am i still normal

Tsoggo
Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Found this at bodybuilding.com
Lean body weight = 94.42 + 1.082 (nude weight in pounds) - 4.15 (waist girth around bellybutton in inches)

Body fat (%) = bodyweight - lean bodyweight x 100/bodyweight

Is this formula of getting body fat % correct? I just found out Im 73% fat. And yes I am fat physically. My thighs, arms, belly, back, my chest or my body is covered with fat. By the way Im 105kg and Im 18years old. I tried online calculators and Im at 32-35%. Im worried about my body now. I was 130 kg before and now Im 105kg but it feels like the amount of fat in my body stayed the same. Im currently discourage of lossing weight now because of this.

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  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    edited November 2015
    To be 73% BF at 231lb you would only have 62lb of lean body mass, which means you are like 4ft tall (or possibly shorter, I'm guessing here). 32-35% BF sounds much more reasonable.

    I'm not familiar with that equation (is there a name for it, there are well known equations that have names such as the Navy/Army Body Fat estimate, the YMCA Body Fat estimate, and so forth). Either it is a bad equation or you did something wrong.
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    I saw it somewhere in the internet. Ohh sorry i forgot to put my height, im 5 feet and 10 inches tall
  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    ok, did a quick google and compared that equation to myself and the equation is ok, sounds like you plugged in the numbers wrong if you came up with a BF% of 73%.

    As for losing BF, it takes a long time. It has taken me 23 weeks to go from ~30%BF at 220lb (5'11") to ~16%BF at 182lb. If you want to lose fat, lift weights (StrongLifts 5x5 is a great beginner program), eat your protein (0.64-0.82g/lb per day), and eat at a deficit so you lose weight.
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    Yeah. I realize i did messed up with the equation. Wow thats a transformation i wanted xD. I just wanted to become leaner just remove fats. Btw do you eat rice or bread? Thats the things i always eat
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    I guess thats what make me fat
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    You're not 73% fat.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I guess thats what make me fat

    What you eat will never make you fat, only how much you eat.
    Body weight is determined by calories taken in versus calories expended.
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    You're not 73% fat.

    Yeah i messed up with the equation. I am 33% fat xD.
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I guess thats what make me fat

    What you eat will never make you fat, only how much you eat.
    Body weight is determined by calories taken in versus calories expended.

    But i read somewhere that rice and bread or any processed food makes you fat even tho you eat with deficit
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I guess thats what make me fat

    What you eat will never make you fat, only how much you eat.
    Body weight is determined by calories taken in versus calories expended.

    But i read somewhere that rice and bread or any processed food makes you fat even tho you eat with deficit

    That's not true. People have been eating rice and bread for thousands of years. The majority of them, throughout history, didn't have weight problems. Even today, millions of people eat rice and bread without having extra weight.
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I guess thats what make me fat

    What you eat will never make you fat, only how much you eat.
    Body weight is determined by calories taken in versus calories expended.

    But i read somewhere that rice and bread or any processed food makes you fat even tho you eat with deficit

    That's not true. People have been eating rice and bread for thousands of years. The majority of them, throughout history, didn't have weight problems. Even today, millions of people eat rice and bread without having extra weight.

    But i only eat 3 cups rice a day. And i am always under my calorie goal :(
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I guess thats what make me fat

    What you eat will never make you fat, only how much you eat.
    Body weight is determined by calories taken in versus calories expended.

    But i read somewhere that rice and bread or any processed food makes you fat even tho you eat with deficit

    That's not true. People have been eating rice and bread for thousands of years. The majority of them, throughout history, didn't have weight problems. Even today, millions of people eat rice and bread without having extra weight.

    But i only eat 3 cups rice a day. And i am always under my calorie goal :(

    If you are meeting your calorie goals, rice or bread isn't going to make you fat. Your body needs excess energy in order to create fat. If you are meeting your goal, or if you are under it, you don't have excess energy to create fat.
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I guess thats what make me fat

    What you eat will never make you fat, only how much you eat.
    Body weight is determined by calories taken in versus calories expended.

    But i read somewhere that rice and bread or any processed food makes you fat even tho you eat with deficit

    That's not true. People have been eating rice and bread for thousands of years. The majority of them, throughout history, didn't have weight problems. Even today, millions of people eat rice and bread without having extra weight.

    But i only eat 3 cups rice a day. And i am always under my calorie goal :(

    If you are meeting your calorie goals, rice or bread isn't going to make you fat. Your body needs excess energy in order to create fat. If you are meeting your goal, or if you are under it, you don't have excess energy to create fat.

    So i dont create fat but i dont lose them either?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I guess thats what make me fat

    What you eat will never make you fat, only how much you eat.
    Body weight is determined by calories taken in versus calories expended.

    But i read somewhere that rice and bread or any processed food makes you fat even tho you eat with deficit

    That's not true. People have been eating rice and bread for thousands of years. The majority of them, throughout history, didn't have weight problems. Even today, millions of people eat rice and bread without having extra weight.

    But i only eat 3 cups rice a day. And i am always under my calorie goal :(

    If you are meeting your calorie goals, rice or bread isn't going to make you fat. Your body needs excess energy in order to create fat. If you are meeting your goal, or if you are under it, you don't have excess energy to create fat.

    So i dont create fat but i dont lose them either?

    Are you saying that you aren't losing weight? For how long have you been logging your food and not losing weight?
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    I lost 25 kg for about 3 months. But i am still fat :( just weigh lower
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I lost 25 kg for about 3 months. But i am still fat :( just weigh lower

    But you're losing weight! That's awesome -- congratulations!
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    edited November 2015
    Thank you! But i still look good tho xD and not yet fit
  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I lost 25 kg for about 3 months. But i am still fat :( just weigh lower

    Unless you were starving yourself, almost all of that was fat. Like I said, it takes a long time to shed all of the fat. At 5'10" you will probably need to drop another 18kg to really look less fat, and then another 18kg on top of that to be really fit (that would take you from 231lb now, to 151lb, or to 69kg).

    As for rice/bread, I eat pizza almost every day, and that has a lot of bread in it. I don't eat a ton of rice, but if I did it wouldn't make a significant difference unless I displaced my protein intake. Eat what you enjoy, just make sure you get sufficient nutrients.
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    nordlead2005 wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I lost 25 kg for about 3 months. But i am still fat :( just weigh lower

    Unless you were starving yourself, almost all of that was fat. Like I said, it takes a long time to shed all of the fat. At 5'10" you will probably need to drop another 18kg to really look less fat, and then another 18kg on top of that to be really fit (that would take you from 231lb now, to 151lb, or to 69kg).

    As for rice/bread, I eat pizza almost every day, and that has a lot of bread in it. I don't eat a ton of rice, but if I did it wouldn't make a significant difference unless I displaced my protein intake. Eat what you enjoy, just make sure you get sufficient nutrients.

    Thanks sir!
  • kellellie
    kellellie Posts: 109 Member
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I guess thats what make me fat

    What you eat will never make you fat, only how much you eat.
    Body weight is determined by calories taken in versus calories expended.

    But i read somewhere that rice and bread or any processed food makes you fat even tho you eat with deficit

    That's not true. People have been eating rice and bread for thousands of years. The majority of them, throughout history, didn't have weight problems. Even today, millions of people eat rice and bread without having extra weight.

    But i only eat 3 cups rice a day. And i am always under my calorie goal :(


    I don't know about cups because I measure mine in grams, but I eat 100-160 grams of rice 3-4 mornings a week for breakfast (with turkey bacon, an egg, gluten free soy sauce and green onions, 300-400 calories, depending) since May. I also eat gluten free hamburger buns 1-2 times a week with delicious home made burgers. I'm 5'10" and started in May at 211, and i'm 176 now.
  • trswallow
    trswallow Posts: 116 Member
    nordlead2005 wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I lost 25 kg for about 3 months. But i am still fat :( just weigh lower

    Unless you were starving yourself, almost all of that was fat. Like I said, it takes a long time to shed all of the fat. At 5'10" you will probably need to drop another 18kg to really look less fat, and then another 18kg on top of that to be really fit (that would take you from 231lb now, to 151lb, or to 69kg).

    As for rice/bread, I eat pizza almost every day, and that has a lot of bread in it. I don't eat a ton of rice, but if I did it wouldn't make a significant difference unless I displaced my protein intake. Eat what you enjoy, just make sure you get sufficient nutrients.

    Losing 55 lbs in 12 weeks (4.5/week) seems excessive and would likely result in significant muscle loss unless you are lifting a lot of heavy weights. Also what is your calorie goal, because 3 cups of rice is close to 1,000 calories? You might want to cut some carbs to make room for more protein, which if you are lifting heavy will help you maintain muscle.
  • Tsoggo
    Tsoggo Posts: 114 Member
    trswallow wrote: »
    nordlead2005 wrote: »
    jadebuniel wrote: »
    I lost 25 kg for about 3 months. But i am still fat :( just weigh lower

    Unless you were starving yourself, almost all of that was fat. Like I said, it takes a long time to shed all of the fat. At 5'10" you will probably need to drop another 18kg to really look less fat, and then another 18kg on top of that to be really fit (that would take you from 231lb now, to 151lb, or to 69kg).

    As for rice/bread, I eat pizza almost every day, and that has a lot of bread in it. I don't eat a ton of rice, but if I did it wouldn't make a significant difference unless I displaced my protein intake. Eat what you enjoy, just make sure you get sufficient nutrients.

    Losing 55 lbs in 12 weeks (4.5/week) seems excessive and would likely result in significant muscle loss unless you are lifting a lot of heavy weights. Also what is your calorie goal, because 3 cups of rice is close to 1,000 calories? You might want to cut some carbs to make room for more protein, which if you are lifting heavy will help you maintain muscle.

    My calorie goal is 1880
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