“As humans we are almost the same about 99.5 percent. The other 0.5 percent of your DNA, combined with lifestyle choices and circumstances, determines the extent to which you are physically different.

Way too much emphasis is put on weight in relation to health, in reality body composition is linked very closely to health. When we measure our weight on the scales it just does't give us an accurate picture of our health.

Stop Weighing Yourself On The Scales

All this tells you is the total weight in stone, kilos or pounds.

But what are you weighting?  Your body is made up of bones, muscle, water, body fat, connective tissue, proteins, carbs and fats. This makes up the total weight.

 What Do We Need To Know?

Total body fat....This is the fat stored around the abdomen, stomach, hips , lower back, upper back, back of the arms and even our face and chin. If we have too much it hangs out, when we're lean it's slim and toned. This is the best indication of our health.  If in doubt look in the mirror!

 Avoid using BMI. I've never liked this measurement all it says is we have a particular weight for our height. Again not an accurate way to determine if we're healthy or not as it's looking at weight again.

 The only components we want to use are fat mass and lean mass. Understanding how your body composition impacts you and learning how to optimise it will help you forget about the number on the scales.