Frequently Asked Questions About "The Body Fat Guide"1. Why are there so many tables in this book?
"The Body Fat Guide" contains Body Composition tables, which form the bulk of the book. Think of this as a directory where you quickly look up your body composition information (muscle, fat, % fat and more), much like you look up a phone number in a telephone directory. All you need to use the tables are your weight and your waist size.
2. How precise are the Body Composition tables?
The Body Composition tables use small units of measurement: half pounds for your body weight and quarter inches for your waist size. With such small units, you can see changes in your body composition (up to 1/100 of a pound of fat) in a day or two!
3. Do the tables cover everyone?
Such a book would be enormous, so the Body Composition tables only cover the most common adult body weight ranges, from as little as 100 pounds for females to over 300 pounds for males.
4. What if I fall outside the tables' body weight ranges! ?
Until you get within range, you can calculate your body composition information using the formulas in the Special Weight Class section of the book.
5. Why have the book at all if I can do all the calculating myself?
Do you like unnecessary extra work? Looking up the information is a lot easier, especially when you are already concentrating on keeping track of your energy balance.
6. Does the book give advice on how to start an exercise program?
Yes, there is a special illustrated section on how to tone your body without using any exercise equipment.
7. I get my body composition tested at the gym, so why do I need this book?
Just checking your numbers every now and then won't help you improve your body composition. You need to be able to consistently monitor and adjust your diet and activity. That's exactly what "The Body Fat Guide" helps you do.
8. What about buying bio-electrical devices to measure body fat?
By all means, use them if you c! an afford them. But, as long as you are consistently using ! a method that is reasonably accurate (they all have built in error), then why not use one that is the least expensive and simple to use, like "The Body Fat Guide"?
9. Should I follow a special diet when following the book's program?
"The Body Fat Guide" will prove to you that you require nothing more than a well balanced diet to achieve your body weight and body composition goals. However, if you have a favorite diet you wish to use, "The Body Fat Guide" will help you monitor your results. You may discover that your unbalanced and restricted quick fix program is not as great for long-term fat loss as you thought!
10. Do I have to spend the rest of my life counting calories and measuring body fat?
You definitely DO NOT have to spend the rest of your life pouring over numbers! Temporarily following the body composition and energy balance numbers allows you to form new lifestyle habits that make controlling your weight automatic for life.! Then, you won't be dependent on the numbers anymore. But, without first using the numbers, most people will have a great deal of difficulty forming these habits.
11. Won't following the numbers in this book lead to obsessive behavior?
Obsessing is defined as needless worrying. We usually fear what we don't understand. When we don't understand how what we eat affects our body, we worry and obsess over food and fat. The knowledge you gain from "The Body Fat Guide" eliminates the guesswork and replaces worry with confidence.
12. Isn't belonging to a gym all I need to stay in shape?
Do you expect the library to teach you to read? Do you expect the car dealer to teach you to drive? In order to make the best use of your fitness training facility you need outside help. Using "The Body Fat Guide" is like having a personal trainer at your fingertips!
13. What about hiring a personal trainer?
When I ran my own personal training studio, I would often r! ecommend fitness and health books for my clients to read, b! ut, there was never a book that had all the information I felt they needed to control their weight. So I wrote the book myself. "The Body Fat Guide" makes the perfect text book companion for any personal trainer or fitness client. When I am too busy to take people on as new clients, I just tell them to read "The Body Fat Guide". I couldn't say it any better in person than the way I already wrote it in the book.
14. Why aren't receipes included in the book?
Simple. Because once you learn to control your weight on a balanced diet, you can use any of your favorite receipes! There are plenty of receipe books out there, but there is only one book like "The Body Fat Guide". I'm a fitness trainer, not a professional chef. I make deals with chefs who write cook books. I don't train their veggies, they don't cook my fitness clients.
15. Isn't there a computer program to calculate my body composition! for me?
"The Body Fat Guide" will show you how to use any popular spreadsheet program to create an Electronic Energy Balance Chart that does just that. I use my electronic chart everyday when I am at the computer, and I use the book when I am away from the computer. Learning to create the chart is worth the price of the book alone, but, don't forget all the other important training advice that comes along with the book.
