Stepping on a scale and watching as those numbers flash up at us can be scary. Many of us have been conditioned to believe that the higher the number on the scale, the less healthy we are. This isn’t always the case. Scales do not account for muscle mass, and muscle weighs less than fat! The scale is not something to be feared, but to be utilized in losing or maintaining weight. Read on to learn more about how your BMI, or Body Mass Index, can serve as another tool in determining whether, or not, you are at a healthy weight.

Measuring Body Weight
Advancement in science has led us to believe that there are far more effective ways to measure weight loss than the scale alone. Skinfold measurements, underwater weighing, bioelectrical impedance, and isotope dilution are valuable tools in measuring body fat, but they are not readily available, and are often expensive and need to be measured by a highly trained individual.