These days, it seems we\u2019re all obsessed with our weight.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re slaves to the scales. Every home has them. Half my clients start each day on them in case they\u2019ve gained a gramme or two overnight. The newsagents are full of magazines debating the weight gains (boo) or losses (hurray) of any celeb unwise enough to be photographed in a bikini.<\/p>\n
Even our Doctors still use weight and height to calculate our health, via our Body Mass index.<\/p>\n
Shame to hang so much of our sense of self-worth on something that gives such a skewed view.<\/p>\n
The trainers at TenPilates are in pretty good shape. They\u2019re trim, fit and healthy. But on a pure BMI calculation, most of them would be considered obese.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all down to the combination of body fat to muscle and skeletal mass.<\/p>\n
Take 2 women of equal size and body shape. The first one doesn\u2019t exercise or eat healthily, drinks and smokes. The second does all the right things in terms of exercise and diet. The first woman weighs 55kg, of which 35% is body fat. The second woman weighs 65kg, but only 20% of that is body fat.<\/p>\n
See where I\u2019m going with this?<\/strong><\/p>\n Take our lead from the scales, and the second woman would worry about being 10kg heavier. But the reality is it\u2019s the first woman who\u2019s in trouble. She\u2019s clinically obese, with all the long-term health risks that represents.<\/p>\n If you want my advice, ditch the scales. For a better idea of the shape you\u2019re in \u2013 and the clue is in the word \u2018shape\u2019 \u2013 get a tailor\u2019s tape measure instead, and measure the circumference of these 7 sites of your body:<\/p>\n Remember to measure the same area (it should be about the middle) of the site every time. It will instantly show you how and where your exercise and diet program is changing the shape of your body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These days, it seems we\u2019re all obsessed with our weight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,97],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-2070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-fitness","tag-fitness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n