Losing Weight Vs Losing Fat
If you think that getting the body you’ve always wanted is all about losing weight, think again.
Too many diet programs focus on weight loss. But weight includes a lot of other things apart from the loss of dangerous fat. When we step on the scales, they aren’t telling us how much body fat we have. The scales give us the combined weight of fat, muscle, bone, water, tissue, organs, haor, skin, clothing, and whether you might want to visit the toilet…
We have no way of knowing when we step onto scales if we have melted into our fat stores, or wasted our muscles away, or managed to retain water, or all of the above. If you just simply want to lose weight as fast as possible, then saw off a limb, or two. You’ll weigh a lot less.
But you get my point, it’s the fat we need to lose to be healthy. So just what is an accurate measurement of fat loss. Well probably the pinch test with calipers. The bigger a pinch you get the more body fat you are carrying. Measuring is also a very good indicator. You can buy calipers to use at home, but you’ll need a good fat burning eating plan and workout program to go with them.
Weight is really not the key issue with fat loss. Think about these points:
- If your body had almost no fat, and was hard, lean , muscles, would it really matter how much the scales said you weighed?
- If you could wear anything you wanted and look fabulous because your body was made up of firm, lean muscle, would you care how the scales said you weighed?
- If you could go to the beach wearing next to nothing and know your body was at it best, would it matter what the scales said you weighed?
- If you were proud knowing everyone in the room was looking at you because you looked lean, trim and healthy, would you be worrying over how heavy the scales said you were?
- If your stomach was flat, firm, and you had as much defined six pack as you chose, would you really think about the weight your scales said you were?
The point I’m trying to make is that, if you want your body to be the best it can be, if you want to be vibrantly healthy, if you want to turn heads because you have a killer six pack, or perfectly flat stomach, then focus on getting rid of the fat as fast as possible today!
