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Body Fat Visual Estimation with Loose Skin
Does anybody know if there are any sites out there that have photos of different body fat percentages where the models used have loose skin? Or any threads here on MFP where this is covered? I have a Yunmai body composition scale that consistently says I am 25.2% (5'4"-143 lb/BMI 24.5), and the Navy calculator concurs: But…
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Bras after Massive Weight Loss
Has anybody whose lost 150+ lbs found a bra that fits well? I went shopping today for the first time and I’m so frustrated. My starting weight was 285 (46 DD), and my current weight is 137. Measurements suggest a size 34 B, which is roughly what I wore the last time I was this small (age 16), but back then my breasts were…
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My Turn!
I’ve been fighting my weight since puberty. My first big weight loss was on the Cambridge Diet (kind of a proto-Slim Fast pyramid scheme) back in the early 80s. I was 16 years old, and managed to get down to 140 from a high of about 180, and managed to squeeze into a size 12 (nowadays, a size 6). Dipped maybe ten pounds…
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Maintenance Looms!
Went to the doctor's for my yearly physical -- down 126 lbs from last year at this time, and around 40 since the last time I saw her for back pain in the spring. Asked her what my goal weight should be: told her I was planning on getting to 140 then reassessing whether I wanted to go further or not. She did some…
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Measurements — Under or Over Skin Flaps?
When you take body measurements (particularly waist), do you move overhanging skin out of the way or measure on top of it? I have been measuring underneath my skin folds because that’s how I wear my pants unless I’ve got a girdle on holding things together, but then when I see a discussion of Waist to Height Ratio or…
