Both men and women tend to store extra fat in different parts of the body – around the organs (visceral fat), under the abdominal muscles, also in the muscles which is intramuscular fat, and most importantly, fat that gets stored right under the skin (subcutaneous fat). Out of all these, subcutaneous fat is considered to be stubborn fat because it is extremely hard to get rid of such fat. Lipolysis (fat breakdown) and lipid oxidation (burning of fat) takes place at a much slower rate when it comes to stubborn fat. To put it simply, stubborn fat is usually accumulation of fat in layers under the skin. Everyone has certain fat pockets in their body which are hard to get rid of. Most of the stubborn fat is around the belly, upper arms and thigh area. Some people often have stubborn fat around the chin too which makes it difficult for them to lose their double chin even when they have got rid of all the fat from the rest of their body. We know how frustrating it is when you have lost so many kilograms but those five pounds of stubborn fat doesn’t come off at all. Sometimes stubborn fat hangs in the lower belly and it is famously known as “love handles.” It is quite a task to get rid of abdominal fat and one reason behind this is that it can bounce back faster than you think. You would be surprised to know that the hormone “insulin” which is so essential to regulate sugar and glucose in the body, also acts as the “fat-storing” hor...