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A low-carb diet for beginners
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<blockquote data-quote="Vince" data-source="post: 103190" data-attributes="member: 843"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A much better gauge of progress than the scale is waist measurment at belly button. Increase in waist size means more overall bodyfat, and probably some visceral fat. Decrease means less fat....that is it. Lean body mass and waist to hip ratio are other reliable indicators of progress. When starting a workout program it is common to actually gain weight (muscle) at first with a loss of body fat. Don't overdo the cardio. Start very low impact short time and increase slowly. Most of all, begin to enjoy the newly emerging, smaller, you!! BTW, what is your age weight, etc?? Water would be based on LBW or overall weight.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Waist: Measure the circumference of your waist. Use the tape to circle your waist (sort of like a belt would) at your natural waistline, which is located above your belly button and below your rib cage. (If you bend to the side, the crease that forms is your natural waistline.) Don't suck in your stomach, or you'll get a false measurement. If you generally wear your clothes below your waist, take that measurement as well.</strong><br /> <strong><br /> [*]<strong>Hips: Measure the circumference of your hips. Start at one hip and wrap the tape measure around your rear, around the other hip, and back to where you started. Make sure the tape is over the largest part of your buttocks. Because making sure the tape is level back there can be hard, try to do it in front of a mirror.</strong><br /> </strong></li> </ul><p><a href="http://www.dummies.com/health/how-to-get-your-body-measurements/" target="_blank">http://www.dummies.com/health/how-to-get-your-body-measurements/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vince, post: 103190, member: 843"] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]A much better gauge of progress than the scale is waist measurment at belly button. Increase in waist size means more overall bodyfat, and probably some visceral fat. Decrease means less fat....that is it. Lean body mass and waist to hip ratio are other reliable indicators of progress. When starting a workout program it is common to actually gain weight (muscle) at first with a loss of body fat. Don't overdo the cardio. Start very low impact short time and increase slowly. Most of all, begin to enjoy the newly emerging, smaller, you!! BTW, what is your age weight, etc?? Water would be based on LBW or overall weight. [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LIST] [*][B]Waist: Measure the circumference of your waist. Use the tape to circle your waist (sort of like a belt would) at your natural waistline, which is located above your belly button and below your rib cage. (If you bend to the side, the crease that forms is your natural waistline.) Don't suck in your stomach, or you'll get a false measurement. If you generally wear your clothes below your waist, take that measurement as well.[/B] [B] [*][B]Hips: Measure the circumference of your hips. Start at one hip and wrap the tape measure around your rear, around the other hip, and back to where you started. Make sure the tape is over the largest part of your buttocks. Because making sure the tape is level back there can be hard, try to do it in front of a mirror.[/B] [/B] [/LIST] [url]http://www.dummies.com/health/how-to-get-your-body-measurements/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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