46% body fat- Ugh!

marz42

I'm late in seeing this but I just searched on body fat %. I went to a new gym yesterday just for the free trial and gads they made you jump through hoops to get to the treadmill and made me take a body fat test with a machine with two handles you grip and ...egads...46%. I didn't think that was possible. If I go by that millitary calculator someone posted its 42%.
Guy at the gym said he'd be curious to know what it was *before* I lost the weight I have so far. Wasn't till later when I got home that I realized what he was saying..gads. I think perhaps the same or less cardio, and definitely more strength training.

dxw6943

JessyJ03 wrote: »

My numbers are similar but I'm a lot heavier than you

Starting Weight: 354 (I imagine my BF% was well over 50% here)
Current Weight: 303.5
Target Weight: 175 (or lower depends on when I get this far)
Current BF %: 47.6
Target BF%: I'm aiming for under 31% then from there we will move forward.

When I first found out my body fat percentage that was the first thing I said to myself. I'M HALF FAT! ugh. It's just a starting point though and doesn't define who I am

How did you manage to lose all that weight?

sairajafrisaira

Hello...can some one teach me how to calculate my total body fat? Thanks

Azdak

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo wrote: »

As you lose weight it will go down too,

Yes but not all weight lost are guaranteed from fat. When a person doesn't do any resistance training workout, half of that weight loss is actually from muscle & not fat. The result will be a thinner body with a lower BMI but still with high body fat percentage.

I have tested a number of people who have done 500 cal/day HCG diets and other VLCDs (and no resistance training). The highest percentage of lean body mass lost under those conditions was 33%-35% of the total. And there is no way to tell how much of that was muscle.

I have also tested people (with more sophisticated equipment) who have done no resistance training (other than work-related lifting and carrying things), lost 2 lbs/wk, kept protein intake adequate (e.g. min 100 g/day) and lost no muscle mass at all with a 40-50 lb weight loss.

Research has shown pretty consistently that, when exercise effects are studied under controlled conditions, a combination of cardio and resistance training results in a better outcome than either aerobic alone or resistance training alone. So, definitely RT should be part of everyone’s workout. But statements like “half the loss is from muscle” are not supported by facts.

lynn_glenmont

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