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1.5% away from "Healthy" Body Fat Percentage!

jenny4teach
jenny4teach Posts: 56 Member
edited October 2024 in Success Stories
I had my inital assessment at the gym I joined today & I was sooo nervous! I have been working out and using MFP for a little over a month and have had great results so I was hoping I would do slightly better than when I attempted to lose weight last year and joined a different gym. My BFP was somewhere over 30% last year when they figured it out...but today it was down to 26.5%!!!!!!! Thats only 1.5% (or about 5lbs) away from being in the "Healthy" range for my height!!!! I'm so HAPPY that I'm actually sticking with this and actually getting results.

I <3 MFP

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  • cheshirequeen
    cheshirequeen Posts: 1,324 Member
    first, congrats. awesome job. second, dont depend only on the bmi. i am 5ft 5 inches, weigh 145 pounds, and according to that, im barely healthy. and i wear a size 4 jeans. im pretty sure thats much more than barely healthy:)
  • 2kidzlater
    2kidzlater Posts: 134 Member
    Good for you!
  • sweetNsassy2584
    sweetNsassy2584 Posts: 515 Member
    That's awesome!! Keep up the great work!
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    I had my inital assessment at the gym I joined today & I was sooo nervous! I have been working out and using MFP for a little over a month and have had great results so I was hoping I would do slightly better than when I attempted to lose weight last year and joined a different gym. My BFP was somewhere over 30% last year when they figured it out...but today it was down to 26.5%!!!!!!! Thats only 1.5% (or about 5lbs) away from being in the "Healthy" range for my height!!!! I'm so HAPPY that I'm actually sticking with this and actually getting results.

    I <3 MFP

    actually -- Body fat and BMI rae totally different. 25 BMI is "healthy" but Bodyfat for a woman is defined as healthy around 30-32 (i've seen slightly different numbers places). So you are already a healthy bodyfat %.

    Description Women Men
    Essential fat 10–13% 2–5%
    Athletes 14–20% 6–13%
    Fitness 21–24% 14–18%
    Average 25–31% 18–24%
    Obese 32%+ 25%+
  • jenny4teach
    jenny4teach Posts: 56 Member
    My BMI is around 28%..I know thats different that body fat. They're both only a few percentage points away from being "offically healthy". I'm 5'8" and the healthy weight range is 124-165....I would look so awful if I only weighed 124!!! I am a curvy gal & I love it! Now I'm just showing off my curves more than the padding of fat that was on top of my curves =)
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