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AMR
The active metabolic rate (AMR) is the
amount of energy required daily by the
body in its active state. The energy con-
sumption of a human being rises with
increasing physical activity and is meas-
ured on the diagnostic scale in relation to
the degree of activity entered (1-5).
To maintain your existing weight, the
amount of energy used must be reintro-
duced into the body in the form of food
and drink. If less energy is introduced
than is used over a longer period of time,
your body will obtain the difference largely
from the amount of fat stored and your
weight will decrease. If, on the other
hand, over a longer period of time more
energy is introduced than the total active
metabolic rate (AMR) calculated, your
body will be unable to burn off the excess
energy, and the excess will be stored in
the body as fat and your weight will in-
crease.
Results in relation to time
Remember that only long-term trends are important. Short-term fluctuations
in weight over a few days are usually the result of a loss of fluid.
The interpretation of the results will depend
on changes in your overall weight and
body fat, body water and muscle percent-
ages, as well as on the period during which
these changes take place. Sudden chan-
ges within days must be distinguished from
medium term changes (over weeks) and
long term changes (months).
A basic rule is that short term changes in
weight almost exclusively represent chan-
ges in water content, whereas medium and
long term changes may also involve the fat
and muscle percentages.
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If your weight reduces over the short
term, but your body fat percentage in-
creases or remains the same, you have
merely lost water – e.g. after a training
session, sauna session or a diet re-
stricted only to rapid weight loss.
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If your weight increases over the me-
dium term and the body fat percentage
falls or stays the same, then you could
have built up valuable muscle mass.
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If your weight and body fat percentage
fall simultaneously then your diet is
working – you are losing fat mass.
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Ideally you should support your diet
with physical activity, fitness or power
training. This way you can increase
your muscle percentage over the me-
dium term.
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Body fat, body water or muscle per-
centages should not be added (certain
elements of muscle tissue also contain
body water).
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