Does having a leaner body with less fat = being healthier?

Not necessarily...

Being larger than your friend or family member doesn't exactly mean you're less healthy than someone who appears to be slim and trim.

Case in point...

Meet Jane.

She's slim and trim, even with toned arms and legs. However, she walks a flight of stairs and is exhausted by the time she gets to the top (and that's just after one flight). She also has high blood pressure.

Then there's John...

John is super-active. He loves eating mostly unprocessed foods, but enjoys the occasional ice cream and pizza. He's always been "bigger", as he trains 5X a week with heavy weights and enjoys daily walks. His blood pressure, cholesterol, and other health markers are on point.

Now if you look only at the BMI chart, it would show Jane being super-healthy while John being unhealthy. 

Size doesn't tell the full story.

I just read an article that showed in one study that tracked 11,761 adults over the course of 14 years. Now - people who didn’t smoke, drank alcohol in moderation, ate five or more servings of fruits and veggies a day, and exercised at least three times per week lived longer—regardless of their weight.

This is why when someone comes to me wanting to get healthier, we don't focus on just the scale. We want the weight loss to be more of a "by-product" of them getting healthier.

Things like:

• Better relationship with food
   
• Learning how to sleep better
   
• Having fitness become a part of who they are VS being a "chore"
   
• Stress management
   
• Mindset

Just getting healthy on the outside is OK, but getting healthier from the inside out is so much better :) 

If you like the sound of that, go here to let me know a bit more about yourself.

Later tater,

Mikey