When I used to be a personal trainer at a health club, I’d ask clients to tell me what they wanted to do. Most people answer and say, I want to lose a lot of weight really fast.

I’d respond by offering to help them lose those pounds immediately as I approached them with a hand saw.They’d be surprised by my behavior and wonder what I was trying to do. I was showing them a better way to lose weight than six pack ab exercises.

I’d explain to them that the quickest way to lose 20 pounds or more is to cut off a leg.They’d finally realize that losing weight really isn’t the objective: the goal is to lose fat.

Sometimes I’d really get a thoughtful response to what I had asked.

That answer would go like this: “In the next four months I want to shed twenty pounds of body fat.Also, this loss of fat needs to be permanent and shouldn’t sacrifice my health.

The fat I’m carrying in my hips must be eliminated. I’m tired of my stomach protruding too: it needs to be flat.”

Besides wanting to be healthy in old age, these individuals would be able to specify their desired body fat percentage. You can usually get more information about body composition at a weight loss forum.

I was always impressed with people like this: they actually thought things through.Besides fat, the pounds you have include your skeleton, and everything inside of you. Tell me, does your weight matter if you were built sollid and firm with no flab at all?

The desired goal then is shedding fat rather than pounds. What I want you to do is to start measuring your body composition, rather than staying on the scale. You can get a trainer to measure you at your local fitness center or buy a skinfold caliper so that you can measure yourself or get a friend to help you.

Once you start checking your composition more than your weight, you’ll have a better idea of how well you are reaching your goals.

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