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Body Composition and Weight

This blog post will mostly center on my weight loss of my fitness journey. For the last several months I have been fighting to get out of the 170s. I keep bouncing between the same couple pounds over and over. And let me tell you: it fucking sucks! I truly try not to put a lot of emphasis on what the scale says but coming from someone who has been overweight/obese most of her life it really is a hard trait to break. 

One thing that I have learn to help take my mind off what the number on the scale says is by taking photos through out my progress. I did this back when I had dropped from 242 lbs to 148ish lbs. It really helps keep your head in the game. So recently I took some random photos of me and realized that I had take some of me in the same clothing a couple months back. I decided to do a side by side comparison of the two photos. 

Here they are: 



The ones on the right are from mid March and the right just this past Friday. Here's the thing with these two photos. There isn't a difference in weight except maybe a pound. But as you can see there has been a change in my body composition. This is why I'm putting more emphasis on my weight lifting than just cardio, for myself.  

And let's not even get started on the whole BMI chart. That thing should be thrown into the trash. It goes based on weight and height alone which is pure bull shit. Now I'm not saying that I'm not overweight by any means as I do have extra fat that I'm carrying. Forme this is why the BMI chart is crap; a pound of fat and a pound of muscle are going to weigh the same but they do not take up the same amount of space. If you truly want to get a good idea of your body I highly encourage using a system that determines your fat %. I have used the bod pod in the past and currently trying to figure out how to use the one here on Hickam. 

I guess my main point of this whole blog is to not let the scale bring you down, look at your progress in other ways; running faster/longer, being able to lift heavier, taking your measurements, taking photos and doing a comparison. I'm probably the worst person to say put the scale away since I have a horrible addiction to it, but I think ultimately it will help. 

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