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Enter your height and your weight, and this Free BMI Calculator
(Body Mass Calculator) can use a formula created by the Panel on
Energy, Obesity, and Body Weight Standards to figure out your
Body Mass Index. This index classifies you into one of several categories,
from underweight to desirable to obese.
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Now that you know your BMI-- how much should you weigh? Are
you in that range? Check the height & weight chart for your
approximate ideal weight. If there's no need for you to be
on a diet, you should focus on proper nutrition
now. Many who are within their weight range have habits that
will eventually come to haunt them, especially when they are
teens and young adults. If your eating habits consist of high
carbohydrates (potato chips, snack foods, heavy breads...), or
high fats (deep fried french fries, fast food, ice cream) or
lacking or fiber, vitamins and proteins, then it may not seem
like a problem now, but give it a few years. Need to start
exercising and eating healthy? Start with our exercise
and diet resource pages.
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Using a heart rate monitor can help you make sure your exercise intensity is at a level that burns fat optimally and keeps the body working aerobically (not anaerobic). A regular exercise program performed at the proper heart rate levels can help increase your metabolism. It's important that beginners do not push themselves too hard. Exercise is meant to be fun and enjoyable! The most important exercise factor for losing weight is the duration of the exercise.
Heart Rate Monitors
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There are two measurements you need
to consider when going on a diet, your actual weight and your
Body Mass Index [BMI]. Your weight should lie somewhere within
the ranges, but that is not definitive of ideal health. Some
factors such as body building, pregnancy, and lingering illness
could put your weight out of that range. Your BMI is determined
from your weight and height and gives you a better idea since
this tells you the approximate amount of lean tissue versus fat
tissue.
Your BMI is your weight divided by the square of your height.
A healthy BMI range is between 19 and 22. People within this
range live the longest. Death rates are higher for people with
an index over 25.
Height Weight Chart
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Is Losing Weight The Same As Losing Fat?
By Dr. Jeff Banas
Contrary to common belief, your weight is not really the indicator of a weight problem the actual percentage of body fat is the true indicator. You need to know what percent of you is actually FAT. How are you going to monitor your weight loss if you do not know what percent of your body is fat, before you begin your program?
Let me give you an example on measuring body fat, this is important in understanding weight loss, or should I say FAT LOSS. This is actually what we are trying to lose, right? FAT!
Lets say someone weighs 200 pounds and when we measure their body fat we find out there body fat is 40%
This means that 40% of the members body is made of fat (80 lbs). The other 120 lbs is muscle, bones, organs, water, etc. (everything but fat).
Now any true weight loss program should include some form of strength training customized to their personal abilities (Another reason you need someone who truly understands the whole body and how it works). Because if you can gain some of that muscle mass that we lose with age, our bodies will burn more calories and therefore burn more FAT!
Now its a few weeks into the program and this person steps on the scale and they now weigh 198 lbs. They are a little disappointed because they thought they were doing better. Their clothes fit better, they have more energy, and they are feeling better.
But they are still depressed because they only lost a lousy 2 pounds! Right? Are we sure???
We now check their body fat and it is now 36% not 40%. Lets do a little math.
200 lbs at 40% body fat means that 40% of them is fat, which equals 80 lbs of FAT, and 120 lbs are muscles and everything else (called the lean body mass).
198 lbs at 36% body fat means that 36% of them is fat which equals 71 lbs of FAT, and 125 lbs of lean body mass.
This person actually lost 9 pounds of FAT (the stuff we are trying to lose) and gained 5 pounds of lean body mass (mostly muscle mass, which is a good thing because this will allow their body to burn more calories!)
You need to measure and focus on PERCENT OF BODY FAT, AND NOT WEIGHT!
But dont worry, when your body fat goes down, as your body fat decreases so will the numbers on the scale!
Dr. Jeffrey Banas is a Chiropractic Sports Physician, practicing in Mesa; AZ. Dr. Banas personally lost 60 pounds in 2003 and now uses his experience to help others struggling with their weight problems. Dr. Banas can be reached at his office at 480-633-6837, or by visiting his web site at
www.personal-weight-loss-help.com
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Heart
Rate and Fitness
During aerobic exercise, you can use your heart rate to measure how effectively you are improving your cardiovascular fitness. Experts recommend that, as you work out, your heart rate should be about 50 to 80% of your maximal rate.
Your maximal heart rate: 220 minus your age.
(For a 40 year old: 220-40=180)
Target heart rate for aerobic exercise: Maximal rate x .5 to .8.
(For a 40 year old: 180 x .5=90; 180 x .8= 144. Range is 90 to 144.)
To check your heart rate while exercising feel your pulse at your wrist or on your neck. Count the beats for 10 seconds and then multiply by 6.
These numbers are approximations. Beginners should keep their heart rate near half of their maximal rate. And anytime you feel like you are exercising too hard and exhausting yourself, slow down no matter what heart rate you are at. How you feel is more important than sticking to a pre-determined heart rate
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