b.f. % equivalent

MarieAnneN
MarieAnneN Posts: 205
edited January 1 in Health and Weight Loss
QUick one here : if I want to set a quick goal for myself, what would be the equivalent in weight for 1% body fat?

Let's say I wish to shred 6% b.f. still... I should aim for how much weight loss?

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    What do you weight now, and what is your current BF%?
    Then take you LBM there as the min weight you could be (you will lose some LBM as you lose but try to keep it to better than 5:1 ratio, fat to lean mass loss)

    So as an example if you weigh 160 and have BF% of 20% your LBM would be 128 (160*.8), so if your goal is to have 15% assuming you lose no LBM you would weight 150.6 (128/.85). Since you will most likely lose LBM you would have to weigh less than that to get to that BF%, but that would be a starting point. Most likely if you lost 2 lbs of LBM along the way you would have to wiegh 148.2 (126/0.85), to get to 15%.

    Hope you can follow this
  • JudeGilford
    JudeGilford Posts: 66 Member
    Use the calculator at http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/. It's very helpful!
  • HotMummyMission
    HotMummyMission Posts: 1,723 Member
    I also need help o. This This is your answer fit2fatradio google it and there's tools on there that will work it out for you ....also my body fat is 26.7 I got measure on fat 2 fit website is this accurate ? X
  • MarieAnneN
    MarieAnneN Posts: 205
    What do you weight now, and what is your current BF%?
    Then take you LBM there as the min weight you could be (you will lose some LBM as you lose but try to keep it to better than 5:1 ratio, fat to lean mass loss)

    So as an example if you weigh 160 and have BF% of 20% your LBM would be 128 (160*.8), so if your goal is to have 15% assuming you lose no LBM you would weight 150.6 (128/.85). Since you will most likely lose LBM you would have to weigh less than that to get to that BF%, but that would be a starting point. Most likely if you lost 2 lbs of LBM along the way you would have to wiegh 148.2 (126/0.85), to get to 15%.

    Hope you can follow this

    Currently at 160 lbs and 22.5% b.f.
    My lean weight, from measurements and tests with my p.t. is supposed to be 132lbs.

    So far, I have lost a bit more than my ticker : 17 lbs, and no lean muscle weight, again from measurements. I have put muscle mass, wouhou!
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