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Welcome to Weight-Tracker.com. I created this website as a way to monitor weight loss or gain. In my case, I am measuring my progress in losing weight. My personal goal is to go from 225 lbs. to 180 lbs. If you are curious in how I'm doing you can monitor my progress while also getting an idea of what this site offers. Anyone is welcome to use this program free of charge by creating an account. One of the most exciting features of this website is the ability to store body fat percentage in addition to standard weight. I use and recommend this Tanita Body Fat Monitor to monitor your body fat percentage.
Once you have an account, you can make entries as frequently as you want. Your entries will be displayed on a graph and a grid. The graph will provide an easy way to monitor your weight loss progress and help motivate you to reach your goal. Being able to visually monitor your progress is something that I have found to be very beneficial. The graph provides a moving average for both the weight and the body fat percentage.
This moving average is a good way to spot trends. The grid will contain all your data that you have entered along with any comments you may have made with each entry. Examples of comments might be how much exercise you did or how many calories you took in that day.
Weight alone is not a clear indicator of good health because it does not distinguish between pounds that come from body fat and those that come from lean body mass or muscle. Carrying too much fat is a condition called obesity, and puts a person at risk for many serious medical conditions including heart disease, diabetes and even certain forms of cancer. In fact, obesity contributes to at least half the chronic diseases in western society.
Overweight means an excess of total body weight based on population averages for heights and body frame sizes. Athletes and very muscular people may be overweight, but that does not mean they are over fat. Obesity means an excess of body fat regardless of weight.
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