Reducing Body Fat Percentage.
What is body fat percentage?
Your body fat percentage is the single best indicator of your fitness level because it tells you information about how your body is composed.
Your body fat percentage tells you where your weight is coming from: lean mass (such as muscle and bone) vs. stored body fat. You may have put on muscle (which makes you much leaner, but heavier because muscle weighs more than fat) and lost body fat (which makes you smaller and helps you lose inches).
Unless you measure your body fat percentage, you wouldn't know what happened to your body. Weight is a very poor indicator of progress.
What is a reliable measure? The way your clothes fit, your energy, your digestion, your health, and how you feel about yourself.
Get off the scale and measure your body fat.
Nutrition Guidelines to Start Reducing Your Body Fat Percentage
Hydration
Drink as much water as you need to stay hydrated. How do you know you're properly hydrated? The color of your urine is clear.
Muscle Fueling
If you are extremely active, add an additional portion of protein daily to feed your muscle mass and to stay full. Protein shakes are ideal.
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