How to Determine Whether the Loss Is in Your Fat or Your Weight?

When you mount the dreaded scale and witness a wide difference between the previous and current weight, the emotional euphoria is indescribable. While some feel motivated to strive for more, others just drop off the regime, finding the weight loss 'enough for now'. But what you forget is that the weight you lost might not be from fat at all; instead you might have lost your body weight. Reducing weight via decrease in bone density and loss in muscular tissues instead of fat is unhealthy especially in the long term. For obese or overweight patients, any new workout regime or a different lifestyle might culminate in tremendous weight loss, predominantly from water loss in the body or initial fat loss. But the nearer you get to the ideal weight limit, the more concerning it gets to keep a check on whether your weight is being lost the right way. More...