Can you lose weight eating anything you want? Yes, it is absolutely possible to lose weight and eat whatever you want.

Can you determine body fat percentage with a simple measuring device?

There are a variety of factors to take into consideration if you are worried about your health and looking to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

While sustaining a healthy weight is imperative, keeping track of the number on the scale will only give you a glimpse at your level of health.

Your body fat percentage, the number tells you what portion of your body weight is fat, is another important factor in determining health.

Knowing that information can help you to design and implement an effective fitness program and track the results better.

Testing for your body fat percentage will produce a number that tells you what percentage of your current body weight is fat versus muscle.

The higher the percentage of your overall weight that is fat, the greater your risk for chronic disease.

Excessive body fat can heighten your likelihood of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

Body fat percentage is important in gauging health since someone may possess a low/healthy body weight, but have an elevated percentage of body fat, increasing their risk of disease.

Measuring Body Fat- according to Northwestern Health Sciences University, there are multiple ways that body fat can be measured.

A common way of testing body fat utilizes skin calipers. With this method, several zones on the body are grasped with the calipers…

The tester notes how much flesh is caught by the calipers and then uses a formula or body fat calculator to determine your body fat percentage.

Another prevalent method is bioelectrical impedance, which uses a very low electrical current to determine the percentage of fat.

Hydrostatic weighing, another popular method, is more comprehensive than the pervious options and typically done at a hospital or university.

You are momentarily submerged in a shallow pool of water, from there your weight on solid ground is compared to your weight underwater to determine your body fat percentage.

You should not expect 100 percent accuracy from any of these methods.

Yet, they will give you a general concept of your current body fat percentage and allow you to track your progress as you progress through your fitness program.

Participating in fitness testing, tracking of your weight, knowing your body mass index (BMI), and scheduling regular medical checkups will help you to manage your health in a more complete manner.

Being aware your body fat percentage will aid you in determining if your weight loss efforts are proceeding properly.

Desired Levels – aiming for 20 to 21 percent body fat is deemed acceptable for women according to the National Institutes of Health.

A woman is considered obese when her body fat percentage reaches 30 percent or higher.

The University of California claims that while 20 percent is acceptable, healthy body fat readings can be as low as 10 percent, which is considered an “athletic” level.

However, anything below 10 percent is regarded as underweight and unhealthy.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn individuals take several issues into consideration when determining health.

Excess weight around your midsection increases your risk for health problems more than additional weight around other portions of the body.

If you are female, your waist circumference should be no greater than 35 inches (unless you are pregnant).

Finally, being physically inactive and poor eating habits will damage your health.

Have you been struggling with your weight this year?

You’re doing a lot of exercises yet you still haven’t been losing weight?

Maybe you’ve added belly fat, some extra  pounds/kgs!

Well, at least you’ve come to understand its all about consciously making decisions in your life…

Choices that revolve around making healthy decisions.

This week your healthy diet challenge is focused around developing strategies to cope with emotional eating.

Maybe it’s a forbidden topic? Do you feel this problem is an issue that you’ve dealt with at one time or another?

Well, I know I’ve had my fair share of struggling with emotional eating. Why?

Because life is full of surprises mixed in with boredom, stress and anxiety.

Allow me to explain…

I’d like to take this opportunity to share strategies and more importantly to ask you how you’re able to handle these issues or problems?

Are your eating habits holding you back and making you feel angry?

After a while it becomes second nature to sabotage your appetite in an unhealthy fashion.

Let’s talk about how to answer these questions with basic guidelines/rules that have helped in the past:

• Eat when you start to feel a little bit hungry…
• Don’t wait until you are starving because when you’re famished you run the risk of overeating and eating too quickly.
• Take your time eating, eat slow, thoroughly chew and enjoy your food
• Eat small portions…

Your biggest challenge will most likely be about portion size and control…

What if you’re unsure about what “food portion size” means for you?

Don’t worry, we’ll be spending time on this and going over it in more detail.

The strategy is simple…you want to finish eating feeling light and satisfied.

If you feel heavy, too full or tired you have most likely eaten too much.

If you give your body too much food, it will start to store it as extra weight.

First and formeost, learn to listen to your body.

So called diet experts tell you this and that…their diet book has the answer, but what helps you is getting back in tune with what your body is telling you.

Are you listening?

Are you paying attention to the signals?

Are you aware of the little call from your brain every 2-3 hours that you need to eat something because you’re a little bit hungry?

Really, that’s how simple it really is to get back in control…

If you’re not paying attention, you’ll miss it, so it’s important to develop this basic body awareness.

Truly, I believe your body is more than capable of telling you when and how much you want to be eating, the trick is learning to listen.

As you begin to pick-up on your body signals, you get more intune with those distractions…

Yes, in other ways that avoid you feeling like dealing with your feelings by turning to food.

Now, you may have tried all sorts of diets in the past…

Some of the most common distractions include watching t.v, reading your favourite glossy magazine or even going out shopping.

All of these distractions work of course, and I’ve done them a million times to distract myself from emotional eating.

We all go through daily ups and downs, we have our own personal stories full of life’s various hurts and disappointments.

Unfortunately some of which still may continue to haunt you.

Remember those profoundly negative experiences and dramatic changes?

Overall, all these experiences cahnge your attitude and direction in life.

The question is how you deal with or handle it all for positive and enriching life, instead of moving from one empty distraction to another…

What if you focused on building, creating and learning.

The greatest joy of learning is having an open mind to what areas you feel passionate about in your own life.

Once your focus is on developing yourself, you can make much better decisions in every area of your life…including your diet.

This leads to the importance of treating yourself with respect.

What if your best friend was upset that they were having a tough time dealing with emotional eating?

Honestly would you beat them up even more with harsh words and a judgmental attitude?

You’d be caring, supportive and kind, yet how many times have you stood in front of the mirror berating yourself angrily for slipping on your diet?

You want to learn to treat yourself as if you were your own best friends!

That means caring and nurturing your soul with loving kindness.

Nothing is gained when you add your own insults and self criticisms…often playing like a broken record in your head.

This is a difficult habit to break…perhaps the most important lesson of all.

Please will you treat yourself well and affirm the positives? If you slip, then get back on track and resolve to be stronger the next time.

Refocus on your goals and continue to move forward.

You may repeat this process a hundred times and each time you get back up on your feet you’ll be a little bit stronger.

Eventually new healthier habits will form and you’ll reach a breakthrough ready for new diet and exercise challenges 🙂

Talk with you soon…Jody

What if You Can Lose 30lbs in the Next 6 Weeks?

“If you’re failing to plan…you’re planning to fail.”

Ben Franklin, “healthy, wealthy & wise” guy said  it best!

So, what’s behind the “big secret” that let’s you drop 30+ pounds in six weeks for the “beach body” you want?

The beautiful look and feel you’re after in no time flat!

If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you want to keep it simple, so basically you need a plan, right?

Why? Because a weight loss plan makes your fat loss easy and almost automatic. Allow me to explain…

Health fitness is the part where you have to come up with a diet plan and unfortunately that’s tough for most women.

Now, the good news is with your permission, I’ll guide you step by step…

By handing you the secret to this plan right here on a silver platter.

FREE? Well, maybe there’s a catch…after all there’s always one, right?

Keep reading to find out why this time the experts are wrong?

Truth is, I gave away way more information than I was planning on, and I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to keep it available, so check it out right now.

Don’t wait on this…if you get a solid, proven weight loss success plan…”done for you” now, there’s still time to be lean and confident on this summer.

And this limited-time free presentation gives you everything you need to know to take the stress and “friction” out of losing weight and ugly belly fat.

The free offer is at the bottom of this page…but its not what you think, it’s way better. Why? Because I will help you to be successful.

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably had problems keeping the weight off lately…or from piling on the pounds as you’ve struggled to .

Could be your excess ‘baggage’ is all over, or maybe just in certain areas like your belly or maybe your hips or thighs, (problem areas we women…hate)!

And like anything else you’ve been struggling with time and time again, you suspect there is something out there helping, you just don’t know about yet?

After all, you already know diets just don’t work. Period!

Don’t you just want to scream!

All those meaningless hours of doing “mindless” cardio and bouncing all day doing treadmill exercises is way too boring and takes too much time, right?

And in the past, any weight you do lose ends up right back on your body as you’re forced to stop the “crazy” dieting nightmare and exercise programs!

Am I right?

Well, I know your pains and really do understand why you’re going to be happy to hear more about this unique story I just finished reading…

The facts are, a formerly overweight Iowa couple lost over 102 pounds of fat in just a few months…

By stumbling on this one little (some would say weird) trick that burns fat for 3 full days from just 15 minutes.

Sorry, that’s exactly what I thought too, it does sound amazing.

Imagine their shocking before and after pics, yet the important facts from this unusual story you’ll want to know about first:

1. They did it by enjoying delicious foods several times a day, every day, never hungry a minute…

2. They didn’t do one frightening minute of ‘cardio’ exercise, yet still lowered their resting heart rate, while enjoying near-boundless energy of youthful teenager…

3. In addition to their amazing weight loss, she lost nearly 10 inches of ugly belly fat and dropped 8 dress sizes, going from a 12 to a 4…

4. They did this all while doing almost the exact opposite of what most fitness training or fitness plan “experts” have been flogging us for years…

It’s a shame I don’t have their permission to re-post the actual full story here, but you’re probably already wondering about all the other details…

Please will you just stop worrying because you’re going to discover the truth about everything you need to know (including the inspiring before and after pics)…

I’m closely helping them get healthier, and they’re generously agreed to show you seven of the biggest mistakes you’ve probably making to lose weight…

Weight loss is a tricky game for many women, yet the little details of their fascinating, life-changing experience makes a big difference to better results.

Enjoy, you’ll thank me later because we’re here, all helping one another like a big family and community together dedicated to your continued success.

PS: Sorry, I may have to take this down anytime, so please take a closer look right now!