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Read more: What is a Healthy Weight?
A great aim is to get to a weight where you feel healthy and comfortable, have the energy to do what you want to do, enjoy a varied diet, and have no weight-related medical problems.
Read more: Assessing your weight
The Body Mass Index (BMI) is used internationally by doctors and
other health professionals to assess if someone’s weight is putting
their health at risk.
Read more: Body Mass Index
Another important way to assess your weight is by measuring your
waist at belly button level. A simple way to stay aware of your waist
is according to how well, or otherwise, skirts and trousers fit.
Read more: Waist management
Measuring body is fat especially useful when regular physical activity is a key part of your weight loss plan. As well as seeing how the scales change, you can assess how the amount of fat in your body changes.
Read more: Measuring body fat
If you are now satisfied that losing some pounds is a good idea, the next helpful step is to be clear about why you actually want to lose weight.
Read more: Why lose weight?
Besides health reasons, many people have their own reasons for wanting to lose weight.
Read more: Personal reasons for losing weight
Weight is regulated by the calories we consume from food and drink
and the calories we burn (our metabolic rate (the rate our bodies tick
over) + activity we do).
Read more: How weight loss works
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