AIMC Health Tip - What is BMI and Is It a True Indicator of Your Health?

Body mass index (BMI) is a tool that healthcare providers use to estimate the amount of body fat by using your height and weight measurements. It can help assess risk factors for certain health conditions. The BMI isn’t always an accurate representation of body fatness.

Healthcare providers use BMI to help diagnose weight types and as a screening tool for certain health conditions. The optimum range for a healthy BMI is considered to be 18.5 to 24.9. For women and men, the following BMI ranges indicate your weight status: 18 or lower: underweight 18.5 to 24.9: normal, healthy weight 25 to 29.9: overweight 30 or higher: obese It’s important to remember that body fatness isn’t the only determiner of overall health. Several other factors, such as genetics, activity level, smoking cigarettes or using tobacco, drinking alcohol and mental health conditions all affect your overall health and your likelihood of developing certain medical conditions. BMI doesn’t differentiate between lean body mass (the weight of everything in your body except fat) and fat mass. Because of this, a person can have a high BMI (by being muscular) but still have a very low-fat mass and vice versa. Would you like to calculate your BMI? Go to this page - https://www.gotrim.com/allinmycart/resources/measurements/? #BMI #weightloss #health

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Ditch the Diet for International No Diet Day

Chances are, you’ve tried a fad diet or two. We are guilty too! The promises that these diets promise are SO enticing – lose 10 pounds in just a week! These type of diets are called fad diets and that have one thing in common – they aren’t effective long term. So what does work for weight loss? A healthy lifestyle, that’s what! Here’s why you should ditch your diet.

Ditch the Diets

Why don’t fad diets work? Easy, they aren’t sustainable! Many diets are based on calorie counting and extreme calorie restriction over a period of time can be harmful to us. Plus, who actually enjoys counting calories? Fad diet are often extreme, which cause people to go on and off of them.

YoYo dieting can also harm your mental health. When we get off of a diet, we tend to blame ourselves. We cannot stress this enough: You didn’t fail the diet – the diet failed you! 

One last note – many of these trendy diets that promise the world often lack important nutrients, vitamins and minerals.

Why Choosing a Healthy Lifestyle is Key

Now that we have gone over a few reasons diets aren’t the best ways to maintain weight loss, let’s switch gears and talk about what will help you succeed!

Instead of depriving your body in unsustainable and unhealthy ways, consider a better approach to what goes on your plate. Rather than searching online for the best fad diet to do next, try searching for a program that offers both guidance, structure, and education!

Here are a few tips on healthy lifestyle changes:

• Set realistic goals
• Avoid “empty calories”
• Eat a variety of foods
• Incorporate exercise into your daily life – this doesn’t mean you have to exercise every day, but find what fits your lifestyle

Of course, if you need a little something to jumpstart the process, you can check out all of the customizable plans TLS® has to offer from a TLS® Flex Plan to the full 12-Week Program!