How to Calculate Body Fat Loss

If you are trying to lose both weight and fat, then you know how important it is to monitor both your weight loss and your fat loss. Modern scales measure weight loss easily, but most people do not know how to accurately calculate fat loss. Luckily, there are methods and tools for calculating fat loss that can help you to know if you are burning fat as well as calories.

Things You'll Need

• Fitness calipers BMI scale Measuring tape

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Instructions

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  Try measuring yourself routinely. Using a measuring tape, take regular measurements of your waist, hips, legs, arms and buttocks. Keep a chart to track the measurements at least three times per week. If you are working out regularly, doing both cardiovascular and weight bearing exercises, then you will start to see a decrease in your measurements. This decrease is a measurable fat loss that is happening in your body. This can be an easy and affordable way to calculate fat loss.

• 2

  Use fitness calipers to measure BMI, or Body Mass Index. BMI calculation using calipers is done by measuring the underside of the arms. The calipers gently pinch the skin under the arm and will stretch to show the BMI number for your body. Over time, if you are working out regularly, your BMI should decrease, indicating a loss in overall body fat. The calipers are used on the underside of the arms because this is where fat is lost in the body first.

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  Purchase a BMI scale. If you have the finances to afford a BMI scale that measures BMI like a regular scale measures weight, then it can be well worth the investment. All you do is input your height and age, and when you stand on the scale it calculates your Body Mass Index and gives you your number on the screen. This is an effortless way to keep track of your fat loss over time.