Well, not the scale, but other areas certainly are. I find that the one number many of us pay attention to is the scale. I'm guilty of it also. Every week I post on here whether I've lost or gained after I weigh-in. This week I gained, 1.8 pounds. While that is not a lot it is still a gain.
Why? You ask did I choose "It's going down" as the title? Well, although the numbers on the scale didn't go down, others did. I don't officially have the numbers but I can tell I've lost inches in my waist. The other day I put on a pair of pants and they were too big! They just fell to far off my hips. I had to wear a belt so that would stay up. I think that is a success. I really think the workout bootcamp is what has caused that to take place.
This is the last week of this session. Tomorrow we have our post-assessment and our final session is on Friday. I'll really know if I've lost some inches after the assessment. Another boot camp will be held in December and I think I'm going to do it again. I think it would be good to keep up this level of cardio through the holiday season.
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As an academic who is addicted to being healthy, I have to say I think you are on the right track here. I monitor my weight etc. all the time, but I think a far better indicator of level of fitness is percentage body fat. This use to be hard to do on your own, but now they have fancy (and cheap) scales that can do this relatively accurately. I find that at some moments when I am healthiest, my weight actually goes up, but body fat percentage is a much more reliable indicator. Weight can fluctuate so much with just fluid intake and I find staring at a scale can make one focus on those decimal places rather than being fit. The problem is that body fat percentage moves realllllyyyy slow, so one has to reorient perspective.
Good point Dave. Our BMI was documented at the beginning of the boot camp and I don't expect for it to have changed that much. Although I'm sure it has gone done over my entire weight loss.
I'm lookiing forward to seeing my measurements tomorrow. I'm positive that the number of sit-ups caused a decrease in my mid-section.
My brother has a 4-5% body fat (or something just as ridiculous) and has gained weight over time, but his measurements are low. I get obsessed with the scale too--it's easy to use--but the best indicator really is inches and BMI
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