Why are Inches so Important?
Tracking changes in key body measurements is just as critical as monitoring changes in your total weight—in fact it’s even more important. Why? Because your total weight alone doesn’t tell the whole story—in order to view an accurate picture of one’s overall wellness, it is important to consider what your total weight is comprised of. Monitoring your percentage of body fat relative to lean muscle mass shows a more complete and accurate picture of your health than does stepping on a scale.

Nexagen USA is committed to the principle of healthy weight loss programs that include proper nutrition and exercise. While our Jen Fe products are revolutionary, for optimal results they should be used as a part of an overall wellness strategy that includes proper nutrition and exercise. Jen Fe products are designed to aid in the elimination of fat while maintaining healthy, lean muscle mass. In fact, you’ll notice that we refer to our Jen Fe products as fat loss products as opposed to weight loss—that’s because these products are specifically designed to reduce fat cells and preserve muscle mass. In addition, many of the products from our Xtracts line are designed to support and enhance a healthy weight loss program by providing nutrition and protection to lean muscle and other cells.

While it may also be a goal of yours to reduce your total weight, the healthiest and best way to achieve this goal is through the reduction of total body fat while maintaining or increasing muscle mass. Your body composition will improve as you reduce the total percentage of body fat relative to your lean muscle mass, even if your total weight does not change right away.

If you have incorporated exercise into your weight loss program, you are more than likely gaining muscle mass. Because muscle cells are denser and thereby heavier relative to their size than are fat cells, you are likely to increase your total weight, even if you’re losing body fat. If your goal is healthy weight loss, you may be succeeding tremendously long before you begin to see a net difference in total weight. One way to gauge this success is to keep a record of changes in your overall size—if you are gaining muscle mass and losing fat, the size of your body overall will decrease.

Changes in measurements such as your waist, thigh and bicep are key indicators of your total body composition, and thereby also a good way to monitor the success of your healthy weight reduction program.

How to Take Key Body Measurements:

Waist Using a flexible (soft) measuring tape, measure the waist a few centimeters above the hips while relaxed. This is the accurate measurement. Thigh Using a flexible (soft) measuring tape, wrap the tape around the upper leg as high up as possible. Now flex and extend outward the thigh muscles and this will give you the correct size for your thighs. Bicep Using a flexible (soft) measuring tape, wrap the tape measure around the extended upper arm. Now make a muscle pumping your upper arm and lower arm together. Double check to make sure that the tape spans the broadest parts of your triceps (bottom) and biceps (top) of the upper arm. This is the accurate measurement.