New Weights & Measurements

By far INSANITY has been the best program for us. WE absolutely love, love, love, this fitness routine!

In just two months we have seem some phenomenal results. Overall, Sherri has lost 8lbs and dropped 2% in body fat; while Steve has lost 3lbs and dropped another percentage in body fat.

Since starting our fitness and health journey Steve's overall body fat has dropped from 23.2% to 19.8%. He has lost 11" all around and has dropped 15lbs. Steve is super stoked and is amazed at all the changes his body has made over the last year (11/27/2011).

Sherri started her journey 15 months ago (8/1/2011) and has had similar results. Sherri's body fat has dropped from 27.0% to 22.7%. She has lost 16" all around and has dropped 16lbs. Sherri is delighted with the transformation she sees going on in her body and loves how she looks. For the first time in her life, she actually feels happy about the body she's living in.

What Do You See When You Bring Out the Mayo?

What do you see when you bring out the bottle of mayo? Sherri sees fat. Don't get her wrong, she uses mayo sparingly, but she can't help but associate mayonnaise with body fat. Do you know what 5 lbs of body fat looks like? Body fat is disgusting and it is the culprit to many of the health issues plaguing people today.

Look at the picture above. This lady is holding a replication of five pounds of body fat; which is huge. Now imagine that amount of body fat DOUBLED! That is what Steve and Sherri still have to lose.

This past Saturday, Sherri calculated how much body fat we needed to lose. According to the calculations, Sherri would need to lose 12.48 lbs of body fat and Steve would need to lose 11.23 lbs of body fat. Obviously, the possibility of us losing every ounce of body fat in our body is small, but we do hope to exchange some of our body fat with lean muscle. This will of course, aid us in maintaining better health, which is one of our main goals.

Do you know your body fat percentage? You just might be surprised as to how much of your weight is body fat. Go online and Google "how to figure out your body fat percentage" and see what number you come up with. Once you determine what your body fat percentage is, you can then determine how much body fat you need to lose (although this calculation does takes a little longer to do).

Side note:
So, do you desire to make a healthier food choice? If so, than this is one small step you can take in the right direction. You have three choices: 1) you can either eliminate mayonnaise altogether, 2) begin to use it sparingly, or 3) even substitute it with mustard (depending on what you are using it for, of course!).

Here's to trimming the fat!