How To Track Weight Loss Progress

How to Track Weight Loss Progress

Use a scale. Do you think that ? It certainly helps in some ways, but not completely. There are other means to help you decide whether your weight loss will happen forever.

Body composition

Your body weight is made up of many factors, including bone weight, muscle weight, fat, water weight, and so on. A decrease in the number displayed on the scale will not tell you where you lost it from. Losing weight should be done mainly by reducing the amount of fat in your body.

Weight Loss / Gain Myths

Just losing weight doesn't necessarily mean getting slim. Similarly, gaining weight doesn't necessarily mean you've added lean muscle mass. I remember last winter when I gave myself a massage, I ate everything to get heavy. In the end I had a big upper body, but my stomach got bigger too and one day my trainer said "kya baat hai sir breast to badi ho rahi hai par pet aur bada ho raha hai". That was humiliating

How to Track Weight Loss Progress

There are a few simple accessories that can help you get a rough idea of ​​what the lean muscle to fat ratio is in your body, and I use these methods myself. I've found the results convincing so far, I hope so will help you too.

scale

Try to have one in your home. Weigh yourself in the morning on an empty stomach with minimal clothing so you can gauge your weight accurately.

Also try to stick to the same scale as different scales may have slight differences due to different calibration.

Inch tape

However, one of the most available and important tools to keep track of progress is sometimes ignored. Try to measure your body parts regularly. They know best where to lose fat.

For example, if you need to lose your tummy but your thighs instead, then the exercise plan you are following may not be for you and it is time you changed it.

Skinfold calipers

This is an instrument that is readily available and cheap. While it won't give you a very accurate measurement, it does give you a rough idea of ​​how much body fat you have and how much you have lost / gained.

Pull the fat off your muscles, pinch them together with the vernier caliper, take the measurements, and refer to the table below to find out your body fat percentage

You may want to consider some areas of your body for doing this, such as the abdomen and thighs. Women who have upper body fat may also consider arms. Once you have the values ​​you can take an average of the values ​​to get an idea of ​​what your total body fat percentage is.

Take pictures regularly

One of the very simple and effective methods: take a picture of yourself in good lighting against a simple background and with minimal clothing, look at three angles, front, back and side, and compare them with those taken last time. It actually helps to see if you look better than you did last time. I myself follow this regularly.

Be consistent

If you follow these things consistently, you can gauge how you have progressed so far. If your progress has slowed down over time (which indicates a plateau), are you actually getting toned by shedding flaccid body parts instead of losing it from somewhere? You don't have a lot of fat. All of these things will help you change your training plans if necessary and a lot more

Don't worry if, despite your hard work and sacrifice, your Libra doesn't drop much heavier than fat. If your workouts and diet make you look and feel better, it means all of your hard work and sacrifices are worth it. 🙂

Stay strong!