Scales stay the same? Try this…
I’m not going to apologise if it feels like I’m saying the same thing again today…
Because I’m still speaking to soooo many people
Who still get bogged down in the scales not moving.
In fact, the focus on the scales in SOME cases actually is the reason you stop doing the things you know you need to do to get the scales to move.
Now, before I go over this brand new 2021 study…
I’m going to point out that the
UK Chief Medical Officers Report emphasises the importance of building strength (doing strength based exercise at least twice a week) to help:
1 – Prevent falls – linked to bone density and lack of muscle mass, particularly if you are over 50
2 – Reduce your risk of Type 2 Diabetes by 40%
3- Reduce your risk of heart disease by 30%
4 – Reduce your risk of depression by 30%
Now, of course, any exercise is better than none…
Walking, parking your car further away, taking the stairs instead of the lift etc.
^^^ These are all very beneficial and the key is building up from this and getting 1% better each day
But
There seems to be something very protective about muscle strengthening exercise
When it comes to ageing well, quality of life and even disease..
Now, unfortunately, no one will ever ask the Awesome ladies on our Programme how their risk of diabetes is going
Or how their bone density is
Or how much muscle they have
I could go on..
The question we ask?
“How much weight have you lost?”
Which I get.
Body weight is a useful tool. It’s A useful tool, not THE tool.
So what’s this new study?
Well. They looked at 16000 people
Following them for 14 years
And found that
✅ high compares to low muscle was linked to a 30% reduced risk of death
✅ high compared to normal body fat was linked to a 50% higher risk of death
What does this tell us?
Well, your muscle to fat ratio is important..
The scales cannot always tell you that
Neither can BMI…
And measuring your body fat and muscle can be very inaccurate …
But I can guarantee
You can feel your body shape change when you’ve go your food dialled in
You’re in control 🔥
And you’re doing exercise which is going to help your strength, muscle or “tone” 💪💪
You’ll know about it.
But the difference?
If the scales go up and down and up and down?
You have to :
- consider what you’re doing: are you truly doing enough ?
- Consider that weight can fluctuate 4lbs daily – water, carbs, salt, I could go on.
That’s it for now
Matt “screw the scales” Fruci
