Maintaining
Posted: Wed 29 March, 2006 Filed under: Getting Organised, Health 3 Comments »Over the last year or so, I’ve lost a fair amount of weight. (as I’ve blethered on about once or twice before)
Having not done so in a while, and having noticed a fair reduction in belly-size etc., I thought I’d weigh myself again. It’s not something I do on a regular basis, and I don’t obsess about weight-loss much (if at all) even though I know I’ve been doing well.
I was fairly surprised, though, to see that according to the scales I’m still dead-on the 20st mark. I’ve lost a fair amount of fat, but still weigh the same. Mind you, I do know that I’ve been putting on muscle tone instead, so it’s all swings and balances. But all the same, it’s pretty depressing to still weigh the same, despite large visible differences…
Do you have scales which measure body fat? Sometimes that’s as helpful because you get a good idea of how much actual fat you’ve exchanged for muscle and is just as encouraging. And at the end of the day, forget the weight, just check your belt notches!
Incidentally, while I didn’t comments on it last time, don’t focus on your BMI. But I’m sure you know that.
No, the scales don’t measure body fat. BMI’s one of the great lies of the 20th century, and while it’s interesting on occasion, it’s not something I’m going to pay overly much attention to.
But cheers for the ideas!