Okay. So you’ve gotten up early, you’ve had nothing to eat or drink yet, and you haven’t even gone to the toilet because you immediately went to stand on the scales and record your weight in the Burn That Diary. Next to your initial weight there is another column under the headline «target»: here you have to put down your goal weight, i.e., the weight you want to have.
Now, let’s sort out the issue of «real vs. unreal goals.» For example, for a girl whose height is 160 cm and who leads a sedentary lifestyle, the ideal weight will be 50 kg. But no less! If the same woman is engaged in active sports, it means that the percentage of muscle mass is above average, so her ideal weight would be 55 kg. You can see certain patterns here: if the girl’s height is 150 cm, her ideal weight is 40-45 kg. If the girl is 170 cm, her weight should be no less than 60 kg (otherwise, she will look anorexic). For men, the proportion is a little bit different: if the man is 160 cm, then his normal weight ranges from 60 to 65 kg. For the man whose height is 170 cm, the normal weight is 70-75 kg, and the man who is 180 cm tall would look great if he weighed 80-85 kg. Guys who are 190 cm and above should weigh 90-95 kg. Yes, just like that! Now you know what your goal is! If you are a girl whose height is 165 cm and whose weight is 70 kg today, your goal is 52.5 kg if you lead a sedentary lifestyle, whereas the athlete can set a goal of 57.5 kg. And this goal must be written down in the column «target.»
So, I hope you’re not heading to the kitchen yet because we’ve got a lot of work to do! There are many empty entries in your Burn That Diary to be filled. Next, we have the following to discuss: neck measurement. It’s difficult to recommend something specific here. Well, I guess you have to «switch on» your imagination and visualize it. If your neck is now 35 cm, what would you look like if its circumference were 30 cm? If you want to lose 5 kg weight, it’s silly to hope you will be able to reduce the size of your neck by 5 cm, so the objective will be losing 2 cm. But if your goal is to shed 20-30 kg, then you can expect to lose 7-8 cm in neck circumference. Record your current neck size. It’s time to move on.
Next, measure the circumference of your shoulder girdle. At first you may find it inconvenient to measure yourself, but I think success depends on your ability to focus on losing weight. I believe in you, and I believe that you will be able to overcome any difficulty, because it’s just silly and unacceptable to justify the rejection of the idea of weight loss by an inability to adjust to measuring yourself. Of course, men take pride in the size of their shoulder girdle and, naturally, they will expect minimal losses in this muscles group, while ladies will be striving for maximum decrease in this area. So, just to give you a guide, at every 5-7 kg of weight loss there will be decrease of 1-2 cm in the shoulder girdle. Record the current size of the shoulder girdle, then set yourself a goal! Go ahead.
Next, you need to measure your chest circumference. Girls are naturally greater experts than guys when it comes to measuring chest size, but in general, there’s nothing to be confused about. The excess fat can be visible at the back, under the arms and on the chest. Of course, the volumes aren’t comparable with the excess waist fat, but still you might expect to lose a little more than half of what you eventually lose in the waist (and the waistline and midriff area will be discussed below). It means that if you intended to reduce your waist by 10 cm, your chest circumference would decrease by 5-6 cm. Record the current size in the Burn That Diary, and set your target size next to the entry! Go ahead.
Next, measure the circumference of your arms at the biceps and triceps at the moment of maximum muscle tension. This is important because – when you lose the excess fat – it will be replaced with muscle, so the tension plays a significant part. The circumference of your arms will differ greatly from person to person, so evaluate the expected loss approximately. Again, remember that you define your goals, and there’s nothing wrong with you if the actual results turn out a little different. But the goal absolutely has to be set because you have to attain the weight you planned for, and you have to have the waist you wanted too. Everything else should only be regarded as a guideline. Ultimately, I recommend that since today you start to record your measurements every 7 days. Give serious consideration to this, because it’s not uncommon for our acquaintances to flatter us when telling us we look great. It’s important to understand that the people around us are like our mirrors. So if you change, the reflection will change too. You will turn into a different person, and most likely you will have new friends, as the old ones won’t match the «new you.» I will talk in detail about this later, so stay tuned. After measuring your arm circumference, set a goal! Move ahead!
And now, let’s have a look at your waistline. When measuring your waist, position your abdomen correctly, stand straight, and don’t suck in your belly or bulge it outward. Check your torso for the narrowest place – that’s the waist (don’t measure too low on the sides, as you’ll be measuring what’s called the abdominal zone, which will be measured later). The waist and abdomen area must be measured when you stand in front of the mirror. It’s impossible to adequately estimate the size of your waist without a mirror, because you will surely bend while measuring and thereby increase your waistline by 1-2 cm. The mirror reflection will be more than helpful to avoid mistakes in measurement. It’s much easier to be precise when talking about your expected waist perimeter as compared to arms or neck measurements, for example, because we can be certain that a slender female waist is 60-70 cm, depending on the height. For example, if the girl is 155 cm tall, then her waist should not exceed 60 cm. If she is 165 cm, then her waist circumference should be less than 65 cm. For girls whose height is 170-175 cm, a waistline of 70 cm may look slim and nice. Accordingly, the taller the person is, the greater the waist perimeter. The measurements for men are slightly different and reach 75-85 cm depending on the height. That is, a man who is 170 cm tall should strive for a waist size of 75 cm. If his height is 180 cm, the waist measurement should show 80 cm, and those men who are 190 cm and above will look healthy and handsome with a waist size of 85 cm. Please note that if your goal is losing 5 kg, then you will not be able to reduce your waist by 10 cm. If you want to reduce your weight by 5 kg, then you can expect a loss of 3-4 cm in the waist. If your goal is losing 10 kg, then you will shed 7-8 cm in the waistline area. If you decide to lose 20-30 kg, then you can reduce your waist by 16-22 cm. Record your current waistline in the Burn That Diary, set your target and move on!
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