Is losing body fat more important than losing weight?
Yes. Obesity is equivalent to having too much body fat. Weight alone does not determine obesity. Muscle tissue weighs much more than fat. Because of this, when you add muscle and lose fat, you shrink at the same weight. Some of our clients have lost dress sizes while gaining weight! On the other hand, a very thin person with high body fat, while not obese on the BMI scale, may be tremendously unhealthy and in need of gaining muscleand weightin order to become healthy. How can I measure my body fat? Two easy and inexpensive methods are the weight-to-waist ratio and the body fat caliper (see Body Fat Tester), with the latter being more accurate. The most accurate methods all require supervision and equipmentsuch as being weighed in waterand are quite expensive. For everyday purposes, the cheap and easy methods are effective. Use the body fat calculator to estimate your body fat based on some simple measurements, which you should try to make under the same conditions each time. This will
