Bathroom scales are not usually the best way to measure your progress on a weight loss programme as they don't take into account your body's composition. This is what your body is made up of, how much fat you have relative to lean tissue. By figuring out your body fat percentage you can get a better look at how your body is composed and how "healthy" you are.
Many slimming clubs only measure weight..
Depending on your age, sex and how active you are, the level of your body fat percentage will vary. Its a measurement of the amount of your total body mass that fat, as opposed to lean body mass (muscle, bones, organs, tissues, blood, and anything else). So, for example, if you weigh 200 pounds and you have 30% body fat, this means that your body contains 60 pounds of fat and 140 pounds of lean body mass.
A measurement of ones body fat percentage is a more accurate guage of your excess body weight than your BMI( body mass index), as BMI does not take into account ones body frame size, nor does it account for the amount of muscle mass a person has. However, body fat percentage is not as popular as BMI's because the skills and technology needed to measure body fat percentage are not readily available.
Our Body Composition Test includes body fat%, visceral fat %, muscle mass, basal metabolic rate, hydration, physique rating, bone mass also includes a metabolic age test which compares your actual age with your Basal Metabolic Age. If your metabolic age is higher than your actual age, it is an indication that you need to improve your metabolic rate. Increased exercise will build healthy muscle tissue, thats work with weights not only cardio work, togther with feeding your muscles with the right amount of protein so that they function as fat furnaces. And avoiding skipping meals which has the effect of slowing your metabolism down. All these actions will improve your metabolic age.
Measuring changes in body fat percentage, rather than just measuring changes in weight, can be very motivational when you're dieting.
Whats up and whats down?
If you are looking to lose weight and change your shape then you are looking for bodyfat%, visceral fat, metabolic age to fall and weight of course. And for your BMR and % body water and muscle mass to improve. If one week weight your remains static due to lean muscle gain, then you will still be able to review your progress with this additional data.
If you would like a Free Body Compostion Test and Wellness Evalaution and recommendations on a Herbalife Programme please contact us on 01327 700051 and 07969 209890.
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