Caloric Intake & Body Fat
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To the top!!10
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I'm game. I don't know my true body fat percentage, so I'll go by the U.S. Navy Circumference Method found here: http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html
Age: 39
Weight: 132
Height: 5'5
Sex: F
Body Fat : 20.3%
Daily Calories: 1500 + most of my exercise calories Mon-Fri, but I don't log on weekends.
BF Goal (optional): I think I'm pretty much there! Maybe 18%, if I can lose it from my thighs without getting bony on top.
Count me IN!
I just did the website that LorinnaLynn did:
Age: 40
Weight: 143
Height: 5'5
Sex: F
Body Fat : 27.6%
Min. Calories according to above website: 1,821
...and boy, it looks like my MFP settings are way off...!
MFP has me at 1,290 calories a day, and YES I eat back every one of my exercise calories.
I guess it's doing that b/c I only want to lose about 10 lbs. overall...??
Do I just open up my diary for this one?
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Age: 27
Sex: F
Height: 60 inches
Weight: 131.6 lbs
Bodyfat: 26.6% (Bod Pod)
Calories: 1400-1500 (I seem to lose at 1400 total regardless of activity, will eat more on a day with abnormally high activity, 1700 or more and I maintain)
Just had the Bod Pod analysis done a couple hours ago, so those measurements are FRESH!0 -
Visiting my trainer this weekend and will get caloric restrictions at that time. At this point, I eat healthy and keep it under 2000 calories a day. After this weekend, I will be paying attention to calories, carbs, protein, fat, etc. I generally would say I am in the 1700 range.
At my last weigh-in and caliper body fat measurement, I was the following:
Age: 24
Sex: F
Height: 5 even
Weight: 113.8lbs
Bodyfat: 18.6%
Bodyfat goal is between 8-10% by October. I am training for a fitness competition otherwise I would be happy with my bodyfat as is. I lift 5 days a week and workout 6. I aim to run 6 days a week but also include other classes such as ab classes, kettlebell, pilates, weight lifting classes (somewhat aerobic) and interval runs.0 -
Visiting my trainer this weekend and will get caloric restrictions at that time. At this point, I eat healthy and keep it under 2000 calories a day. After this weekend, I will be paying attention to calories, carbs, protein, fat, etc. I generally would say I am in the 1700 range.
At my last weigh-in and caliper body fat measurement, I was the following:
Age: 24
Sex: F
Height: 5 even
Weight: 113.8lbs
Bodyfat: 18.6%
Bodyfat goal is between 8-10% by October. I am training for a fitness competition otherwise I would be happy with my bodyfat as is. I lift 5 days a week and workout 6. I aim to run 6 days a week but also include other classes such as ab classes, kettlebell, pilates, weight lifting classes (somewhat aerobic) and interval runs.
Can I have your daily average calories? Also, not to discourage you but you might want to reevaluate your bf% goal. Once you hit 12% body fat, you are eating into your essential body fat. Below is a chart and some information you might want to read up on.
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/body-fat-chart.php
All, keep it coming!0 -
Age: 27
Sex: F
Height: 60 inches
Weight: 131.6 lbs
Bodyfat: 26.6% (Bod Pod)
Calories: 1400-1500 (I seem to lose at 1400 total regardless of activity, will eat more on a day with abnormally high activity, 1700 or more and I maintain)
Just had the Bod Pod analysis done a couple hours ago, so those measurements are FRESH!
Did your Bod Pod analysis give you an RMR as well?0 -
Age: 43
Sex: F
Ht: 64 inches
Wt: 131 lbs.
BF: 18%
Calorie goal: net 1530; average taken across 1 random week was 1733/day0 -
Bump0
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Age: 31
Sex: F
Height: 66 inches
Weight: 133 lbs
Body Fat : 23% (according to my scale)
Daily Calorie Goal: 1200 (until I reach my goal weight - 6 lbs to go!)
BF Goal: 21.5%0 -
I'll play
Age: 32
Sex: F
Height: 5'6.5"
Weight: 141 lbs
Body Fat : 23.3% (Navy method); 24.5% (bio-impedance analysis last month)
Daily Calorie Goal: ~2150 total average daily calorie intake
BF Goal: ~21.5%0 -
Age: 42
Sex: F
Body Fat : 26.82%
Daily Calories: 1230 (plus I eat back exercise calories which are usually only about 230 cals)
Weight: 163
Edited to say: I'm currently losing between 1-1.5lb each week.0 -
Thanks everyone... I am starting to get some good responses... Keep them coming.0
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Here's my stats
Age: 38
Weight: 108lbs
Height: 5'3"
Sex: F
Boby Fat: 18%
Daily Cals: 1230 ( will eat my excersise cals back if I am hungry or if it dips too low)
BF Goal: I just want to tone up my lower body mostly0 -
Age: 39
Weight: 132
Height: 5'5
Sex: F
Body Fat : 20.3%
Daily Calories: average 1800
It's ten days later and I need to update mine.
Current Weight: 130.5
Current BF: 19.9%
I averaged about 1800 calories during that time, and was aiming for a half pound a week loss. I'm going to up my calories another 100 a day. Not quite to maintenance, but just a .25 pound a week loss, and see how that goes.0 -
Age: 29
Sex: F
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 205 lb
Body fat: 34.2% According to the Navy method.
Daily calories: 1840 NET (goals are set to lose .5 LB/week)
Goal BF% 23% or so0 -
Thank you everyone. The data is starting to come along fairly nicely. Keep it coming. So far I have 34 people that have provided me information. Once I hit 50, I will start doing some in depth analysis. Eventually, when time permits, I will write out my finding and post it in a second thread with some conclusions.0
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It's time for another bump!0
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Age: 32
Sex: M
Weight: 189 lbs
Body Fat : ~15%
Daily Calories: 2100
BF Goal (optional): 11-12%
Was eating 1800 calories per day for a very long time. In the past few weeks, I've increased to 2100 calories to slow down my weight loss. According to Lyle McDondald, your body can only support a deficit of ~33 calories per pound of fat. Anything greater than that you run the risk of burning some muscle. So as you lean out, you do need to create a smaller deficit in order to keep making changes in body composition.0 -
Age: 32
Sex: M
Weight: 189 lbs
Body Fat : ~15%
Daily Calories: 2100
BF Goal (optional): 11-12%
Was eating 1800 calories per day for a very long time. In the past few weeks, I've increased to 2100 calories to slow down my weight loss. According to Lyle McDondald, your body can only support a deficit of ~33 calories per pound of fat. Anything greater than that you run the risk of burning some muscle. So as you lean out, you do need to create a smaller deficit in order to keep making changes in body composition.
Completely again. This is why I suggest once you are within 20-30 lbs to decrease your deficit to 250 calories per day. And thanks for providing the data!0 -
Hey, just wanted to let you know that the body fat% I gave you was wrong unless my body gained body fat since I last checked (god, I hope not! LOL). It is actually 30.9 % according to my scale.
~Donna0
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