It is not all about weight..........

yea - I know, right?  WHAT you say???!!!!!  LMAO

I know yall think James H be off his rocker from time to time... .hell - almost ALL the time - HOWEVER - the brother got a couple, two, three VALID points.

While I realize we are all weight conscious and focused on losing weight - we are looking over another VERY valuable component to watch - BODY FAT. 

Who gives a hot shiot about body fat, right?  Well - you should.  You can be a low weight person with a high % of body fat and be JUST as unhealthy as a mofo with a lot of weight!!!!  I know - it sucks to have one MORE thing to work on - but it's almost MORE important than weight!!!

*I* just bought a new scale that will tell me my body fat % (relax - I ain't ballin like James and spend $2000 on the mofo - it was on sale for $50) - and found out last night that while I have lost 200lbs and weigh 184 - I am 37% body fat!!!!  My healthy body fat goal is 20%!!!!!!

WOW - total eye opener for me - I could lose 20lbs and still be as unhealthy as if I weighed over 200!!!!! 

So - while I know not everyone will give a hot flip about it - it IS important - and something that needs to be known, planned for and worked on!!!!  I will share more once I get a plan together on how I am going to deal with it. 

Keep on the grind people - it's a DAILY battle - but we winnin the WAR!!!!!! 

Good morning MM!! Thanks for the info and where was the scale on sale at?

I got it at Macy's - but they don't have em no mo.......

It's the Conair Health-o- Meter scale - I'll have to net surf to find somewhere else that has em.....

Ok - found a replacement one on sale at Macy's:

http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=150732&P seudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results

Cool, that one's cheaper too!!

I know!  And it give you your BMI which is more than the one *I* got.... DAMN!!!  LOL

Congrats on the 200 pounds!   WE CAN AND WILL WIN THE WAR!

"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... It is a road that we must travel daily to succeed!"~Faith Thomas

Thanks for the info Mack!   Question, do you know of strategy that focuses on losing the body fat?  If this is a stupid question, please look over me...  But I was just curious are there exercises more prevalent to do to help with this process?

Thanks in advance.

Kim

Hi Kim.
Chiming in on the body fat question,strength training is the one component that will help reduce your body fat.

You mean like using the machines and/or the free weights?  I was told that I should switch it up because I was doing so much cardio.  I was thinking (seriously) about getting a PT at the gym.  At least to get me on a regimen and to make sure that I am doing the right thing for the right areas of interest.

Thanks for the information.

Kim