Stop asking Yourself "Am I Fat?"

There's a fascinating phenomenon experienced by many overweight and obese people. Once they begin to lose the weight and get healthy, they peer back at pictures of themselves at their highest weight and they are shocked. They say they never realized they were that big. They never realized how much they had let their health go. You might question how any obese person could look in the mirror and never see themselves as they actually are. Many do not notice how heavy they are until they really begin to go ahead and take weight off and see themselves in a smaller form.

This often happens with individuals who do not weigh themselves on regular basis. They might go for an extended time period without hitting the scales, after which when they step on the scale and they're shocked by the number. They may have noticed that their jeans are getting tighter, but they never realized how much weight they had put on.

When you are looking in the mirror and questioning whether you are overweight, you might be in the same position of those people. You might want to be aware of truth, but looking at the mirror or judging by your clothing isn't concrete enough. You want to know the reality regarding unwanted weight and how you stack up against the recommended health weight range.

For starters, do not attempt to find out if you're fat by comparing yourself with others. People of different heights and body types will have different healthy bodyweight ranges. You need to focus on getting a healthy weight for your own body and resist that urge to compare yourself up to anyone else. You want to ultimately be the greatest version of yourself that's humanly possible.

The easiest method to determine whether you're fat is to use a free body mass index calculator online. The body mass index only will provide you with a number which corresponds to different weight categories but it is a start. The available categories are listed below:

Underweight
Normal weight
Overweight
Obese

The calculator is not fool proof because many people with increased muscular body builds will hold a greater weight without being considered fat. Most professional footballers for example would show as obese when in reality they are very fit, yet, this system is a good guide for most people. If you aren't a professional athlete, then your BMI will give you a very accurate response to the question on your mind: are you fat?

To use your body mass index calculator, you will have to know your height in feet and inches and your weight in pounds. Put this basic information into the fields of an online calculator and you will instantly call at your BMI score.

The perfect range is a BMI score between 18 and 24. If you achieve over 24 you are a minimum of overweight and as the number climbs you can be potentially obese. If you are below 18, you are underweight and could probably use a few more pounds.

Wherever you score on the BMI calculator, keep in mind that you can always fix your weight. This is not a lasting score that you're tied to forever. If you do find that you are fat, focus on how much over the 24 mark you happen to be and set goals for steady and consistent weight reduction.

Warren Tattersall has been a full time nutritional consultant for over a decade and works with people all over the world to help them improve their health, increase their personal energy levels and to use supplements to assist with diet related health issues.


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