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Does your weight measurement tell the whole story?

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Valrey

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St albans
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I have been working very hard at getting my blood sugar levels down for several months. I am type two and taking metiformin. My approach has been to join the lifestyle monitoring plan. I am eating a healthy low carb diet and exercising hard. The gym and walking and jogging. Despite this the weight is not budging. I was beginning to get despondent until i realised that my waist measurement had gone down 5 cms. I am feeling great and my average sugars are going down very slowly.
I would like the my lifestyle system to have a graft got exercise and waist measurement as this allows for a more correct assessment of progress.
What do you all think?


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Waist measurement is a good additional indicator for progress, you may be building more (heavier) muscle with your exercise programme.
 
l refuse to weigh myself as l do a lot of excercise so while l loose fat l will gain muscle so overall not loose a lot of weight....l will loose and do loose fat. Yes l loose weight but very slowly compared to how fast l loose fat.
Think of fat like 5kg of feathers in a bag huge and bulky
Muscle is like 5kg of iron in a bag small and tight.
You can get fat or weight calipers of amazon a lot better than a tape measure and watch what % body ft you loose....much more satisfying :-)
 
I think it depends how much overweight you are. My BMI was 44 and I had 9 stones to lose. With that amount to lose I would not want to rely solely on measurements. I would be worried if I was not making a dent in the amount of weight I needed to lose. The stress on my arthritic knees would be the same, fat or muscle.

Having said that, I do understand the main thrust of the measurement argument, which is why I also measure body parts. Sometimes pounds don't shift but inches do and that helps maintain motivation.


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