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JustMissTracy wrote: »trigden1991 wrote: »Around 14%. Little way to go!
Trig...can you tell me...if I'm at 27, and at a nice weight (121)..do I really have to lose more weight to get my bf down?
No ....recomp
Protein and progressive resistance
This has been my thinking for the last few months. Except the "progressive" part, maybe I haven't been "progressive" enough!1 -
JustMissTracy wrote: »JustMissTracy wrote: »trigden1991 wrote: »Around 14%. Little way to go!
Trig...can you tell me...if I'm at 27, and at a nice weight (121)..do I really have to lose more weight to get my bf down?
muscle mass helps.
Thank you! The thought of losing more weight (lost 80 already) is not one I cherish; the loss is really starting to show in my face, so I'd rather not lose any more. I do a fair amount of body resistance workouts and cardio, and a small amount of kettlebell workouts, maybe I'll increase those and see if it helps..
the thing is though, even if you do recomp, its still losing more bodyfat, so you'll see the changes in your body, just not the scales... thats where the saying 'you can have a nice face or a nice bum' comes from....2 -
Also no idea
Oh I have a reading on a bio impedence scale
And I also went for a dexa scan
But still have no idea
Turns out even though I firmly believed that dexa would be accurate, that operators can calibrate it in different ways so all the charts and averages I've seen were irrelevant to my readings as the operator told me where I stood in relation to the people he'd scanned and suggested I took off 6-7% to be relevant to the Google charts and images. @tomteboda also explained how they worked to me and how inaccurate they can be
son, I was disappoint
Damn. Youve actually saved me alot of "thinking" and from wasting my money as I have been contemplating a dexa scan for a while. They are ridiculously expensive.
So thanks, I wont even entertain the idea anymore.0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »JustMissTracy wrote: »JustMissTracy wrote: »trigden1991 wrote: »Around 14%. Little way to go!
Trig...can you tell me...if I'm at 27, and at a nice weight (121)..do I really have to lose more weight to get my bf down?
muscle mass helps.
Thank you! The thought of losing more weight (lost 80 already) is not one I cherish; the loss is really starting to show in my face, so I'd rather not lose any more. I do a fair amount of body resistance workouts and cardio, and a small amount of kettlebell workouts, maybe I'll increase those and see if it helps..
the thing is though, even if you do recomp, its still losing more bodyfat, so you'll see the changes in your body, just not the scales... thats where the saying 'you can have a nice face or a nice bum' comes from....
That's ok, I don't want the scale to change any further...and I want a nice face AND bum! (And belly too!)0 -
JustMissTracy wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »JustMissTracy wrote: »JustMissTracy wrote: »trigden1991 wrote: »Around 14%. Little way to go!
Trig...can you tell me...if I'm at 27, and at a nice weight (121)..do I really have to lose more weight to get my bf down?
muscle mass helps.
Thank you! The thought of losing more weight (lost 80 already) is not one I cherish; the loss is really starting to show in my face, so I'd rather not lose any more. I do a fair amount of body resistance workouts and cardio, and a small amount of kettlebell workouts, maybe I'll increase those and see if it helps..
the thing is though, even if you do recomp, its still losing more bodyfat, so you'll see the changes in your body, just not the scales... thats where the saying 'you can have a nice face or a nice bum' comes from....
That's ok, I don't want the scale to change any further...and I want a nice face AND bum! (And belly too!)
you said you're already seeing the loss in your face, so you don't want to lose any more weight? you will still lose from your face.0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »JustMissTracy wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »JustMissTracy wrote: »JustMissTracy wrote: »trigden1991 wrote: »Around 14%. Little way to go!
Trig...can you tell me...if I'm at 27, and at a nice weight (121)..do I really have to lose more weight to get my bf down?
muscle mass helps.
Thank you! The thought of losing more weight (lost 80 already) is not one I cherish; the loss is really starting to show in my face, so I'd rather not lose any more. I do a fair amount of body resistance workouts and cardio, and a small amount of kettlebell workouts, maybe I'll increase those and see if it helps..
the thing is though, even if you do recomp, its still losing more bodyfat, so you'll see the changes in your body, just not the scales... thats where the saying 'you can have a nice face or a nice bum' comes from....
That's ok, I don't want the scale to change any further...and I want a nice face AND bum! (And belly too!)
you said you're already seeing the loss in your face, so you don't want to lose any more weight? you will still lose from your face.
Well yes, but i'm also 47....there's a chance some of these wrinkles are normal and not from weight loss, but I suspect a fair amount of them ARE from losing too much (Or was it all the scrunching up while working out and running, maybe?) I'm not too concerned, and am actually really pleased with my success so far, but I was shocked by the bf number I saw, and don't want to lose more weight. If I get more wrinkles still, so be it..
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I had a DEXA scan in August and came in at 36%. That was disconcerting, especially after all other estimates (calculators, reliable people eyeballing me, etc.) had me around 26%. I figured the DEXA would be high 20s, but not mid-30s, putting me in obese range. After talking to the tech and reading a bit more about them, I don't believe that my results were accurate.
I think that knowing your bf can be interesting but I will caution you that if you struggle with your appearance or hint toward BDD, getting disappointing results can be very difficult.1 -
Also no idea
Oh I have a reading on a bio impedence scale
And I also went for a dexa scan
But still have no idea
Turns out even though I firmly believed that dexa would be accurate, that operators can calibrate it in different ways so all the charts and averages I've seen were irrelevant to my readings as the operator told me where I stood in relation to the people he'd scanned and suggested I took off 6-7% to be relevant to the Google charts and images. @tomteboda also explained how they worked to me and how inaccurate they can be
son, I was disappoint
Damn. Youve actually saved me alot of "thinking" and from wasting my money as I have been contemplating a dexa scan for a while. They are ridiculously expensive.
So thanks, I wont even entertain the idea anymore.
FYI - I went down the BodPod scan route every six months as cheaper than DEXA in the UK - wasn't impressed.
Had a roughly believable progression although the number seemed to clash with visual estimates but had one scan that was clearly a false reading (bigger arms/legs, smaller waist and better muscle definition but BF% apparently went up - hmmm).
Gave up trying to measure at that point.1 -
JustMissTracy wrote: »trigden1991 wrote: »Around 14%. Little way to go!
Trig...can you tell me...if I'm at 27, and at a nice weight (121)..do I really have to lose more weight to get my bf down?
To decrease your bodyfat percentage you have 2 options;
1) Increase your muscle mass
2) Decrease your fat mass
As a woman it is significantly easier to lose fat than it is build muscle. I personally would keep dieting until you're a bit leaner and then increase calories to maintenance/slight surplus to build some muscle.1 -
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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