How do you measure success? BMI? Body Fat %? Weight? Feeling?

heiliskrimsli

Weight, body fat and athletic performance (running and lifting).

The whole looking good just sort of follows the rest of that.

Rincewind_1965

Scale and mirror are fine, what mattered most too me were those NSV's (Non-Scale-Victories) that made a "normal" life possible again: Seeing the feet without having to use a mirror, coming up from lacing the shoes without a deep-red head, being able to wash the back without a brush ... it's the little things that make the process so valuable and precious.

Hypsibius

Mycophilia wrote: »

Hypsibius wrote: »

So right now after 6 weeks of aggressive dieting and exercise, my BMI is 26.8, and my body fat percentage (according to my tape measure and this Army body fat calculator is 25 percent)

Curious as to what folks are using as their measure of success or measure of most importance? I've probably been weighing myself a bit too much (which I know that objectively, weighing yourself daily is a mistake).

What about you?

I strongly disagree with this. Weighing yourself daily allows for more data points, which will give a more complete picture of how your weight is changing. Whether that be plotting a trend line or taking weekly/monthly averages.

Personally I only track my weight, how I look and calorie intake.

I want to say I really appreciate this. I started weighing myself regularly at the same time every day, and far from being discouraging it's been a great way to understand how my weight shifts throughout the day and progress from week to week.

nissarayna

How I feel and when my clothing has to be downsized, I know I'm doing alright. I weigh once a week, but considering doing it every 2 weeks instead and letting my clothes tell me I'm doing ok.