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Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

I think it's important. And the research is pretty clear that people who track their weight are better at maintaining their weight. I just want to make sure you're tracking your body composition because we don't want to maintain your weight. If you weigh the same at 50 that you did at 30, but you aren't actively doing resistance training, it's not the same weight. Hmm.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

You might be a size or two bigger at the same weight. That was my husband was, you know, his waist size was two inches bigger, same weight, totally different body composition. Because if we are not actively supporting and building our muscle mass as we age, we will lose it, as we know. And then the other part is tracking that sleep pattern.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

You might be a size or two bigger at the same weight. That was my husband was, you know, his waist size was two inches bigger, same weight, totally different body composition. Because if we are not actively supporting and building our muscle mass as we age, we will lose it, as we know. And then the other part is tracking that sleep pattern.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

You might be a size or two bigger at the same weight. That was my husband was, you know, his waist size was two inches bigger, same weight, totally different body composition. Because if we are not actively supporting and building our muscle mass as we age, we will lose it, as we know. And then the other part is tracking that sleep pattern.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

And, man, if you – I just read a study where they looked at short sleepers, four and a half hours. They took people down to four and a half hours of sleep versus eight and a half hours of sleep and, you know, basically stopped their weight loss. Like couldn't lose weight, couldn't build muscle.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

And, man, if you – I just read a study where they looked at short sleepers, four and a half hours. They took people down to four and a half hours of sleep versus eight and a half hours of sleep and, you know, basically stopped their weight loss. Like couldn't lose weight, couldn't build muscle.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

And, man, if you – I just read a study where they looked at short sleepers, four and a half hours. They took people down to four and a half hours of sleep versus eight and a half hours of sleep and, you know, basically stopped their weight loss. Like couldn't lose weight, couldn't build muscle.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

You've got to – you basically really put blocks on muscle protein synthesis when you're not sleeping well. So sleep is critical and, of course, managing stress. Now, I don't start with all of this at once. You can't. You can't. You wouldn't do anything. So when you really look at what you need to do, I think you've got to do a body composition to start with so you really know your starting point.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

You've got to – you basically really put blocks on muscle protein synthesis when you're not sleeping well. So sleep is critical and, of course, managing stress. Now, I don't start with all of this at once. You can't. You can't. You wouldn't do anything. So when you really look at what you need to do, I think you've got to do a body composition to start with so you really know your starting point.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

You've got to – you basically really put blocks on muscle protein synthesis when you're not sleeping well. So sleep is critical and, of course, managing stress. Now, I don't start with all of this at once. You can't. You can't. You wouldn't do anything. So when you really look at what you need to do, I think you've got to do a body composition to start with so you really know your starting point.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

But then pick the thing. Maybe the first thing for you is you go, you know, I've been sitting all the time. Your first thing is activity. Start there. Focus on one thing. Nail it. We had that discussion last time where I said it took me six months to to get meditation under my belt. Six months, I didn't focus on anything else. I just worked on that. Right now, I had been working on doing steps.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

But then pick the thing. Maybe the first thing for you is you go, you know, I've been sitting all the time. Your first thing is activity. Start there. Focus on one thing. Nail it. We had that discussion last time where I said it took me six months to to get meditation under my belt. Six months, I didn't focus on anything else. I just worked on that. Right now, I had been working on doing steps.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

But then pick the thing. Maybe the first thing for you is you go, you know, I've been sitting all the time. Your first thing is activity. Start there. Focus on one thing. Nail it. We had that discussion last time where I said it took me six months to to get meditation under my belt. Six months, I didn't focus on anything else. I just worked on that. Right now, I had been working on doing steps.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

Now that the steps are solidly being, you know, 10, 12,000 a day, I'm working on really kicking up my HIIT training. So I don't focus on improving multiple things at once because then I don't do anything. You focus. One thing.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

Now that the steps are solidly being, you know, 10, 12,000 a day, I'm working on really kicking up my HIIT training. So I don't focus on improving multiple things at once because then I don't do anything. You focus. One thing.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

Now that the steps are solidly being, you know, 10, 12,000 a day, I'm working on really kicking up my HIIT training. So I don't focus on improving multiple things at once because then I don't do anything. You focus. One thing.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

Well, you'll get even better, because they probably did a foot scan. to see if she had osteoporosis or osteopenia, but like full body, Dexa's gonna show it. It's just amazing to me that a ninja warrior would have... Well, this is before.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

Well, you'll get even better, because they probably did a foot scan. to see if she had osteoporosis or osteopenia, but like full body, Dexa's gonna show it. It's just amazing to me that a ninja warrior would have... Well, this is before.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

Well, you'll get even better, because they probably did a foot scan. to see if she had osteoporosis or osteopenia, but like full body, Dexa's gonna show it. It's just amazing to me that a ninja warrior would have... Well, this is before.

Dhru Purohit Show
Don't Let The Scale Run Your Life: The Power of Focusing on Body Composition

Which is the opposite actually of being healthy when you think about it.