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Calculate Your Body Fat Index
by Robert Locke
Weight
Monitor your weight and body fat percentage. For men there is a gradual decline in testosterone levels which slowly reduces the amount of lean muscle weight. This decreases the metabolism and the body requires less energy to maintain weight, with eating habits strongly established it contributes a positive energy balance forcing the body to store excess energy in fat cells. There must be a gradual dietary adaptation to allow the body to adjust to fat burning OR weight loss will slow or stop. How can I decrease my body fat if Im the correct weight and BMI for my height and age? Reducing your body fat while staying at the same weight means you will have to build more muscle. That means less cardio and more weight training . I just read that your attitude is everything, a study of housekeepers who were told that they were doing enough activity to lose weight, did actually lose weight.
Health
So, what is a healthy body fat. The minimum amount of essential fat in women is between 10-13% while for men it is much lower at between 2-5% An acceptable figure for men would be between 18-25% while for women it can range from 25-31%. Anything above that is bordering on fat or obese. There are fast and accurate body scales on the market for monitoring weight loss and maintaining health ,using the BIA method I described above .If all doctors had this machine in their offices, we might start getting some more meaningful data on the 'weight' issue .
Author: Robert William Locke . colbor@yahoo.com Specialising in Health and Fitness. Get your fat index down at:-http://tinyurl.com/3529q5
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