Unfortunately, in the past, calculating your body fat was a time-consuming endeavor. Most people would simply avoid it simply because of the math involved. I mean, who wants to spend their free time working with complex formulas and equations? I hated it!
This is why I created the Composition Tracker body fat analysis software at
The software was created out of my need for a quick easy way to apply and analyze different body fat formulas. It combines the most popular composition calculations along with easy to understand instructions.
With the Composition Tracker, I am now able to measure, track and analyze the composition changes for an unlimited number of friends and family. The software also provides calculation for more than 20 popular composition formulas.
The interface is easy to understand and use. Many users have been able to start using the software withing 10 minutes after installation.
Now that I am able to easily analyze my body composition like a professional, I've begun to notice things I had not seen before. There's a lot that these readings reveal to a trained eye!
FOR EXAMPLE
I was recently on a fat loss diet, and I did not lose any weight for three weeks. At first I thought that I needed to drop my calories further because the current levels were not working for me. I did not want to do this because for me, dropping my calories too low can result in too much muscle loss. So, before I committed to a more drastic diet, I checked my body fat records using the Composition Tracker.
Was I in for a shock! According to my body fat calculations I was actually getting leaner. Even though my weight did not change during that three-week period, my body fat levels went down 3%! The easy to read chart showed that my fat was going down and my muscle was increasing!
Since I did not lose any weight during that time, the fat must have been replaced by muscle (an added benefit, but this does not happen most of the time). I would have never known this by simply looking in the mirror or fumbling with some complex equation.
ONE MORE EXAMPLE
Another example is last year when I was on a muscle building program. I was eating a tremendous amount of calories and gaining weight like crazy. I stopped the diet once I began to notice that my fat gains were larger than my muscle gains. I would never have noticed this if I had not closely monitored my body fat levels using the software. I expect to gain some fat on a mass diet, but I always want to gain more muscle than fat. If I had not kept track of my body fat levels, I would have gained too much fat.
IT DOESN'T GET MUCH EASIER!
If you want to start getting great results, you must develop the habit of accurately tracking your progress. If you don't, you will continue to go in circles. The Composition Tracker software was designed to help you do exactly that! KEEP YOU ON TRACK! You instantly know if your fitness program is working, or not!
To take a free test drive of the Composition Tracker, please go to http://www.comptracker.com and click on the FREE TRIAL button. Once you use it, I know that you will wonder, "how did I go so long without it!"
How do you measure the result of your changed healthy lifestyle? Obvious changes in health-related behavior patterns like decreased dependence on medications, increase in ability to perform physical activity, reduced intake of fat, and the increased intake of fiber, vitamins, and minerals in your diet point towards an improvement. If you have started cooking your food in a healthier manner, watching out for labels, checking out new health recipes, using alternate low fat ingredients, etc. then you are on the right track. This means you are comfortable with your new lifestyle and are looking forward to betterment. You start feeling good and keep moving forward.Physical indicators include reduce in the waist hip ratio and waist circumference. Abdominal obesity has consistently been associated with risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, thus any positive change in this front is an obvious improvement. It directly implies weight loss as well as a healthier fat distribution. Physical progress can also be determined by hydrostatic weighing, electrical impedance, or by using skin fold calipers. Although it might not be as accurate as the former method it gives you an upstart of the path in which you are treading at least. A certified personal trainer can help you measure the percentage of your body fat.However, a weight scale is not a good indicator of your progress. Simply because, it does not differentiate between the lean body mass and mass of your body fat. It does not give you the actual information about the change in body composition that you are going through. The scale might show that you have not reduced any weight, but actually, you might have lost fat which would have been replaced with firm, fat-burning muscles. This is indeed a progress which goes unnoticed while using scales. Two people who weigh the same might not necessarily be healthy in the same way. This is the huge disadvantage of using weight scales.Similarly height / weight charts, and BMI- Body mass index charts don’t take into consideration body composition and fat distribution. Besides BMI is appropriate only between 20-65 years of age as it does not account for growth patterns in adolescence and old people. It focuses on reducing one’s weight to attain a lower BMI, thus promoting weight reduction as the only indicator for a healthy lifestyle. Instead people should pay attention to visible changes which can be felt within like increased energy, stamina, performance, self esteem, feeling of becoming young, refreshing, reduced medication and enjoying physical activity. So what if your BMI is high, as long as you know you are eating healthy and exercising, it is good enough. You should feel the change by yourself. It’s not a matter of proving a point to someone else. Reduction in health risk factors and an improved quality of living will eventually follow. If you take proper care of your body while you are young you will not only remain healthy for a longer time but also have a longer life span.
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