fat as kg or lb not %
10manda86
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Hey everyone,
I was doing some reading... and I stumbled over this site that converts body fat % to kg/lb and using this I have been able to set myself mini goals to achieve based on losing kg of fat rather than just any random kg.
I hope to be able to track my lean body mass to ensure it is either increasing or staying the same because I want to lose fat not anything else!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/10manda86/view/setting-goals-604252
There is a link to the site through my blog
Oh and I checked, whether using lb or kg it doesn't matter results are the same!
I was doing some reading... and I stumbled over this site that converts body fat % to kg/lb and using this I have been able to set myself mini goals to achieve based on losing kg of fat rather than just any random kg.
I hope to be able to track my lean body mass to ensure it is either increasing or staying the same because I want to lose fat not anything else!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/10manda86/view/setting-goals-604252
There is a link to the site through my blog
Oh and I checked, whether using lb or kg it doesn't matter results are the same!
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This calculation also says if I lose 30lb of fat I will be at my goal... 20% fat! So maybe I was over estimating what I need to lose!
Makes the goal more attainable now0 -
This calculation also says if I lose 30lb of fat I will be at my goal... 20% fat! So maybe I was over estimating what I need to lose!
Makes the goal more attainable now
don't get hung up on figures too much. if you do some mild to light weight training your body will look much better, even with a higher fat percentage. muscle also takes up much less room as the same weight in fat, so you might still weigh quite a lot, but have a healthy fat percentage..
fat% is a good measurement to determine if you're healthy. waist size is a good indicator of that, not weight
for example:
according to the BMI calculation, I should not weigh more than 90 kilograms, or I'm overweight.
my dry mass is 86 kg. so I'm allowed to have 4 kg of fat.. thats 3-5% at that weight... near impossible, and very unhealthy!
my doctor says 100 kilograms is healthy, because that is 14% of fat (which is actually still quite low!)
if you work out just a little, you will gain some pounds of muscle in the process.. .which is good.. but it might seem you're not getting fitter.. while you are!
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