Dilemma re body fat percentage
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baybeejulia wrote: »
Then you don't need...Yes! I want a DEXA. Hopefully getting one soon.
All you need is a mirror, and a kitchen scale for your food. KISS!
PS Dexa isn't all that accurate, either.
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baybeejulia wrote: »
Then you don't need...Yes! I want a DEXA. Hopefully getting one soon.
All you need is a mirror, and a kitchen scale for your food. KISS!
PS Dexa isn't all that accurate, either.
Lol why must you kill dreams? I am sure it isn't 100% accurate, only God knows my exact BF%!
I have a mirror and a kitchen scale, they are how I've gone from (an estimated) 29.5% to 24.4% BF in the past 3 months. But tracking BF% and all that nonsense is just fun and motivating for me
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What do you do?
You keep on losing fat, that's what you do.0 -
baybeejulia wrote: »baybeejulia wrote: »
Then you don't need...Yes! I want a DEXA. Hopefully getting one soon.
All you need is a mirror, and a kitchen scale for your food. KISS!
PS Dexa isn't all that accurate, either.
Lol why must you kill dreams? I am sure it isn't 100% accurate, only God knows my exact BF%!
I have a mirror and a kitchen scale, they are how I've gone from (an estimated) 29.5% to 24.4% BF in the past 3 months. But tracking BF% and all that nonsense is just fun and motivating for me
Oh, hey, I didn't mean to be a downer. Nothing wrong with doing the BF measurement stuff, as long as its not taken too seriously - if it works for you, keep on keeping on! :drinker:
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SergeantSausage wrote: »What do you do?
You keep on losing fat, that's what you do.
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baybeejulia wrote: »baybeejulia wrote: »
Then you don't need...Yes! I want a DEXA. Hopefully getting one soon.
All you need is a mirror, and a kitchen scale for your food. KISS!
PS Dexa isn't all that accurate, either.
Lol why must you kill dreams? I am sure it isn't 100% accurate, only God knows my exact BF%!
I have a mirror and a kitchen scale, they are how I've gone from (an estimated) 29.5% to 24.4% BF in the past 3 months. But tracking BF% and all that nonsense is just fun and motivating for me
Oh, hey, I didn't mean to be a downer. Nothing wrong with doing the BF measurement stuff, as long as its not taken too seriously - if it works for you, keep on keeping on! :drinker:
Haha thanks 0 -
baybeejulia wrote: »
Lol why must you kill dreams? I am sure it isn't 100% accurate, only God knows my exact BF%!
I have a mirror and a kitchen scale, they are how I've gone from (an estimated) 29.5% to 24.4% BF in the past 3 months. But tracking BF% and all that nonsense is just fun and motivating for me
How did you do it? Weight lifting???0 -
MaggieLoo79 wrote: »baybeejulia wrote: »
Lol why must you kill dreams? I am sure it isn't 100% accurate, only God knows my exact BF%!
I have a mirror and a kitchen scale, they are how I've gone from (an estimated) 29.5% to 24.4% BF in the past 3 months. But tracking BF% and all that nonsense is just fun and motivating for me
How did you do it? Weight lifting???
For the first 2 and a half months (thereabouts), I did cardio 6 times a week and Body Pump 3 times a week. Body Pump is light weights, high reps.
Almost 4 weeks ago (today is day 1 of week 4) I began Stronglifts 5x5, which is a heavy lifting program. You lift 3 days a week, and then I did cardio 4 days a week. In my first 3 weeks I lost 1.3kg and 1.1% BF. Definitely seeing amazing results with this program already and I will continue to lift heavy.0 -
Awesome! Thanks! 0
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Regarding all that cardio while doing lifting - you should read the article in this topic which has links to the research.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/33236090#Comment_33236090
Unless by cardio you mean walking for recovery.
Because if doing hard cardio - you have no idea how much better your lifting sessions could be.0 -
Liftng4Lis wrote: »I would probably go with the scale just because you have 3 months worth of data.
But have you looked at those bf% example images. Do you look like 25% or 35%?
I'd go with the scales too. Making comparisons to images of others with the same body fat % unfortunately doesn't work so well because it doesn't take into account the % of lean muscle mass, water, bone mass, body composition etc.
I'll take the first one, thanks!
^^ @Liftng4Lis thinks she's shopping ...laughssss
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Regarding all that cardio while doing lifting - you should read the article in this topic which has links to the research.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/33236090#Comment_33236090
Unless by cardio you mean walking for recovery.
Because if doing hard cardio - you have no idea how much better your lifting sessions could be.
I change it up a lot. I walk, run, hike, do the step machine, do a CX Worx class (ab class), do a Grit class (like tabata). I enjoy all these things and don't want to stop doing them. While I know hard cardio can impinge on heavy lifting, that's okay. My goal, at this point in time, is not to focus on how much I can lift or how strong I am, but to lift heavy and reap the benefits of that (the most important of which for me is to lose weight). I'll lift as heavy as I can while eating at a deficit and doing cardio.
When I get to my desired body fat (17%), I'll then re-evaluate my approach to everything. I'm not sure at this stage if I'll want to focus only on lifting, or continue incorporating cardio.0
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