*Body Fat photo eval* Styku says 30.7%!!!! Beyond bummed!!!!

cmriverside

I don't think anyone said it yet, but . . .

Dem shoulders, tho!





(I'm an old granny, I think it's still okay for me to say something like that, right? I'm not very woke. Credit to nay0meh for that hard work, that's all I'm saying. Can't believe I'm explaining myself here...)

Xellercin

nay0meh wrote: »

@88AViva Thank you for sharing! What are your goals now? Happy to help if I can.

@Xellercin I think I am trying to gauge the progress I made but instead it feels like I have failed. But I know this isn't true. Just gotta work on my mind which seems to be so much more difficult at times than working on my body! Was hoping to hear from others who had similar experiences with scans and from others who can help me trust I am on the right journey and to just keep keeping on. Sometimes I feel like I "SHOULD" push more, do more, eat better, but in reality, I know I am doing great.

This is very much an emotional thing that you should not at all be addressing by further subjecting yourself to measurements that make you feel even worse about yourself.

You have a spectacular looking body, and I say that not as someone envious, but as someone with a rather similar body that I'm very comfortable in.

There's nothing wrong with constantly wanting to improve, but there's a huge difference between wanting to always improve and not feeling good enough. They are similar, but fundamentally different.

I'm ALWAYS trying to improve. I'm always optimizing my eating and exercise, I'm always looking for ways to maximize my health and strength. But I don't *at all* feel like my thighs are "too big" or that my muscles don't look defined enough.

My motivation isn't that my body isn't "good enough" yet, my motivation is to be a vital, energetic, healthy 80 year old, and that takes diligent, lifelong effort.

My body looking good is just a really fun side effect of me taking excellent care of my most precious resource.

Perhaps it's time to put some of that incredible motivation and discipline you have towards your mental fitness. Instead of paying someone to measure you pointlessly whose job it is to make you feel like you always need to be better, start paying someone who has a doctorate in making you feel better about yourself.

You *can* feel driven to strive for physical excellent AND feel 100% good about how your body looks at the same time.

azuki84

cmriverside wrote: »

Those pictures with body fat percentages like the one azuki84 posted are also nonsense. The top images are taken away from the camera, that 27-29% is right up close (so there's a bit of an optical illusion)...the body 'types' are different...for instance the 21-23 is obviously more of a pear-shaped woman and you can't really tell anything about the general body shapes of the last two.

I think the OP looks great. I don't see how she needs to lose any around her hips or thighs. It's just a genetic body type. @nay0meh - you look great.

One of the problems with weight is that it is measurable by numbers: calories, tape measures, scales, dexa, etc. (not STYKU) so it's human nature to try to get the "perfect" score. We all want to be "A" students.

Relax a bit. Enjoy your healthy beautiful body that isn't straight up and down like a 12 year old's. When I was a young woman I had a period of time where I was mortified at my (OMG) hips, thicker thighs, and rounded belly. It's not the same as a 12 YO, it isn't supposed to be.

Obviously. Read what i typed.Its general context. Dont overthink it lol

sollyn23l2

azuki84 wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

Those pictures with body fat percentages like the one azuki84 posted are also nonsense. The top images are taken away from the camera, that 27-29% is right up close (so there's a bit of an optical illusion)...the body 'types' are different...for instance the 21-23 is obviously more of a pear-shaped woman and you can't really tell anything about the general body shapes of the last two.

I think the OP looks great. I don't see how she needs to lose any around her hips or thighs. It's just a genetic body type. @nay0meh - you look great.

One of the problems with weight is that it is measurable by numbers: calories, tape measures, scales, dexa, etc. (not STYKU) so it's human nature to try to get the "perfect" score. We all want to be "A" students.

Relax a bit. Enjoy your healthy beautiful body that isn't straight up and down like a 12 year old's. When I was a young woman I had a period of time where I was mortified at my (OMG) hips, thicker thighs, and rounded belly. It's not the same as a 12 YO, it isn't supposed to be.

Obviously. Read what i typed.Its general context. Dont overthink it lol

I don't think cmriverside was trying to attack you or your post, I think they were just trying to point out to the op that even fat percentage comparison pics are inaccurate when it comes to trying to estimate body fat, so there's really no completely accurate way to estimate it, so it's not really worth obsessing over to the extent that the op is.

88AViva

nay0meh wrote: »

@88AViva Thank you for sharing! What are your goals now? Happy to help if I can.

My current goals are just to get back to feeling stronger and happier. Lose the 10kgs I gained the past two years.
And back to loving exercise daily without having to force myself.
Just to build the right habits food and exercise wise. Make it a lifestyle so maintenance won't be a struggle 🙂

sollyn23l2

88AViva wrote: »

nay0meh wrote: »

@88AViva Thank you for sharing! What are your goals now? Happy to help if I can.

My current goals are just to get back to feeling stronger and happier. Lose the 10kgs I gained the past two years.
And back to loving exercise daily without having to force myself.
Just to build the right habits food and exercise wise. Make it a lifestyle so maintenance won't be a struggle 🙂

Those are awesome goals! The next step is figuring out what smaller steps you can take to get there.... add another serving of vegetables each day? Go for a 30 minute walk/hike? Find some people who do something like pickleball? Every little thing adds up. And of you look at it in terms of small changes like that, it's generally less overwhelming.

chobambina

I am not understanding your need to body shame people's body to make your point. What does looking like a 12 years old even mean?

Anyway OP,

You are beating yourself up for things whose accuracy is debatable.
Also it's possible to different percentage of body fat throughout our body.
There's this bodybuilder on youtube who's 8% body fat but his calves are actually double etc...

cmriverside wrote: »

Those pictures with body fat percentages like the one azuki84 posted are also nonsense. The top images are taken away from the camera, that 27-29% is right up close (so there's a bit of an optical illusion)...the body 'types' are different...for instance the 21-23 is obviously more of a pear-shaped woman and you can't really tell anything about the general body shapes of the last two.

I think the OP looks great. I don't see how she needs to lose any around her hips or thighs. It's just a genetic body type. @nay0meh - you look great.

One of the problems with weight is that it is measurable by numbers: calories, tape measures, scales, dexa, etc. (not STYKU) so it's human nature to try to get the "perfect" score. We all want to be "A" students.

Relax a bit. Enjoy your healthy beautiful body that isn't straight up and down like a 12 year old's. When I was a young woman I had a period of time where I was mortified at my (OMG) hips, thicker thighs, and rounded belly. It's not the same as a 12 YO, it isn't supposed to be.

springlering62

cmriverside wrote: »

I don't think anyone said it yet, but . . .

Dem shoulders, tho!





(I'm an old granny, I think it's still okay for me to say something like that, right? I'm not very woke. Credit to nay0meh for that hard work, that's all I'm saying. Can't believe I'm explaining myself here...)

Lolol. I feel like I should be in permanent apology mode to some of the other female users here, particularly @JBanx256 and @KickassAmazon76, amongst others, but yes, it’s nice to appreciate other ladies now that I have at least an inkling of the effort they’re putting in.

OP you’re killing it. Give yourself credit for what you’ve accomplished.

And did someone really take @cmriverside ’s comment as body shaming? 😶

cmriverside

Thanks, @springlering62

nay0m3

@springlering62 and @cmriverside Thank you!!! It’s the dang truth once I started on my weightlifting journey myself I had NO idea the amount of work that goes into or did I even pay attention something like shoulders!!! Thank you for admiring mine! They’re my favorite body part to crush!

nay0m3

@88AViva wonderful goals!! As @sollyn23l2 stated, every little bit adds up and make tiny incremental changes and build on each other! If you haven’t read it yet, try Atomic Habits by James Clear!