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The number on your scale is one pixel of the entire picture.
If you are over 50 and working on your body composition, the scale can move in the wrong direction while your body moves in the right one, because you are losing fat and building muscle at the same time. In this episode I share the three numbers that actually tell you the truth about your transformation, plus a bonus fourth that most people skip and regret skipping.
You will learn:
Why the goal weight in your head is an arbitrary number from years ago
Why losing muscle after 50 makes you lighter and less fit at the same time
How to measure body fat, from a DEXA scan to a simple home scale to calipers
Why you cannot gain a pound of fat overnight, even when the scale jumps
What to measure, how often, and what a real body recomposition looks like in your clothes
Why steep calorie deficits, heavy cardio and low protein work against you after 50
Chapters:
00:00 Why the number on the scale isn't the whole story
03:13 Number 1: Body fat percentage (DEXA, smart scale, calipers)
08:52 Number 2: Body measurements
10:48 Number 3: How your clothes fit
12:20 Why the scale is just one pixel of the picture
13:01 Why steep diets backfire after 50
16:02 Bonus: Before and after photos
Resources:
📝 Read the full written guide on Thursday: what to track instead of the scale after 50, here on Substack.
📘 Get my book, Forever Fit (free worldwide shipping):
https://mavywellness.com/foreverfitbookoffer-page
Sincerely,
Maxime Sigouin
Co-founder of Mavy Wellness
Author of Forever Fit
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Forever Fit Podcast, Episode 463. We help people over 50, all the way up to 87, lose fat, build muscle and improve their body composition on a whole food plant based lifestyle, with over 1,300 transformations and counting.
