Scales are for fish, not weight loss.

Contrary to common belief, your weight is not really the
indicator of a weight problem – the actual percentage of body
fat is the true indicator. You need to know what percent of you
is actually FAT. How are you going to monitor your weight loss
if you do not know what percent of your body is fat, before you
begin your program?

Let me give you an example on measuring body fat, this is
important in understanding weight loss, or should I say FAT
LOSS. This is actually what we are trying to lose, right? FAT!

Lets say someone weighs 200 pounds and when we measure their
body fat we find out there body fat is 40%

This means that 40% of the members body is made of fat (80 lbs).
The other 120 lbs is muscle, bones, organs, water, etc.
(everything but fat).

Now any true weight loss program should include some form of
strength training customized to their personal abilities
(Another reason you need someone who truly understands the whole
body and how it works). Because if you can gain some of that
muscle mass that we lose with age, our bodies will burn more
calories and therefore burn more FAT!

Now it’s a few weeks into the program and this person steps on
the scale and they now weigh 198 lbs. They are a little
disappointed because they thought they were doing better. Their
clothes fit better, they have more energy, and they are feeling
better.

But they are still depressed because they only lost a lousy 2
pounds! Right? Are we sure???

We now check their body fat and it is now 36% not 40%. Let’s do
a little math.

200 lbs at 40% body fat means that 40% of them is fat, which
equals 80 lbs of FAT, and 120 lbs are muscles and everything
else (called the lean body mass).

198 lbs at 36% body fat means that 36% of them is fat which
equals 71 lbs of FAT, and 125 lbs of lean body mass.

This person actually lost 9 pounds of FAT (the stuff we are
trying to lose) and gained 5 pounds of lean body mass (mostly
muscle mass, which is a good thing because this will allow their
body to burn more calories!)

You need to measure and focus on PERCENT OF BODY FAT, AND NOT
WEIGHT!

But don’t worry, when your body fat goes down, as your body fat
decreases so will the numbers on the scale!

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