what SHOULD your goal weight be?
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Hmm, I'm not sure about that body fat percentage calculator! I've tried a couple of others to get a rough idea of mine (they often say different things) and I've always been between 16% & 18%. That one said I was at 25% (!!) which is a pretty nifty trick for someone who weighs about 102lbs with a 25 inch waist!0
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The BAI seemed totally bogus for my mom...
her height is 65", weight is 120ish, hips are 34" = underweight!!!?!? yea she isnt underweight at all
the thing talks about taking nationalities and other things into account but it doesnt have anywhere to input that data so..... yea not really buying it :-/0 -
Thanks for posting this! Ive always been aiming for 170 (I am 5'10" and 181 now--26.5% body fat) and people are always giving me such a hard time about it--both ways-- "youre fine where you are now--you dont have more to lose" or "really, 10 lbs, thats all--youre gonna quit?" and now I can tell them all to bite me! I visited your site and found that my 11 lbs will put me at 20% body fat....at the borderline fitness/athlete category.0
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Mine should be around 120 but I will be happy with 140.0
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So am I doing this right?
I am currently 203. My lean mass is 128. So if I want to be 25%body fat, my "goal weight" should be 160?
203 x .37 (my body fat, as of 3 weeks ago) = 75.11 pounds of at (lets round down to 75 just for ease of math).
So then 203 pounds - 75 pounds of fat, means my current lean mass is 128.
So to have body fat at 25% (which is my current goal)...
128 x .25 = 32 pounds of fat.
128 lean mass + 32 pounds of fat (25%) = 160
Is that right.. that at my current lean mass, I would be 160 pounds at 25% body fat?
So, at 18% body fat, I would weigh about 151..
128 current lean mass x .18 = 23.04
128 + 23 = 151
So at 18% body fat I would weigh approximately 151 pounds.
Wow.. I feel discouraged. I was thinking 25% fat was a good goal. Now it looks like it's still not enough.. how on earth am I going to get down to 18% body fat????? I don't think I've EVER been 18% body fat!!!!
And also, since I'm doing weight training with my cardio, as my body fat decreases, my muscle mass increases... so is this formula even accurate, given how much I have to loose? Even if I re-adjust my goal to 150 pounds, that's still 53 pounds to loose until I hit goal weight. And by then I'd have even more muscle mass.... so really, how good is this equation to use for a long term goal, as far as setting a goal weight?
Although since it's been 3 or 4 weeks since my measurements were taken, it's possible my body fat is down a couple points.
God bless!0 -
Thanks for posting this! Ive always been aiming for 170 (I am 5'10" and 181 now--26.5% body fat) and people are always giving me such a hard time about it--both ways-- "youre fine where you are now--you dont have more to lose" or "really, 10 lbs, thats all--youre gonna quit?" and now I can tell them all to bite me! I visited your site and found that my 11 lbs will put me at 20% body fat....at the borderline fitness/athlete category.
Glad i could help... my trainer at work told me to try to watch my body fat more than my bmi or my weight and id have a better measurement of how healthy i actually am... she showed me this site that way i woudn't have unrealistic expectations about what my weight should be best of luck to u!0
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