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The more accurate of method you use for tracking your body fat percentage
more accurately you will be able to use
Lean Body Weight tracker.
More about Lean Body Weight
The two most important graphs and statistics you want to watch to find out if you are making true and honest progress on your weight loss diet or body building program are, body fat percentage and lean body weight. Increasing lean body weight (mostly muscle mass) is important because if you body fat is going down into your ideal range and your lean body weight is going up you will be able to eat more calories without gaining weight and, it will be easier to maintain your desired body fat percentage when you reach your goal. This is because more lean body weight (composed of increased muscle mass) raises
body's basal metabolic rate (BMR) and
calories your body burns even when you are doing nothing.
If you body fat is going down to your ideal range and your lean body weight is going up you should be absolutely ecstatic. You have attained two of
three holy grails of honest and lasting weight loss. (The third is keeping within your ideal body fat range for 3-5 years after getting there.)
In spite of lean body weight being such a vital statistic to honest weight loss,
Performance Diet is
only program and software we know that tracks it. (To track you lean body weight make sure you have used one of
4 methods of body fat tracking and your body percentage is entered in your Personal Profile. Then go to
Graphing mode and select
correct date range and Lean Body Weight from among
various graphing options.)
The lean body weight tracking we use is based upon your current weight and
following formula. From your current weight calculate
number of pounds that is equal to your current �X� percentage of fat. (That is
number of pounds of fat on your body.) The remaining percentage of your weight is your non-fat lean body weight. This is composed of muscle and other lean tissue, water, bone, blood and minerals. Over an extended period of time (even considering periodic water retention,)
levels of water, bone, blood and minerals remain fairly constant.