Re: Thoughts on bodyfat percentages

[Guest guest]

Don't concentrate on it. Just change your diet, lower your calories and the

rest will happen. Your focus should be on what you eat and how much.

on 1/21/2004 9:05 AM, bernadettepawlik at bernadettepawlik@... wrote:

> This is a fairly confusing topic for me. My current body fat

> percentage is 25% (post baby and baby changes in lifestyle.) My

> pre-baby bodyfat was 14%. However, I currently weigh 145 and pre-baby

> weighed 140. The low bodyfat was due to a very low fat diet and 90

> minute per day workouts.

>

> I've some arbitarily set a bodyfat percentage goal of 18% to be

> achieved by the end of the year. This number I chose because it is

> considered " excellent " for 30 year old women.

[Guest guest]

My body fat percentage is 28%-30%,(I have an electrical impedence scale) but I'm

5'7 and 123lbs. Go figure. I've always been " lithe " in build and unable to gain

much muscle mass even when I used to weight lift on a reg. basis. Should I be

concerned??? Ultimatley it is weight that matters, correct?(along w/a healthy

lifestyle of course)

-Becca

[Guest guest]

Hi Becca:

Interesting post. Have you tried other methods of measuring BF%?

Such as calipers or the US Navy method posted here a couple of days

ago?

A combination of 'lithe' and '29% body fat' doesn't seem to make much

sense. Perhaps the impedence scale measurement is mistaken for some

reason? (Scale broken/miscalibrated? Something unusual about your

body's electrical conductivity that has nothing to do with fat?)

Rodney.

> My body fat percentage is 28%-30%,(I have an electrical impedence

scale) but I'm 5'7 and 123lbs. Go figure. I've always been " lithe "

in build and unable to gain much muscle mass even when I used to

weight lift on a reg. basis. Should I be concerned??? Ultimatley it

is weight that matters, correct?(along w/a healthy lifestyle of

course)

> -Becca

[Guest guest]

Ultimately it is # of calories in- healthy calories of course. All the rest

is just a lot of side conversation. If you are taking in fewer calories

than you would ad lib, you are a CRONIE. If your blood lipids, BP, white

cell count etc are improved, you are a CRONIE.

on 1/22/2004 2:13 AM, bugnewberry@... at bugnewberry@... wrote:

> My body fat percentage is 28%-30%,(I have an electrical impedence scale) but

> I'm 5'7 and 123lbs. Go figure. I've always been " lithe " in build and unable

> to gain much muscle mass even when I used to weight lift on a reg. basis.

> Should I be concerned??? Ultimatley it is weight that matters, correct?(along

> w/a healthy lifestyle of course)

> -Becca

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