6 REASONS TO GET A BODY COMPOSITION SCAN
It doesn’t matter how many weight loss or fitness journeys you’ve been on in your lifetime. Taking that step towards a better you means you’re getting closer to succeeding and attaining the goals you have for yourself – and that’s a positive thing! But sometimes it’s hard to keep moving forward, so discovering new ways to keep yourself motivated is key to keeping accountable. Here are our top 6 reasons why you should get a body scan:
2. IT WILL TELL YOU A LOT MORE ABOUT YOUR BODY THAN BMI
Millions of people hop onto a bathroom scale in the hope of seeing numbers either drop with weight loss or rise with muscle gain, but more often than not those numbers stay the same for a long time (known as a plateau) even when nutrition and fitness plans are being followed to the T, and if they’re not staying the same, they’re either dropping or rising very slowly.
Most likely it’s the scale, and it can all be resolved by using a body scanner like the Evolt 360.
One of the biggest differences between body mass index (BMI) and body composition is accuracy. Instead of looking just at your BMI and weight numbers from a set of bathroom scales, a body scanner takes a measure of your entire body composition. This includes units like lean body mass, total body fat percentage, body fat mass and visceral fat level – numbers far more important to your health than simply your BMI.
Broken down, BMI is based on the height and weight of an individual, and today it’s an inaccurate and outdated measure of progress because it makes no allowance for the relative proportions of bone, muscle and fat in the body.
