I did something good for myself today. I got TANKED. I wanted to know, once and for all , what my body fat % really was. Because of my loose skin, I can not do the pinch test, it wouldnt be accurate. and the thing that you squeeze at the gym ,isnt all that accurate either. ( Hmm, but mine wasnt too far off) but still. I wanted to have the most accurate testing available to me. I was hoping for 20% see chart :
Body Fat Percentage Categories
Classification Women (% fat) Men (% fat)
Essential Fat 10-12% 2-4%
Athletes 14-20% 6-13%
Fitness 21-24% 14-17%
Acceptable 25-31% 18-25%
Obese 32%+ 25%+
the first % is woman, second % is male. as I said, I wanted 20% I got 23% . As you can see from the chart above, I am considered "fitness status" Should be fabulous, I should be jumping for joy, but knowing that I wanted "athlete status" I am not jumping for joy. I need to lose 6 pounds of fat to be where I want to be.
I have my work cut out for me <3
But with that said, I am still VERY happy with what I have done, and where I am at. VERY VERY happy. I am good. I have a healthy HAPPY heart.
On a very bright side note, I was at the grocery store yesterday morning, and a stranger ( male) came up to me and said " I just have to tell you, you are beautiful " I said " thank you very much, that is so sweet" he said " no need to thank me for telling the truth " when he walked away, another man who was standing there and overheard it all said " Its true" Thank you BOTH , strange men at the grocery store. I Heart You ......
Speaking of Heart you. I leave you with a picture from Saturday night and my dinner that I made for my husband for our Valentines Day celebration .
I just found your site. I am amazed by your story! I have felt for so long that gastric bypass is NOT the answer to solve weight issues. It is fabulous to find a story such as yours!
ReplyDeleteI too have been trying to loose weight and struggle the with mental aspect of it. When to relax, when to push hard. It seems that it is a delicate dance.
YOu commented about your loose skin--have you and your doctors considered taking any action for this? I struggle with it as well.
Keep up that great work! 23% is fabulous!!!!
Love love to read your blog. the bf% is so baffeling to me. you see i am 4'11'' 130 pounds and my body fat is between 37 and 34%, it depend of wich scale i use. that is considered obese. but in the same time I am very muscular and i wear a size 4-6 canadian. I am wondering if those charts are not way off for us that are vertically challanged. Do you intend to lose those 6 pounds or are you good where you are?
ReplyDeleteRhea, I intend to work very hard at changing my body fat % to what I want. I know it will take some time, But I have nothing but time, as it goes by anyway, so why not try to improve? I will enjoy seeing what I can do, just as I have been enjoying all I have done the last two years.
ReplyDeleteRosie , Thank you :)
Just found you through MFP. What an extraordinary journey! I am working on losing 80 pounds by the end of 2011. I have seen a couple of comments about the extra skin left after losing weight but truly after losing 180+ pounds where did it all go? Have you had surgery for this? I know cardio workouts and strength training will only go so far and it is totally awesome that you are now in a size 6; but still curious about extra skin and what I should expect at the end of my journey.
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