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Taking your body measurements is the best way to keep track of your changing shape as you lose fat and get fit. Finally measure each thigh around the largest portion. But its super easy to just read the instructions and use the diagram ive provided too. Move on to your hips measuring around the largest part of the butt with the heels of your feet together. The scale can also serve as a good trend tracker and ill cover that below it was a key tool for me in losing 22 pounds over 6 months while building muscle. If you are losing inches then most likely you are also losing fat.

Body measurements are a great way to track your weight loss as long as youre doing it right. But others feel that body fat percentage is really the way to go. Measure your waist approximately 1 inch above the bellybutton. Record each of these measurements. Measuring various body parts like our hips waists legs and arms is a common way to track progress toward a health goal and for good reason. The scale can lie.

Skinfold calipers measure the thickness of your subcutaneous fat the fat underneath the skin at certain body locations. Finally heres how to take body measurements for weight loss. Put the plastic cylinder at the end of the tape in its notch. The scale can lie. Measurements are taken at either 3 or 7 different sites on the body. If you are diligent with your measurements you will realize that alcoholic drinks sabotage your weight loss goals.

An example is alcohol. Additionally your daily body measurements help you identify the pattern of your weight loss or weight gain such that you have a mental picture of feeding and sleeping habits to stay clear of. How to take body measurements for weight loss. How to measure your waist for weight loss take your myotape stretch it out and wrap it around your body at your waist line. Once you are done with your measurements you are ready to calculate your body fat percent. Here are the formula and equations to calculate lean body mass and body fat.

For consistency youll position the tape measure over your belly button every time you take a waist measurement. At the end of saints journey to the ab promise land his weight went up while his body fat percentage went down. Lean body mass men weight x 1082 9442 waist x 415. The bmi numbers are way too general to be really useful says tammy callahan marketing manager of life measurement inc which. Thats what i did. If you prefer watching you can check out this great video i found on youtube.