Getting the focus off the Scale

Today I want to share a very crucial secret that everyone in this health and fitness lifestyle should already know or ought to know. The scale is one of the most misleading progress monitors. That's right, misleading! It took me a while to wrap my mind around this because for years I had been using the number on the scale as the only measure. I often got frustrated thinking I wasn't making progress when in actual fact I was.The reason why it's misleading is because the scale measures everything as opposed to measuring body composition. This can lead to overstating or understating results. For instance in one day your overall body weight can fluctuate due to what you eat or drink from 0.5- 1.5 kg. In terms of body composition, the scale doesn't tell you how much of that weight is fat and how much is muscle. Two people with the same weight of  70 kg can have a totally different composition and physical appearance. The one with more fat than muscle will be wider and more flabby while the one with more muscle than fat will be leaner and more toned thus having a better physical appearance. Your goal ought to be body composition. Aim for more muscle than fat in your body. For the ladies, forget the myth that muscle is manly and ugly on a woman. Muscle on women is perfectly normal, healthy and beautiful. If you don't believe it, look at all the lean women around that don't have their fat jiggling . I'm not saying aim to look like a body builder but tone out your body and get leaner.Fat is a silent killer and will have you suffering from all sorts of disorders that are avoidable, get rid of it starting now! If you ask me, death is not beautiful so I say yes to changing body composition for better.

Now for the tip part. What I use to measure progress that I have found to be more effective is measuring inches. This will directly tell you whether you are losing inches. In addition, take progress pictures. This shows clearly how your body is leaning out. Lastly the very obvious one is using the fit of your clothes as your clothes get looser or tighter you will see clearly where you are heading. I prefer to give tips that are less expensive because I want everyone to be able to benefit but for those who can afford it, measuring exact fat and muscle composition can be done at a nutritionist's clinic.

Side bar: Today I did Insanity Asylum Speed and Agility and followed it with Yoga with Sworkit mobile App.I loved treating my body to Yoga! Felt so good!

I hope that has sunk in now and can encourage you to keep pushing! Have a lovely weekend folks!