Take
body fat measurements if you can.
Not exact matches
So get your ratios down with
measurements, get a good Tanita scale
if you're gonna use it, look more at the
body water content as well as
body fat content, and just try to exercises that are gonna focus on putting on muscle once you get out of that restorative phase, right?
Take
body measurements as muscle weighs more than
fat (well not really but muscles is denser than
fat so 1 lb of lean muscle will take up a lot smaller room on your
body than 1 lb of
fat) so
if you are gaining muscle and losing
fat there might not be as much change on the scales and this could lead to you getting de motivated.
Check your weight, take
body measurements and
body fat percentages —
if possible.
If you used your yellow measuring tape and your white
body fat caliper for your first
measurement, use these same ones for your next set of
measurements 2 weeks down the road.
Once you have a specific weight you want to lose in mind it is easy to be able to measure it, you can weigh yourself, or I would prefer you take
body measurements, I e chest, waist, hip, or
if you are going to the gym you can ask for one of the trainers to take your
body fat percentage.
So using this logic,
if you lost 1 lb of
fat and put on 1 lb of muscle you will look different, your
body shape will change, your
measurements will change.
If you lot 1 lb of
fat but gained 1 lb of muscle you will see no difference on the scales but you will see a difference in your
body measurements and
fat %.
You may want to start getting ready for wearing a bikini, work on increasing muscle tone or flattening your stomach, lose the mufifn top etc —
if you need to lose
fat or maybe you want to drop a few lbs, be specific with the amount put a number to the lbs you want to lose and take your
body measurements so you can see your progress as weighing yourself doesn't always show your result, especially
if you are gaining muscle and toning up.
The girth
measurements are easier to do with the Myotape but there's no way you can measure your
body fat on your own (
if you find a way to do that, let me know... lol).
In other words, even
if the number on it is not truly reprsentative of your actual
body fat percentage, use the number as your baseline which means that
if the
measurements go up or down, take the difference between your baseline and the new number.
If you'd like to see the pre - and post -
body fat measurement for this experiment, click the images below.
I'm not sure what my
body fat is but my waist
measurement is 29
if that helps.
If you weigh yourself the measurement only tells yopu your weight it doesn't tell you if you are overweight underweight or what your body fat percentage is; all it tells you is your weight and it is up to you to figure out any of these other things by adding information from other source
If you weigh yourself the
measurement only tells yopu your weight it doesn't tell you
if you are overweight underweight or what your body fat percentage is; all it tells you is your weight and it is up to you to figure out any of these other things by adding information from other source
if you are overweight underweight or what your
body fat percentage is; all it tells you is your weight and it is up to you to figure out any of these other things by adding information from other sources.