Lose weight or just look at weight?

Two people with the same height and weight, because of their different body fat rates, look fat and thin completely different.

Body fat rate refers to the proportion of fat weight in human body, which reflects the amount of fat content in human body. The lower the body fat, the tighter and thinner it looks.

For example: (both 160, 1 10 kg, body mass index =2 1. A's loose meat (rich in fat) is "thin" or "fake thin". B, at first glance, it is the whole body muscle, with little fat, which belongs to bodybuilding type. Although the weight is the same as the body mass index, it is not fat, but the fat content is different, so the visual effect is different.

The body fat rate of women aged 20-29 is 2 1%~23.4%, which is healthy. Women aged 30-39, 22%-24.8% are healthy.

Beyond the above range, the fat content is high. The body with good visual effect is compact, in fact, the body mass index is within a reasonable range, and then the muscle mass is increased and the body fat is appropriately reduced.

How to measure body fat?

1. Measuring body fat with sebum forceps You can buy a sebum forceps from a treasure, which is not expensive. Customer service will teach you a software, and you can get the result by filling in the numbers.

2. Body fat scales are generally not accurate enough. It doesn't matter. We can compare it horizontally and see the changes. Using the same body fat scale, measure 28% this month and 26% next month. Congratulations, your month-long efforts to lose weight have paid off.

3. You can go to a hospital or a regular gym and measure it with a body fat meter.

4. you can use magnetic resonance scanning when you go to the hospital. This method can not only measure the body fat rate, but also measure the distribution of fat in various parts of the body, but it is more expensive. (Suitable for people whose body functions are affected by obesity).