Hello, fellow gym-lovers!
I hope your fitting programs are going well and that you're right on track with the desired results. It is a great pleasure to find out that there are results from what you have been doing and working on so hard. It is also a huge disappointment, though, when you get on the scales and realize that all those workouts have been to waste since you have barely lost a kilo. Let me tell you a secret - scales are not the best measurement of your results.
If you are just on a diet, and you don't have the time or simply refuse to workout, the scales might give you an accurate idea of how much you've lost. However, when you train, not only do you lose fat, but you also gain muscle mass. This is why the scales could be a very misleading tool and a false reflection of your true achievements.
You can certainly feel it, when your pants are much easier to put on and when that dress looks so much better on a Friday night. If you'd like to truly assess your results, though, take measurements of different parts on your body. Chest, waist, arms, thighs - keep record of all the areas that you've been aiming at and you will definitely feel the results. If not - you will know that you have to work harder and try different techniques. Cheers:)
This makes sense, since muscles have a much greater density than fats.
ReplyDeleteA very good tool you can get for pennies is the clipper. It measures your skin folds and using some wide available equations you can get your body fat percentage. I think this is the most important indicator of how you look (along with actual muscle mass). For example you can stay at 80 kilos but you would look way better and 10% body fat than at 20% - this is 8 kilos of fat replaced by 8 kilos of muscle. Just go to the store and see what 8 kilos of meat looks like - it is A LOT!
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly the reason why I don't like and don't use scales.
ReplyDeleteVery good point! :)