New You by the New Year Challenge

Men have it so easy. My hubby weighed himself the other day and was 175 and is freaking out. Pa-lease, tell me when you hit 200, 225 then I might feel bad for you. Mind you he is about a inch taller than me. He still wears his clothes/size from high school.

You have 37% body fatnow im depressed im huge

Here is some info I thought the ladies might like to read regarding BF%s, since everyone seems to be suffering from shock and awe about their PBF.

What's the Healthy Body Fat Percentage in Women?
Inevitably, we come to this crucial question.

The healthy percentage varies for you and me since it depends on factors like:
•Hereditary
•Body type
•Diet
•Age
•Level of activity and exercise

Going by these, if you and I have sufficient activity and adequate exercise, there's no reason why our body fat percentage shouldn't be at the healthy level.

I've done some homework and found that the below body fat percentage in women is considered as either healthy, overweight or obese:
Age Range Too Little Healthy Range Overweight Obese
20-30 yrs old Below 21% 21-33% 33-39% Over 39%
31-40 yrs old Below 21% 21-33% 33-39% Over 39%
41-50 yrs old Below 23% 23-35% 35-40% Over 40%
51-60 yrs old Below 23% 23-35% 35-40% Over 40%
61-70 yrs old Below 24% 24-36% 36-42% Over 42%
71-80 yrs old Below 24% 24-36% 36-42% Over 42%

http://www.perfect-body-toning.com/body-fat-percentage-in-women.html

My body fat % is 27.9 (a LOT lower than I would expect...) and I need 133 oz or 4 liters of water.

edit: And according to the chart, there is NO way I can be at a healthy fat %.... When I was 190 in the 8th grade, my body fat was 35%.... I'm so confused.

How much do you weigh now?

186 ounces of water today, or 5.6 liters.

Today is waterdown Wednesday? I bought a Deerpark water bottle that holds 101.4fl Oz. Lets see how many i can drink today

I will have my bf % in by the end of the weekend.

Team 3's name is Weight Loss Warrior Princesses (WLWP)

Challenge idea:

Thirty Thursday!

1. Take your resting heart rate before you get out of bed in the morning. Find your pulse. Watch the clock for *30* seconds while you count the beats. Then double the number and that's your resting heart rate. (If we do it every weekly it'll be a good indicator for improving health.)

2. Do a "new" exercise for 30 minutes. New can be entirely new, or it can mean doing an old favorite in a new way or at a new intensity.

Challenge idea:

Thirty Thursday!

1. Take your resting heart rate before you get out of bed in the morning. Find your pulse. Watch the clock for *30* seconds while you count the beats. Then double the number and that's your resting heart rate. (If we do it every weekly it'll be a good indicator for improving health.)

2. Do a "new" exercise for 30 minutes. New can be entirely new, or it can mean doing an old favorite in a new way or at a new intensity.

My resting heart rate is 68,,, going to start Power 90 tonight. Its supposed to be the pre-curser to p90x. I heard it is less intense and only 20-30 min workouts instead of the 60 min p90x. hopefully i won't give up as fast on this one then i will be "in shape" enough to p90x in a few months.

My body fat % is 27.9 (a LOT lower than I would expect...) and I need 133 oz or 4 liters of water.

edit: And according to the chart, there is NO way I can be at a healthy fat %.... When I was 190 in the 8th grade, my body fat was 35%.... I'm so confused.

How much do you weigh now?

Right now I weigh 222

Great challenge Ciarn! I am in!!

So team 2, do we have a name yet??? And I'm at 64 oz of water so far today

I was thinking for our challenge on thursday or friday

1) Everyone has to burn a minimum of 500 calories for the day
2) Stay in your calories intake goal for the day
3) Drink a minimum of 10 glass of water
4)Then by the end of the day we all post how many calories we burn and your team name
5) Lorie then add up the calories burn by each team member
6) The team with the most calories burn all together, WINS the day challenge and gets bragging rights for the day

And no cheating cause you will only be cheating yourself and your team
Good luck to everyone :-)

I really like 2 for tomorrow. I think alot of us have trouble with that.

How about a team calories burned for the weekend. without a minimum though, I'm afraid that some may not be able to do that much exercise safely at this point. Plus then the winners get bragging rights for the whole week!

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/HealthyWoman/popup?id=790241

Check out this little article. Interesting... it's about fidgeting, and how being fidgety can burn 340 calories a day! For a "heavier person" (didn't quantify) you could lose 40 lbs a year, so that's almost 20 by the new year! Do I feel a Fidgety Friday coming on????

I think thats a good idea to just do #2 challenge and then do the weekend burn :-)
Team "THIN IT TO WIN IT" lets win the weekend challenge!!!!