Bodyfat
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20% but I look better (no belly) at 17%. My Aria scale measures and logs it. I have no idea how accurate it is other than above 18% I start growing a gut and 15% and below I have abs.0
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I'll be happy when I get to 3 percent1
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I am currently around 18% or so. I'd like to get lower and that's what I'm cutting for now.0
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about 26%...I'd like to get to about 20%, I think...0
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Something like 20%. I'd prefer it to be around 10-12%. My profile picture from July 2014 is me around 12% BF...picture from February 2014 is something like 27% BF so right now I'm about half way in between.
BF measurements I've taken have been with calipers.0 -
Currently at 15%, from probably 30+ before. Want to get to 10%, but I'm definitely happy with the progress
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trigden1991 wrote: »
I'm pretty sure he was joking, he got me before doing something similar on another thread.2 -
The same bodyfat percentage can look very different on different people especially at lower bodyfats. I am admittedly fairly low muscle (my FFMI is about 18.5) so my 12% BF just looks lean with still a bit of pudge (see July 2014 profile pic) where as someone with a higher FMI might look completely cut at 12%.1
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I'm at 27.6% and nope, not happy with that. I'm hopeful that losing 20 more #'s will put me closer to 24% - and more importantly, the lean look I'm after. If not, I'll keep going. I'm 5-7". Oh, and I started at about 40%.0
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Aaron_K123 wrote: »The same bodyfat percentage can look very different on different people especially at lower bodyfats. I am admittedly fairly low muscle (my FFMI is about 18.5) so my 12% BF just looks lean with still a bit of pudge (see July 2014 profile pic) where as someone with a higher FMI might look completely cut at 12%.
This is a very good point that a lot of people don't realize. The way people carry their weight (in fat or muscle) can be drastically different even when they are the same height/weight.0 -
Spook_Skywalker wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »The same bodyfat percentage can look very different on different people especially at lower bodyfats. I am admittedly fairly low muscle (my FFMI is about 18.5) so my 12% BF just looks lean with still a bit of pudge (see July 2014 profile pic) where as someone with a higher FMI might look completely cut at 12%.
This is a very good point that a lot of people don't realize. The way people carry their weight (in fat or muscle) can be drastically different even when they are the same height/weight.
Definately. You look like a fairly well muscled dude (not to creep on your profile) so I'm guessing your 15% probably looks like lower bodyfat % than my 12% did. If aesthetics was all I was after I'd probably be better off with bulking up a bit.0 -
Calipers, visual images, online calculators and the bodyfat meter thing all put me between 20 &23%.
I'm built lean naturally, and tend to gain and lose muscle and fat in the same proportions, I think my body does not like to get below that 20%, or much above it either. Only twice did I feel "fatter" like unbalanced, after #2 and #4 babies. That persisted till I got more active. Was skinnier when young but that was unhealthy behaviors and well underweight. The 20% looks pretty good in real life, and if you have bewbs, that's more fat, so the actual fat % might be higher but not unhealthy or unattractive, you could still be lean. Women do need more fat to be in good health. Essential fat.0 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »trigden1991 wrote: »
I'm pretty sure he was joking, he got me before doing something similar on another thread.
Of course he was joking. You can tell because he said he'd be happy.
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Aaron_K123 wrote: »Spook_Skywalker wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »The same bodyfat percentage can look very different on different people especially at lower bodyfats. I am admittedly fairly low muscle (my FFMI is about 18.5) so my 12% BF just looks lean with still a bit of pudge (see July 2014 profile pic) where as someone with a higher FMI might look completely cut at 12%.
This is a very good point that a lot of people don't realize. The way people carry their weight (in fat or muscle) can be drastically different even when they are the same height/weight.
Definately. You look like a fairly well muscled dude (not to creep on your profile) so I'm guessing your 15% probably looks like lower bodyfat % than my 12% did. If aesthetics was all I was after I'd probably be better off with bulking up a bit.
Lol @ creep comment. Yea, exactly though.
The other problem I've ran into is the loose excess skin around the stomach area. Around this 15% mark I've started seeing better definition, but I have a fair amount of skin still (I was 330+ pounds for a while). I think it will only get worse when I chip away at my BF%. I have been strongly considering surgery, we'll see.
For now just happy to feel healthy.0 -
Spook_Skywalker wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »Spook_Skywalker wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »The same bodyfat percentage can look very different on different people especially at lower bodyfats. I am admittedly fairly low muscle (my FFMI is about 18.5) so my 12% BF just looks lean with still a bit of pudge (see July 2014 profile pic) where as someone with a higher FMI might look completely cut at 12%.
This is a very good point that a lot of people don't realize. The way people carry their weight (in fat or muscle) can be drastically different even when they are the same height/weight.
Definately. You look like a fairly well muscled dude (not to creep on your profile) so I'm guessing your 15% probably looks like lower bodyfat % than my 12% did. If aesthetics was all I was after I'd probably be better off with bulking up a bit.
Lol @ creep comment. Yea, exactly though.
The other problem I've ran into is the loose excess skin around the stomach area. Around this 15% mark I've started seeing better definition, but I have a fair amount of skin still (I was 330+ pounds for a while). I think it will only get worse when I chip away at my BF%. I have been strongly considering surgery, we'll see.
For now just happy to feel healthy.
Highest I've ever been is 200. I'm 6' so that doesn't sound like much but I am small framed so 200 for me is basically entering obese but not enough to have skin issues. I'm like 155 pounds at 12% bodyfat.0 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »Spook_Skywalker wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »Spook_Skywalker wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »The same bodyfat percentage can look very different on different people especially at lower bodyfats. I am admittedly fairly low muscle (my FFMI is about 18.5) so my 12% BF just looks lean with still a bit of pudge (see July 2014 profile pic) where as someone with a higher FMI might look completely cut at 12%.
This is a very good point that a lot of people don't realize. The way people carry their weight (in fat or muscle) can be drastically different even when they are the same height/weight.
Definately. You look like a fairly well muscled dude (not to creep on your profile) so I'm guessing your 15% probably looks like lower bodyfat % than my 12% did. If aesthetics was all I was after I'd probably be better off with bulking up a bit.
Lol @ creep comment. Yea, exactly though.
The other problem I've ran into is the loose excess skin around the stomach area. Around this 15% mark I've started seeing better definition, but I have a fair amount of skin still (I was 330+ pounds for a while). I think it will only get worse when I chip away at my BF%. I have been strongly considering surgery, we'll see.
For now just happy to feel healthy.
Highest I've ever been is 200. I'm 6' so that doesn't sound like much but I am small framed so 200 for me is basically entering obese but not enough to have skin issues. I'm like 155 pounds at 12% bodyfat.
Dude, enjoy! Lol. I can't wait to be able to go shirtless again at the beach. Hopefully by next summer!0 -
Spook_Skywalker wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »Spook_Skywalker wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »Spook_Skywalker wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »The same bodyfat percentage can look very different on different people especially at lower bodyfats. I am admittedly fairly low muscle (my FFMI is about 18.5) so my 12% BF just looks lean with still a bit of pudge (see July 2014 profile pic) where as someone with a higher FMI might look completely cut at 12%.
This is a very good point that a lot of people don't realize. The way people carry their weight (in fat or muscle) can be drastically different even when they are the same height/weight.
Definately. You look like a fairly well muscled dude (not to creep on your profile) so I'm guessing your 15% probably looks like lower bodyfat % than my 12% did. If aesthetics was all I was after I'd probably be better off with bulking up a bit.
Lol @ creep comment. Yea, exactly though.
The other problem I've ran into is the loose excess skin around the stomach area. Around this 15% mark I've started seeing better definition, but I have a fair amount of skin still (I was 330+ pounds for a while). I think it will only get worse when I chip away at my BF%. I have been strongly considering surgery, we'll see.
For now just happy to feel healthy.
Highest I've ever been is 200. I'm 6' so that doesn't sound like much but I am small framed so 200 for me is basically entering obese but not enough to have skin issues. I'm like 155 pounds at 12% bodyfat.
Dude, enjoy! Lol. I can't wait to be able to go shirtless again at the beach. Hopefully by next summer!
Sounds like you are killing it, congrats man that is a huge accomplisment. Cheers.0 -
Currently somewhere close to 14%ish. This was at 12.5% about a month ago:
/AWing
#Hornsbythinksi'mfat3 -
18%
5'4" 120lbs Female.0 -
jofjltncb6 wrote: »Currently somewhere close to 14%ish. This was at 12.5% about a month ago:
/AWing
#Hornsbythinksi'mfat
I mean I definately understand that higher muscle means that higher percent bodyfats resemble lower percent bodyfats for the majority of people but with that said THAT is 14% on you? Geez. I would have guessed 10%
ETA: reading fail, that is 12.5% not 14....still.0 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »jofjltncb6 wrote: »Currently somewhere close to 14%ish. This was at 12.5% about a month ago:
/AWing
#Hornsbythinksi'mfat
I mean I definately understand that higher muscle means that higher percent bodyfats resemble lower percent bodyfats for the majority of people but with that said THAT is 14% on you? Geez. I would have guessed 10%
ETA: reading fail, that is 12.5% not 14....still.
That's what the dexa said. (Well, kind of. That 12.5% was actually extrapolated from an earlier 13.5% test.) And the difference between that 13.5% and 12.5% was marked.
But yeah, BF is weird. It's just fairly evenly distributed at that lower point (but prior, was more prominent at my waist). That last five pounds made a big difference...and was the most difficult five pounds I've ever lost in my life.0 -
Currently I'm around 26% based on recent measurements. At my last body scan I was estimated between 26-27% so I suspect this is pretty accurate for me. My goal is to be between 20-24% so I am getting closer. I am much more focused on my bf% than on my actual weight at this point in my journey. I'm going through a very slow re-comp while losing my last 20lb0
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And my BIA scale % reads about 78% of my dexa %...but I suspect that varies by person (and doesn't include the daily volatility of up to 20% either direction).0
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