Just Give Me the Fat Facts

I continue to have conversations regarding body fat and how to determine it and how to determine what a healthy body weight is for each individual person. I received an article from ACE that is very informative and you may read it by clicking here. My adult fitness client Jill sent me this link and I found it very interesting as well. You may read it by clicking here. I think that sometimes you do have to just do the work. Eat well with a watchful eye on portions and types of food you are eating. Exercise so that you are burning up any additional calories that you might have consumed. A great way to log your exercise and food intake is by signing up with Calorie King. They have a wonderful database for all foods and their nutritional and calorie counts are listed as well and you can add in your exercise for the day to find out an estimate of how many calories you are burning. You may check out their website by going to CalorieKing.com. Other websites that you might find interesting are the My Pyramid which is sponsored by the USDA. This website has a ton of information and is free to use. You may find their information by clicking here.

One of the phrases that they said repeatedly during the nutritional seminar I attended at the Cooper Institute was "Calories in calories out!" The Cooper Institute also has a great website called Stand Up and Eat. You may find their information by going to standupandeat.org.

Finally, I wanted to add something that my sweet husband said the other day. My adult fitness client Jill was feeling disappointed that the scale had not moved but she continued to lose inches. My husband overheard the conversation that Jill and I were having. He told me later that all Jill really needed to do was "Throw out the scale and just look in the mirror!" Jill has lost well over 20 pounds and looks great. I think my husband was right on target with this observation. I think we get caught up in the numbers game with the body fat measurements and the read out on the scale. Sometimes all we really need to do is LOOK IN THE MIRROR! I have found that the mirror can be really honest.

Show up and make it count!