Guest guest Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Some people may find themselves at a good weight for their height (where friends, family and saboteurs say 'Oh you dont NEED to lose weight!') but are wanting to go from squishy to buff or just drop a couple of pant sizes. It all comes down to adjusting your bodyfat percentage. You can carry the same amount of scale weight but dramatically change your physique by changing the percentages of lean to fat. Here is a math example (note picture on bottom of 5lbs fat verses 5lbs muscle):http://www.geocities.com/jgrrl2/math.html So when the scale doesnt show a drop, be sure to have tape measured yourself, try to get a bodyfat skinfold pinch test(doityourself or by a gym)or even use a Tanita (or like) bodyfat scale (as long as its going down, you are on the right track even with a margin of error). As a few examples from the BFL site(BodyChangers.com seems to be down at the moment)here a few people who lost very little scale weight or even gained some, but dropped their bodyfat percentages to reshape their bodies: Actually gained weight, but dropped her bf %: http://tinyurl.com/2tsnzp Previously 'skinnyfat': http://tinyurl.com/3azw6o Only lost 4lbs scale weight but slashed her bf%: http://tinyurl.com/2nruvc So the above should give you a visual of what I mean - its not always about scale weight, its more about losing bodyfat :-) joni ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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