Body fat

spraytanninghelens

born_of_fire74, i have taken on all you advice and fully appreciate your honesty. After all i posted the pic for people to be honest with me so please don't think i have taken it any other way I'm thicker skinned than that.
I welcome any advice from you as I'm on here looking for just that. Im currently scanning amazon for that strong curves book ha ha.

mom23mangos

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

Not to be nasty to you, tcunbeliever, or spraytanninghelens, but you guys should ditch those scales or at least stop listening to what they have to say about your BF%. There is just no way that spraytanninghelens is under 20% BF based on her photo and I daresay there is almost no way you are 18% BF based on your profile pictures (presuming your photos are recent tcunbeliever). I'm leaner than both of you and put myself at no better than 22% BF, prolly more like 23%.

Again, my intent is not to be mean to you or discourage you guys in any way, it's just that a scale simply can't measure what you're asking it to measure.

For reference, this person prolly started out at something like 21 or 22% BF and is now prolly something like 17 or 18% BF

Does @mom23mangoes know you're using her picture?

No. Is that a problem? I didn't think it would be because they are posted in another thread on these boards. I could link to the thread in which they are posted instead if so but that seems like six of one/half dozen of the other to me. Definitely want to be helpful. Definitely don't want to cause problems. I can only edit my post for about 20 more minutes so lemme know if I should change it.

You're totally cool. I put it out there for a reason. If the OP can use it see what long-term body recomposition can do I'm happy. And I don't have any real idea what my body fat is in either of those pics, but I used the same BIA scale for both and was ~23% on the left and ~21% on the right. I am probably somewhere between 18-20% realistically.

born_of_fire74

mom23mangos wrote: »

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

Not to be nasty to you, tcunbeliever, or spraytanninghelens, but you guys should ditch those scales or at least stop listening to what they have to say about your BF%. There is just no way that spraytanninghelens is under 20% BF based on her photo and I daresay there is almost no way you are 18% BF based on your profile pictures (presuming your photos are recent tcunbeliever). I'm leaner than both of you and put myself at no better than 22% BF, prolly more like 23%.

Again, my intent is not to be mean to you or discourage you guys in any way, it's just that a scale simply can't measure what you're asking it to measure.

For reference, this person prolly started out at something like 21 or 22% BF and is now prolly something like 17 or 18% BF

Does @mom23mangoes know you're using her picture?

No. Is that a problem? I didn't think it would be because they are posted in another thread on these boards. I could link to the thread in which they are posted instead if so but that seems like six of one/half dozen of the other to me. Definitely want to be helpful. Definitely don't want to cause problems. I can only edit my post for about 20 more minutes so lemme know if I should change it.

You're totally cool. I put it out there for a reason. If the OP can use it see what long-term body recomposition can do I'm happy. And I don't have any real idea what my body fat is in either of those pics, but I used the same BIA scale for both and was ~23% on the left and ~21% on the right. I am probably somewhere between 18-20% realistically.

Thanks mom23mangos. Glad I wasn't stepping on any toes. Also glad to see that I wasn't too far out to lunch on my BF% estimates!

You look fabulous BTW. Gawd that stomach *drools* Gratz on all your hard work paying off

spraytanninghelens

🙌🙌 Mom23mangos you have inspired me. You look amazing. Thank you 😊

mom23mangos

Thank you @born_of_fire74 and @spraytanninghelens. My goal was to show that scale weight is pretty meaningless if your goal body composition change. Spraytanninghelens, take plenty of progress photos! IMO they are THE best measure. Even tape measurements don't tell a whole lot if you don't have inches to lose. Your body composition can change while you still keep relatively the same measurements. Or they can increase which would lead some people to freak at getting bigger. If you can afford it, regular DXA/Hydro scans are great too. I had a DXA a few years ago, but haven't ever gone back.

spraytanninghelens

Thanks for the tips @mom23mangos. I plan on getting right back into lifting. Ive been doing more cardio lately buy think I’m just going to stick with lifting program plus a few spin classes and a run on other days. I will take your advice and take some pics and fingers crossed will start to see some progress after a few months. You look fab by the way 🤗