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Discovering Your Healthy Body

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

Jody - Weight Loss Coach

Weight Loss Coach

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.

Easy Way To Get Slim?

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

Jody - Weight Loss Coach

Weight Loss Coach

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

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

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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.

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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?

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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…

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Underactive Thyroid?

Could Your Weight Gain be Caused by an Underactive  Thyroid?

Jody - Weight Loss Coach

Weight Loss Coach

An underactive thyroid is a common problem among women who suffer from chronic weight gain and have difficulty burning off the unwanted pounds.

And the condition, known medically as hypothyroidism, can have a variety of different symptoms.

Some typical symptoms experienced by women with an underactive thyroid include:

  • Chronic fatigue
  • Constipation
  • Thinning hair
  • dry skin,
  • sore and aching  muscles
  • Difficulty maintaining concentration
  • Depression
  • Fertility issues
  • Brittle nails
  • Reduced heart rate…

The most common symptom of all, however is weight gain.

Since the thyroid gland is responsible for hormones that regulate the metabolism, an underactive thyroid can lead directly to a slow metabolism, prompting your body to store energy from food as body fat.

A slow metabolism, meanwhile, can make it almost impossible to burn off the added weight through diet and exercise.

Trying to overcome a chronically sluggish metabolism through diet and exercise alone is almost guaranteed to be a losing battle…

Unfortunately, many women who suffer from hypothyroidism are unaware of their condition and mistkenly assume that their weight gain comes from some other source.

Women experience continual frustration when their good-faith efforts at dieting produce little or nothing in the way of results…

Do you feel discouraged or convinced that your weight gain is “genetic.”

Fortunately, there are a number of good options for restoring thyroid function once an underactive thyroid has been diagnosed by a thyroid test.

If you believe you may have an underactive thyroid gland, your first step is to speak with your physician to arrange a thyroid test and go over options for thyroid treatment.

These may include supplemental hormones, which must be taken indefinitely in order to avoid deficiencies.

However, hormone replacement does come with some risks, including the risk of developing an overactive thyroid, whch can result in symptoms like elevated heart rate.

For women concerned about the side effects or cost of hormone therapy, restoring the normal healthy function of your thyroid may also be possible through a combination of a good diet and supplements.

Any decision you reach should be made in close consultation with your doctor, since the thyroid is not something you’d want to tackle on your own unless you happen to have a degree in endocrinology.

Once your thyroid hormones are back to normal, (normal thyroid) whether through hormone replacement or other means, your metabolism will correct itself, and you’ll fiind it much easier to lose weight.

Perhaps you’ll also enjoy significantly more energy, which can help you stick to a new exercise routine.

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