Measuring Success

I wrote a few weeks about the challenges in measuring success while strength training. For months I had been weighing the same. No gains or losses according to the weigh scale. I "though" I was looking better but since I hadn't been mearing my size all over how would I know?

I decided the best way to measure my success is abviously not by looking at the weigh scale. For 15 bucks I went out and purchased a Body Fat Pencentage measuring tool. It's a very simple device that tells a lot about my overall fitness.

Now using it I can determine if I'm reaching my goals even if my weight doesn't change because my progress is measured in fat loss and muscle gain, not just weight loss.

For example, last week I lost 2 pounds of fat and gained one pound of muscle. On the weight scale it shows that I've only lost one pound. I'd rather know I lost 2 pounds of fat and made myself one pound stronger.

My goal is to get to 10% body fat (if possible) so that means I still have another 28 pounds of fat to go. How much you wanna bet by the time I get there that I'll weigh just about the same as I do now?