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A waist measurement is the cheapest and simplest way other than just looking. You want to make sure you measure under similar conditions, like in the morning a
by sn9 2mo ago
A waist measurement is the cheapest and simplest way other than just looking.
You want to make sure you measure under similar conditions, like in the morning after relieving yourself (for example).
If it's too high, losing a ~0.5-1 lbs per week while strength and endurance training with progressive overload will get it down sustainably.
https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/visceral-fat-waist-vs-weight/ https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/visceral-fat-waist-vs-w...
- therealdrag0 2mo agoThat is a proxy estimate. You can’t actually measure visceral fat at home.
- sn9 2mo agoYes, obviously. But it's a cheap and effective one. If you've lost 5 inches from your waist as measured from your bellybutton, it's unlikely you've lost zero visceral body fat.
- therealdrag0 2mo agoI agree it’s a great starting point for the daily check. But it’s not a good answer to a specific explicit request to measure visceral fat imo. And there’s a lot of confusion in these comments about how much they actually correlate.
- sn9 2mo agoIf you use the waist measurement to compute your waist to height ratio and it's above 0.5, then you know you almost certainly have too much, and losing weight is the next action. This was all explained in the link I shared.