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If anybody has any suggestions let me know. But I'll tell you a little bit about myself and my weight loss goals.

My name is Sara. I'm a 29 y/o single mom with 2 beautiful little girls. I gained a good portion of my weight when I was out of commission from a slipped disc in my vertabrae. After different diets and failed exercise I gave up for a few years. Finally with on and off exercise I continued to gain weight. I got serious about it after my 2nd daughter was born. I worked out consistenly for a year and ate more healthy and less portions but continued to gain weight. I have had blood work done and everything came back normal besides that I needed to go on Metformin, which is a medication for people with type 2 diabetes.

So I'm at a frustrating point. I don't feel good physically, I don't feel attractive, I need to lose about 115 lbs, but I know I need to look at it at maybe 20 lbs at a time. It's to the point that it is affecting my health in a serious way. And if I keep gaining weight I will soon be a full blown diabetic.

Any help or suggestions would greatly be appreciated!
Thanks!

Sara

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Hi Sara. If I can suggest something to you, it would be not to force on scale weight, but on fat loss. Scale weight loss and fat loss aren't the same thing. I don't force on my scale weight. I can really care less about it. I force on my body fat percentage, pounds of fat loss and inches loss. My scale weight can't determine if I am healthy or not. Neither can it determine what size clothes that I wear.

If you can afford it, I would suggest that you either buy a Omron Body Fat Handheld Monitor (If you already have a scale) at Academy or check Amazon.com or a body fat scale. Are these devices 100% accurate? The answer is no. Nothing is 100% accurate, except an autopsy, which no one will be able to tell their body fat percentage then. Some people are against these devices, but they can help you see the changes in your body.

Scale weight is broken down into two categories: Pounds of fat and Pounds of lean body mass. Once you know your body fat percentage, you can find out how much of your scale weight is from fat and how much is from lean body mass.

Formula:

Weight x Body fat percentage = Pounds of fat

Weight - Pounds of fat = Pounds of lean body mass

Important note: Your pounds of fat is not the amount of fat or scale weight you need to lose and your pounds of lean body mass is the requirement for your body. You want to either maintain your lean body mass or increase your lean body mass.

Example: Jane Doe weighs 175 pounds and her body fat percentage is 40%

175 x 40% (0.40) = 70 pounds of fat

175 - 70 = 105 pound of lean body mass

A lot of people look at their scale weight to determine how much weight they need to lose, but in reality it's not your scale weight that determines how much weight you need to lose, it's your body fat percentage. Well, let me put it this way, if a person want to lose fat, they need to focus on their body fat percentage. If a person just want to lose scale weight, then they can focus on scale weight. Scale weight loss can be the result of losing both fat and lean body mass or as some people say, muscle.

Jane Doe may be carrying 70 pounds of fat on her body, but that doesn't mean she needs to lose 70 pounds of fat or even close to that number.

I will show you a formula that will show you how to figure out what would be a healthy weight and body fat percentage for you. I want to warn you that your scale weight can still be high and according to the BMI chart, you can still be classified as being overweight, but ignore the BMI chart. Why? Because it doesn't know how much fat is on your body. Scale weight doesn't determine health problems, pounds of fat on the body does.

Formula:

Body fat percentage written as a whole number / Original weight = Future Body fat percentage

Original Weight x Future body fat percentage = Future pounds of fat

Original lean body mass + Future pounds of fat = Future healthy weight

Original pounds of fat - Future pounds of fat = Pounds of fat loss

Original weight - Future healthy weight = Scale weight loss

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Jane Doe's information using the formula above:

40 / 175 = 23% body fat percentage

175 x 23% (0.23) = 40 pounds of fat

105 + 40 = 145 Future healthy weight

70 - 40 = 30 pounds of fat loss

175 - 145 = 30 pounds of scale weight loss

Important note: When you lose 100% fat, you will lose the same amount of scale weight.

Fat loss takes time. Let me say 100% fat loss takes time. A person can lose body fat percentage and lose both pounds of fat and pounds of lean body mass.

I can't speak for anyone else, but my goal is to lose 100% pounds of fat. Will or have my body fat percentage loss always been 100% loss? The answer is no, but I'm not giving up. It will take me a year or so to reach my goal and I'm happy about that. I'm not in a rush.

Please force on losing fat. Don't worry about scale weight. You will notice inches loss and your clothes getting smaller.