"All the weight loss tactics I'd grown up internalizing - painstakingly tracking calories and steps, feeling "naughty" for eating half a cupcake, pretending raw almonds are a treat - didn't just present a challenge to my soul. I was also pretty sure they didn't work for me. So, I got a body composition analysis: a complimentary service offered through my membership at Life Time Fitness, an athletic club. On average, membership costs between $100 and more than $330 in the US."
"Using an InBody machine, the analysis took five minutes and involved me holding hand electrodes while stepping on a scale. The machine, using bioelectrical impedance analysis, then scanned my skeletal muscle mass, body fat, and water content in proportion to my overall weight. I got another analysis roughly halfway through the year to track my progress, and a final one in December to see how far I've come - if at all."
"To my relief, the simple lifestyle changes I made had been largely effective. At the beginning of the year, my visceral fat score, the number estimating the amount of dangerous fat surrounding my organs, was a 10 - the very end of the healthy range. Midway through the year, it dropped to 8, more centered in the healthy range, and stayed there through December."
At the start of 2025 the narrator wanted to lose body fat without being miserable. Traditional tactics like tracking calories felt ineffective and joyless. The narrator obtained a complimentary body composition analysis through a Life Time Fitness membership using an InBody bioelectrical impedance machine that measured skeletal muscle, body fat, and water. The visceral fat score fell from 10 to 8 midyear and stayed at 8. Body fat mass decreased by a little over 7% and weight dropped by 5.5 pounds. The narrator favored walking over running and adopted a few easy, sustainable habits while recognizing the need to gain more muscle for joint health and easier fat loss.
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