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whats your body fat percent and whats your body fat percent goal?
Right now mine is 21%, my goal is to be 18% by christmas and see how I look and if I want to be leaner get down to 16% by xmas.
My goal numbers come from the fact that most of my favorite fitness models are in the 16-18% range.
Hbu? And what are you doing to reach your goal?
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Right now I'd guess I'm around 16.5-17%. I'm pretty much at my goal. Ive been training hard since January, trying to gain muscle. I got fat on my trip to the US probably around 22-24% (not that that's fat but it is for me). The last 6 weeks I've been pretty strict training with weights min 5x per week and eating low sugar, high protein as well as supplementing with hydroxycut and CLA. I'm pretty much just hoping to maintain at the moment unless I have a photo shoot or event then I'll probably totally cut sugar. Right now I've only had 2 coffees in 6 weeks and almost never eat sugar after 12pm. Ya I've cheated from time to time but since I already had good muscle under my fat it hasn't been too hard to get back on track.
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Well, I hope to be around 22% after I regain my original shape; it looks very good on me. I had have lower body fat percentages before, but if I go down to like 18% I will have no tits or ass.
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I really let myself go since moving to Japan. When I left the states I was around 20% which I was relatively happy with. Last time I checked my bf was at 36%. Yeah I let myself go A LOT. *ashamed*
I've been actively trying to lose the weight for two weeks now. I'm down three lbs. :) but my scale broke so I can't check the percentage. I want to get back to 22-20%.
It may take a while to get there but it took 6 months to get to this horrid point. It's my own fault I ended up In this mess so it's up to me to take care of it.
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Weirdly enough, measured mine today. 24%. :-/
I'd like to get down to 20-20%. Any less than that just wouldn't be realistic for me to maintain. I have no desire or drive to look 'cut'.
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My scale measures mine. But once every few months info to the gym and they do a caliper measure and once a year here on base they have that water displacement measuring thing you can go to. I've never done that though.
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papillonluvr
My scale measures mine. But once every few months info to the gym and they do a caliper measure and once a year here on base they have that water displacement measuring thing you can go to. I've never done that though.
The scales aren't very accurate & can be influenced by food or electrolytes. When I measure mine with a scale I come up as obese & in the 20's because of my muscle mass. I've never done the water displacement test either but I would love too. When I was training people 2% a month reduction was my goal & feel that can be done with a healthy lifestyle.
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Well I guess since it took me six months to the gain all this weight six months to lose it is reasonable. That just seems like forever though!
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miss1dancypants
Right now mine is 21%, my goal is to be 18% by christmas and see how I look and if I want to be leaner get down to 16% by xmas.
My goal numbers come from the fact that most of my favorite fitness models are in the 16-18% range.
Hbu? And what are you doing to reach your goal?
here are a few pictures to show what body fat percent might look like:
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As of this morning, I'm at 18.4. It's funny because my core looks more like the middle pic (14-17) but the rest of me looks like the 18% girl.
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I personally think the 21% picture is the best.
But my husband liked the 15%ish picture. I don't Like that at all. To me it's too masculine-looking.
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Kisca-
How tall are you?? 83lbs... I would look like a skeleton and I'm 5'2"!
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Kisca-
How tall are you?? 83lbs... I would look like a skeleton and I'm 5'2"!
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Im 5'2".... 5'1.75" to be exactl to the dot..
83lbs is only my lean mass (organs, bones etc), the lowest weight I can get to and still be considered heathly - thats why 10% body fat is 99 - 100
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But I am 100 lbs and 18.4.
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Does BMI account for muscle? Muscle weighs more than fat. I'm 140lbs and 5'4" but my legs are almost all muscle, size 4/6 and my upper body is tiny except for my boobs. I always found this to be a flaw of the BMI system.
No it doesn't, that's why I prefer body fat percent, its a more accurate description of overall health. I think body composition is more important than weight. Right now I'm 5'3 and 129 pounds. I looked my best when I weighed 137 and had lots of muscle, a body like you described (when I was playing tons of sports in high school). Like 2 hours of intense sports a day. And jesus I ate like a pig.
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Nuclear Martini
Does BMI account for muscle? Muscle weighs more than fat. I'm 140lbs and 5'4" but my legs are almost all muscle, size 4/6 and my upper body is tiny except for my boobs. I always found this to be a flaw of the BMI system.
NOPE!
Many dancers are better off using body fat measures than BMI because we tend to have more muscles (due to pole work, booty claps, lots of flexibility moves, etc.).
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Kisca
I got mine as 25%, but I dont even look close to that picture. I'd like to get mine to 18-20%,
83lbs is my lean muscle, and Im at 110, to get to 18-20% body fat, I only need to lose 5-7lbs, which was my goal weight in the start anyway, those 5lbs arent coming off!
You probably are accumulating your fattie tissue in your boobs, and/or in your lower body rather than your midsection. When I was that very same BF% (when I gained tons of weight due to a broken ankle, b4 dancing), I didn't looked like that either; it was all tits and lower body fat (larger butt, thighs).
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I'm at 15% I think. But I'm not as muscular as those girls o_O I look more like the 18% girl. I was measured by my personal trainer.
I could be just delusional.