Re: body fat percent question

[Guest guest]

I certainly don't know enuf to know whether or not you measured accurately,

but certainly BFL is right for you. But, not " bfl and hope for the

best " . If you don't believe BFL will work for you, then you're setting

yourself up for it not to work. Hoping won't get you where you want to

go. As just wrote last week:

If BFL isn't working well for someone, making minor adjustments or

tightening it up in general usually does the trick. There have been

plenty of truly jaw-dropping transformations done by the book. I've

watched hundreds of people doing BFL. I can tell you that somebody

who's 100% committed, totally motivated, and following the program to

the letter will get more dramatic results than someone who's winging

it, counting calories, throwing in more cardio, switching their weight

days around, changing this and fixing that. And it's because the

mega-adjuster, deep in their soul, already believes that the program

won't work, or that it won't work for them. It's not the mechanics of

what they're doing that determines the results, it's the attitude,

it's the approach, it's the level of determination.

I see that over and over again. Somebody can be doing the dumbest,

rice-cake-eating, 3 pound pink dumbbell curling, lamest program and

the world and get incredible results as long as they're living and

breathing it. Somebody else can have a flawless plan custom-designed

by an exercise physiologist and a sports nutritionist and get nothing

if their heart isn't in it.

HTH

n

At 04:53 AM 5/1/2006, you wrote:

>I tried to measure myself (alone) for the first time. And I have no

>idea if I did it right, though I followed the drawing on the

>biofitness website. When I entered my info at biofitness, it said my

>body fat percentage was 33%. Is that possible?

>

>I'm 5'4 " and about 138 lbs. I definitely need to lose weight and gain

>muscle, but 33% body fat?! I didn't think it could be that high.

>

>And if it is, should I be doing more than bfl or just stick to bfl and

>hope for the best?

>

>(I also know that the online thing is not 100% accurate, but dang,

>that's high!!)

[Guest guest]

No, I am a true believer. I already see a big difference since January

in my eating habits and I think it's a great permanent change. I need

to be more intense in my workouts, and I have already taken a positive

step with my cardio (reintroducing jogging to actually make it HIIT)

and this week I am determined to do a better/harder lower body workout.

I guess I am just asking- should I go lower with calories or do

something else to get my body fat percent lower? I realize it's more a

number to track where I am going, but I am worried it is as high as it

allegedly is.

But, not " bfl and hope for the

> best " . If you don't believe BFL will work for you, then you're

setting

> yourself up for it not to work. Hoping won't get you where you want

to

> go.

[Guest guest]

Sorry to reply to my own reply, but I guess what I am really saying

is I am REALLY freaked out that my number is so high.

That's really it. And I think the answer is it didn't get that high

overnight, so it won't lower overnight either, but if I just stick

with the plan and really work it, it will be lower by the end of 12

weeks.

>

> No, I am a true believer. I already see a big difference since

January

> in my eating habits and I think it's a great permanent change. I

need

> to be more intense in my workouts, and I have already taken a

positive

> step with my cardio (reintroducing jogging to actually make it

HIIT)

> and this week I am determined to do a better/harder lower body

workout.

>

> I guess I am just asking- should I go lower with calories or do

> something else to get my body fat percent lower? I realize it's

more a

> number to track where I am going, but I am worried it is as high

as it

> allegedly is.

>

> But, not " bfl and hope for the

> > best " . If you don't believe BFL will work for you, then you're

> setting

> > yourself up for it not to work. Hoping won't get you where you

want

> to

> > go.

>

[Guest guest]

First off, all the bf estimates are just that ESTIMATES! If you are

really dying to know your bf, you'd have to do just that --- die and

then have one of those CSI guys autopsy you. OK, a bit dramatic

(gross maybe?), but you get the point, right? lol

The key is to get a measure or 2 or three (I use a caliper, biofitness

and tape measure), and track whether these things are going down. If

they are, it is working. If they arent, then you need to tweak a bit.

If things are working, DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING. It is working!!!! If it

ain't broke, don't fix it.

If your numbers aren't moving, then you could tweak a few things.

Here is where you have to be honest with yourself. Are your free

days a little too free? Are you eating too many bars and not real

food? Has your fist gotten bigger? But only worry about these things

if your numbers arent going down.

I am the first person to fixate on numbers. I hate my scale. I have

dreams of throwing it out the bathroom window, burning it outside,

etc. etc. I'm working through this though. ;-)

Stick to the plan. Believe in yourself. Look for positive changes.

Ignore the actual number if you can.

>>>>>at biofitness, it said my

> body fat percentage was 33%. Is that possible? And if it is, should

I be doing more than bfl or just stick to bfl and

> hope for the best?

[Guest guest]

Here are a couple of other websites that do BF% estimates...

http://www.linear-software.com/online.html

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/bfb

For me, biofitness came back much lower than these other ones, but

everyone's body is different so you might get a better estimate by averaging

all of these.

Do you have a very small frame? I have a very very large frame so

biofitness gave me 26% BF. I'm 5'4 as well but I weigh 164. My belly

button measurement is abour 33 " , my thigh is 23.75 " , and forearm 10.5 " ...

How do your #s compare to that?

body fat percent question

>I tried to measure myself (alone) for the first time. And I have no

> idea if I did it right, though I followed the drawing on the

> biofitness website. When I entered my info at biofitness, it said my

> body fat percentage was 33%. Is that possible?

>

> I'm 5'4 " and about 138 lbs. I definitely need to lose weight and gain

> muscle, but 33% body fat?! I didn't think it could be that high.

>

> And if it is, should I be doing more than bfl or just stick to bfl and

> hope for the best?

>

> (I also know that the online thing is not 100% accurate, but dang,

> that's high!!)

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

:

I am a small frame, but I have a lot of extra weight for it right

now. My belly button area was 34, my thigh was 25, my upper arm was

11 and forearm 8.25

So, we're pretty close.

>

> Here are a couple of other websites that do BF% estimates...

>

> http://www.linear-software.com/online.html

> http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/bfb

>

> For me, biofitness came back much lower than these other ones, but

> everyone's body is different so you might get a better estimate by

averaging

> all of these.

>

> Do you have a very small frame? I have a very very large frame so

> biofitness gave me 26% BF. I'm 5'4 as well but I weigh 164. My

belly

> button measurement is abour 33 " , my thigh is 23.75 " , and forearm

10.5 " ...

> How do your #s compare to that?

>

>

>

> body fat percent question

>

>

> >I tried to measure myself (alone) for the first time. And I have

no

> > idea if I did it right, though I followed the drawing on the

> > biofitness website. When I entered my info at biofitness, it

said my

> > body fat percentage was 33%. Is that possible?

> >

> > I'm 5'4 " and about 138 lbs. I definitely need to lose weight and

gain

> > muscle, but 33% body fat?! I didn't think it could be that high.

> >

> > And if it is, should I be doing more than bfl or just stick to

bfl and

> > hope for the best?

> >

> > (I also know that the online thing is not 100% accurate, but

dang,

> > that's high!!)

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Ok so it sounds like you might carry your weight more on your lower body, so

that might skew results... and also, being a smaller frame will make every

single pound more noticable.. What did it say your lean mass was? Mine is

122

body fat percent question

>>

>>

>> >I tried to measure myself (alone) for the first time. And I have

> no

>> > idea if I did it right, though I followed the drawing on the

>> > biofitness website. When I entered my info at biofitness, it

> said my

>> > body fat percentage was 33%. Is that possible?

>> >

>> > I'm 5'4 " and about 138 lbs. I definitely need to lose weight and

> gain

>> > muscle, but 33% body fat?! I didn't think it could be that high.

>> >

>> > And if it is, should I be doing more than bfl or just stick to

> bfl and

>> > hope for the best?

>> >

>> > (I also know that the online thing is not 100% accurate, but

> dang,

>> > that's high!!)

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

[Guest guest]

Hey girls,

Thought I'd weigh in...

Biofitness has me at 22%

5'4 1/2

166 weight

waist 30.5

thigh 23.5

calf 14.75

I don't use this one b/c I know that most of my weight/fat is really

in my upper thigh/hip area.

Healthstatus has me at 32%

US Navy 21%

I find it really interesting that they are that different. I still

use the highest one but hey I started at 45% fat - gack! And I have

more to go.

I think if I went with the 20 something %, I'd be happy to maintain.

LOL

I'm with everyone else on this subject. As long as you see a

downward trend, that's the point.

Kari

>

> Here are a couple of other websites that do BF% estimates...

>

> http://www.linear-software.com/online.html

> http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/bfb

>

> For me, biofitness came back much lower than these other ones, but

> everyone's body is different so you might get a better estimate by

averaging

> all of these.

>

> Do you have a very small frame? I have a very very large frame so

> biofitness gave me 26% BF. I'm 5'4 as well but I weigh 164. My

belly

> button measurement is abour 33 " , my thigh is 23.75 " , and forearm

10.5 " ...

> How do your #s compare to that?

>

>

>

> body fat percent question

>

>

> >I tried to measure myself (alone) for the first time. And I have no

> > idea if I did it right, though I followed the drawing on the

> > biofitness website. When I entered my info at biofitness, it said

my

> > body fat percentage was 33%. Is that possible?

> >

> > I'm 5'4 " and about 138 lbs. I definitely need to lose weight and

gain

> > muscle, but 33% body fat?! I didn't think it could be that high.

> >

> > And if it is, should I be doing more than bfl or just stick to

bfl and

> > hope for the best?

> >

> > (I also know that the online thing is not 100% accurate, but dang,

> > that's high!!)

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Snoopie,

That number seems kind of high to me for your height, but it's hard to

say. Just for comparison, mine came out to 23.7% when I was 142 lbs.

I'm about 5'5.5 " , just a bit taller than you I think. Now at 140, my

fat % has gone up to 24.9%. Maybe I was just bloated. Anyway, follow

the program and watch your numbers go down!

Candace

>

> Sorry to reply to my own reply, but I guess what I am really saying

> is I am REALLY freaked out that my number is so high.

>

>