an emergency room, this is exactly how they screen a “Jane Doe” when she comes in unconscious and without family to tell the story. They start by looking at her heart, vital organs, and outward. Once the surgeons eliminate the life threatening risk, they move outward towards the rest of the body, ending with your musculoskeletal and integumentary systems (i.e. muscles and skin.)

The thing is… no one is screening all of your systems outside of the ER, but your life is at risk, just slowly instead of immediately.

If your heart is struggling, you’re not going to lose fat until you take the stress off of your heart.
If you have major digestive issues, your body will respond in the opposite way to exercise until you do one simple exercise first.
If your hormones are out of whack and you’re depressed, you have to fix this before you’re going to build muscle or get a flat stomach.

Fat loss, muscle building, and health improvement through exercise is all about understanding what your body needs, and when.

Body Sequencing solves this problem.

If your goal is to lose fat and get a flat stomach, make sure you’re going in sequence. Here are 11 of the most important screening questions I’ve come up with so far to help you make the decision:

Question:	Related System:
Do you have high cholesterol or high blood pressure?	Circulatory System
Have you suffered from a stroke, brain or spinal cord injury, or is your posture out of whack?	Nervous System
Do you experience severe breathing difficulty with exercise, or early in the day, before you exercise?	Respiratory System
Do you suffer from depression, moodiness, or have elevated blood sugar?	Endocrine System
Do you get sick often or have a known immune system disease/disorder?	Immune System
Do your legs, feet, or hands often get swollen and stay swollen?	Lymphatic System
Have you recently given birth, are you preparing your body to do so, or have you lost your ability to reproduce recently?	Reproductive System
Are you frequently dehydrated, or do you have kidney stones?	Urinary System
Do you currently have any broken bones, bone marrow disease, or abnormal red or white blood cell counts?	Skeletal System
Do you currently have any pain related to movement, or long-lasting pain after exercise? or Would you consider your muscular strength and muscular length balanced (strength vs flexibility)?	Muscular System
Do you have any major abrasions, cuts, scrapes, or bruises that are noticeable on your skin? or Do you currently have or have you recently suffered from some form of skin cancer?	Integumentary System

I’ve found these 11 questions, when responded to in order, to be the most influential way to progress your health. While the sequence is not exactly the same as what’s used in the ER, it has been proven to work the best this way when it comes to exercise.

Remember, you have to work on question #1 before you go onto question #2, and so on. When you approach your health this way, fat loss is easy, and it’s very natural.

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Dr. Kareem Samhouri

Dr. Kareem Samhour is known as (perhaps) the best Doctor of Physical Therapy & Kinesiologist on the internet. People come to him for results when other methods fail, injury gets in the way, or health situation is more complicated. Dr. Kareem Samhouri exercising In fact, he and his companies reach a combined total of 1.5 MILLION people on a daily basis to help them with their health. If you ever saw Dr. Kareem on the street and mentioned something was going on with your health, however, he would volunteer and offer to help you for free... that's the Dr. Kareem way.

22 Comments

kalliope Ren
May 28, 2012 at 5:14 am

Hi Kareem

I have trouble with really tight ITB’s and also my pecs are super tight and I have a lot of muscle soreness in my upper back and shoulders. It’s getting hard for me to keep my shoulders back and down when exercising. My shoulders are starting to round forward as well. I know some of this is caused by sitting at my desk all day. My pilates instructor says all these issues are linked. What would your opinion on this be and what is the best way to fix it? Is this program suitable?

Thanks!
Ren
- kalliope Dr. Kareem
  May 28, 2012 at 4:55 pm
  
  hey Ren,
  
  Great questions!
  
  We’ll talk more about this soon, but this sounds like a ‘fascial’ issue. Fixing ‘strength vs length’ is generally at the root of these issues. You see, your fascia will actually pull your body into your work position over time, and hold it there. It thinks that it’s doing your body a favor.
  
  Dually important is getting up once an hour and moving around for 5 minutes – stretching, backwards bends, and walking. This makes a world of difference in your posture.
  
  Lastly, The Posture Solution is a great option for you – here’s a specially discounted offer, just in case you decide to pick up both the Posture Solution and Mission Unbreakable:
  
  http://fullthrottlefatloss.com/FullThrottleVIP/posture_solution_offer.html
  
  Hope this helps!
  - kalliope MessiahMews
    January 13, 2016 at 6:53 pm
    
    Here’s what helped my shoulders. Two things as far as bodywork:
    1. The obvious ROLFing session for the fascia.
    2. Advanced BioStructural Correction (ABC) for posture correction (including EndoNasal Cranial Correction). Just the 1st Rib Manuever alone will put those shoulders back. It also helps with spinal stenosis (meningeal adhesions) by having meningeal releases done. And the endo-nasal balloon has changed my facial structure for the better. ABC addresses only PBPs (primary biomechanic pathologies), which are the things that cannot self correct without outside help. They adjust Anterior to Posterior (A to P), which is very important in a permanent correction.
    
    For adhesions in general, I use protealytic systemic enzymes like Serrapeptase and/or a blend like Fibrenza. And then the offensive approach is Elijah Free’s Fibro-Ease to address a rare potassium deficiency, and stop the hardening of the fibrin, which is in excess in people over the age of 28. And then I take a good amino acid supplement such as Doctor Vickery’s Platinum Plus and/or Master Amino Acid Pattern.
    
    If I have at least these things mentioned, I do well. You can look up all these things on Google.
- kalliope Sarahminer88
  July 14, 2012 at 9:54 am
  
  Hi my name is Sarah, I’m twenty four and I just had my fourth kid this past Christmas. My oldest just turned five. They were all c sections. I have noticed that if I push too hard exercise wise and work my lower abdomen too hard even if the exercise isn’t necessarily geared toward that particular region then I get a serious pain like a cramping pain that I have to stop what I am doing until the pain goes away. I was told I could exercise now but is there anything I can do to help strengthen those muscles without hurting myself. My stomach is the only thing that I’m truly not happy with and for good reason consideringmy recent endeavors. Anything you could tell me would be helpful.

kalliope Gturk16
May 28, 2012 at 7:49 am

Hi Kareem,

You are mentioning if I’ve got digestive problem my body respond in opposite way to exercise until I do one simple exercise.
Could you tell what it is.

Thanks
Mark
- kalliope Dr. Kareem
  May 28, 2012 at 4:43 pm
  
  hey Mark,
  
  We’ll talk more about this in a future addition to this post, but Diaphragmatic Breathing should be the first 90 seconds of any workout if you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
  
  This will specifically bias your parasympathetic nervous system, allow you to regulate the intensity of stimulation to this system, and then switch over to sympathetic for your workout.
  
  more to come, but I hope this helps clarify a bit for you!
  
  speak soon,
  
  -k
  - kalliope Gturk16
    May 29, 2012 at 6:29 am
    
    Thanks,
    
    I’ll give it a try.

kalliope Pamwatson82
May 28, 2012 at 5:41 pm

My endocrine system and muscular system are out of whack

kalliope Pamwatson82
May 28, 2012 at 5:45 pm

I have plenty of energy but I have 3 bulging discs – 2 right below my waste that freeze up my S.I. joints and cause lower back pain. I ride my bike a lot and that seems to loosen up the soreness in my S.I. joints. I am overweight and wish to lose weight. Everything I try does not work. Where should I start?
- kalliope Dr. Kareem
  June 15, 2012 at 8:29 am
  
  Generally speaking, if this is the only ‘high priority’ health issue going on in your body, you’ll want to start with muscle balancing and restoring tissue length vs strength. I’d highly recommend you take a look at the link above – it could be game changing for you.
  
  Restoring hip flexor length, releasing your psoas, and alleviating the pressure on your hamstrings by your knee can all take a lot of pressure off of your low back. The goal is to get your ‘core back on’ and use your upper hamstrings and glutes, typically, when you’re dealing with this situation.
  
  Starting with easy exercises, building a tolerance, and monitoring your progress is HUGE. Be sure to take your time and work through this in order.
  
  Also, have you read: http://BackInjuryGuide.com yet?

kalliope Modvoice1
May 28, 2012 at 10:12 pm

I have type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol plus sleep apnea. Most of my extra weight is in my stomach and hip areas. Soooo, circulatory, respiratory and endocrine issues……
Where to begin?

kalliope MBR209
May 30, 2012 at 3:48 pm

Hi Dr. Kareem,
I have type 2 Diabetes that is very well controlled with an HcA1c of 5.7 down from 10.9 a family). I had spinal fusion surgery of L4-L5 S1 5 months ago in December. I ordered your program and just asked my surgeon on my follow up visit yesterday if I can do these excercises. My restriction now is no lifting over 25 lbs and no high impact aerobics. I will be seeing him in 3 months again. I am now able to ride my bike & have had over 24 weeks of physical therapy. I just need to know how I should start and could I do something like lifting knees high with arms over head instead of jumping jacks as an alternative? Thank you.
Marlene

kalliope Kathleen
July 13, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Hi Dr K
I do get swollen feet by the end of each day. I’m a psychologist, so I sit a lot. Is this a problem for my overall fitness and metabolism? Is there a particular exercise I could do inbetween patients that would be helpful?
Thank you so much. You rock!
Dr D

kalliope jaina
July 14, 2012 at 11:13 am

Hey doc!

well thing is im 19 years old and untill last year,i had a flat stomach,and i was what people used to call toothpick thin.and in the past 12 months,my waist has increased from 24 to 36.at first i thought it was because o body changes,but now it is very visible that i gained weight.and alot of belly fat aswel.
and nomatter what excerise i do or what diet plan i follow,the fat just doesnt go away..
please help me out….

kalliope Sarahminer88
July 14, 2012 at 7:10 pm

Hi my name is Sarah, I’m twenty four and I just had my fourth kid this past Christmas. My oldest just turned five. They were all c sections. I have noticed that if I push too hard exercise wise and work my lower abdomen too hard even if the exercise isn’t necessarily geared toward that particular region then I get a serious pain like a cramping pain that I have to stop what I am doing until the pain goes away. I was told I could exercise now but is there anything I can do to help strengthen those muscles without hurting myself. My stomach is the only thing that I’m truly not happy with and for good reason consideringmy recent endeavors. Anything you could tell me would be helpful.

kalliope M..
July 17, 2012 at 11:52 am

Hi,
Please call me M. I am 38 years old, weigh over 120kg and was diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes August 2011. How do I go about loosing weight and the horrendous stomach fat?

kalliope Anya Wayne
November 26, 2013 at 11:04 pm

PLEASE RESPOND TO MY POST. THIS HAS BEEN A BIG ONGOING QUESTION FOR ME.

First of all, thank you for writing this article. Having multiple health factors complicating weight loss is something I am working to get a handle on. In addition to medication, my doctor(s) has prescribed weight loss for the heath concerns I describe below, yet it seems that the health concerns themselves are blocking weight loss and making it harder to get in shape. I’m wondering what % a system must be healed before it will stop being
an impediment to weight loss

I have health concerns in four of the listed systems: Circulatory, Endocrine and Skeletal/Muscular. Into my early 30’s I was fit healthy and active. Now, due to a sequence of events I won’t go into here, I live with serious chronic pain from lumbar arthritis and sacral-facet joint problems. I am depressed, and on considerable medication for both that and the pain. My weight up by 50 lbs and goes up and down with my mood. My belly weight is sensitive to refined carbs. Even so, my blood sugar levels are good according to a recent lab test. Now my cholesterol has tested high but is coming down now that I’m on medication. How can I lose the weight if all these factors impede it?

kalliope arun mehra
February 14, 2014 at 2:13 am

MY WIFE IS CONSTANT LOOSING WEIGHT NOW WEIGHT IS 32 KG HEIGHT 5.9 FT CAN YOU SUGGEST SOME MEDICINE FOR MY WIFE SHE IS PHEASANT OF SERIOUS MIGERINE

MR MAIL I D arun.mehra24@gmail .com

kalliope GB
April 1, 2014 at 6:24 am

Q1- normal col(185) and mild H,P. on Medication of Stamlo Beta -1 tab per day.
2. No.
3. No
4. No
5. No
6. Feet swells and stay for some time. suffer from Achilles tendonitis.
7. Not Applicable( male)
8. not really. but had kidney stone couple of years back.
9. No
10. Recently suffered from lower back spasm. muscular pain.
11. NO.

kalliope GB
April 3, 2014 at 2:19 am

thank you very much and happy to note that you acknowledged my questions.
Gulab

kalliope MBG
August 30, 2014 at 3:07 pm

I have two stents, fat belly and arms are flabby. What is the best way to tone arms and belly. Waist line is none existent. Short with little flex ability.