Goal Setting (and Lean Body Mass) Help

swinginchandra

Hi Everyone,
I started my weight loss journey at about 207, and now that I'm in the 150's I decided to re-evaluate what my final goal is. I'd always thought I'd aim for about 125, as that's the weight I was when I was doing gymnastics, and super fit in high school. Maybe even lower than that, because I never really considered myself thin. (Below is a picture of me before at that weight)

Today I plugged all my measurements, etc. into a lean body mass calculator, and it said my lean body mass was 111 lbs... Hrrmm?? That means that at 125 I'd have only 12% body fat - which is REALLY low. (Much lower body fat percentage than I recall having... mine was about 16%, I think.) I'm trying to figure out why this could possibly be - I mean, I was a pretty serious gymnast, and I did so much acro, I was in crazy shape, very muscular... As you get older, do you just sorta accumulate more muscle mass?

So I'm trying to figure out what my goal should be... If I went for 18% body fat (high end of serious athlete) that would put me at about 135 - which is only 20 pounds down from where I am now. I feel like I'm more than 20 lbs away from serious athlete, I've got quite a butt!

Is it possible the lean muscle mass thing is just WAY off? Or that as I lose weight I'll lose muscle mass, despite the fact that I'll still be strength training? I'm about to start p90X, so I feel like I'm only about to get more muscular... For reference, my measurements are:

Chest : 36
Waist: 28
Hips: 40

The first picture below is of me at about 16... around 125, 130. The second picture below is of me now, at 159. I'm looking for advice about what final weight I should aim for!!!


amy_handstand by swinginchandra, on Flickr


newDress by swinginchandra, on Flickr

wheelieblade

online body mass things are useless, I got 2 different readings from two different sites and both were way off

Goal_Seeker_1988

Whatever weight you feel comfortable @. You look fantastic in that pic. You look healthy and I personally wouldn't recommend losin any more weight just from seeing that pic of you. If I were you I'b be lookin to maintain and focusing buildin muscle for definition and look lean and toned.

swinginchandra

thanks guys! That's a flattering dress, I still definitely have a large amount of excess weight on my hips and mid section... It's just really the only recent picture I have!!

TayJoMama

Cute dress Chandra, not sure about the body fat thing. Still trying to figure that our for myself. I think I might go the the Y and get a free personal trainer consult just so they can do the measurements and tell me what it is. Problem is how to measure once i hit my goal. Hmmm,