Wed, Oct-23-13, 00:53
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Posts: 94
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Plan: Ketogenic diet
Stats: 221/207/170
BF:
Progress: 27%
Location: Massachusetts
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Weight is not necessarily the best barometer for your health. Listen to any podcast with Dr. Robert Lustig. He talks mostly about how sugar affects our metabolic health, but one of his key points is the ineffectiveness of the scale. In a nutshell, he says that the scale measures 4 things:
1) Muscle (more is better)
2) Bone (more is better)
3) Subcutaneous fat (more is better)
4) Visceral (abdominal) fat (less is better)
So, a scale won't necessarily tell you the true story of what is happening. Now, with all your working out, it sounds like you maintain your bone and muscle quite well. The problem is, you may be losing visceral fat, and gaining one of the other 3 good things, and that will reflect as no loss or even a gain on the scale. The best thing to do is use a measuring tape. Take measurements. The most important thing to reduce is your waist.
However, measure other things too. Does your fast walk become a jog? Does the amount of weight you are lifting increase? Are your clothes fitting looser? Do you have a generally improved self image? Those kinds of things are the true barometer of how successful you are being.
I do understand the use of the scale however. Piece of advice- no more than once per week. It is tempting to do it everyday, and it can be quite rewarding if you are seeing daily losses in the direction that you desire. However, if you begin to stall, or the pace of weight loss slows down, or heaven forbid you gain any weight, that could be detrimental to your motivation.
Good luck!
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