Deciding goal body fat percentage? - Two weeks post op update
And by the way, my weight was 274, which is 51 pounds down! I feel like it's melting off me. And I don't feel like it's too good to be true...not even for a second. I'm enjoying every second of it, and couldn't be in this good of a place without the help of you all here.
Hugs to you all...
Danny
There is good body fat % for men and for woman. Men are much lower than women.
For men below 20% is OK, even good. YOur goal, iMO shall be 10-15%, since most likley due to baunce back - you may regain and be 18-19%.
Mine (woman) dropped one time to 16-18 and taht was way toolow for me... and my age.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (and the chart my hospital uses), these are the body fat %s for optimum health (the one my doctor uses is just slightly different):
|
Age Range |
Healthy Body Fat % women |
Healthy Body Fat % men |
|
20-39 |
21-32% |
8-19% |
|
40-59 |
23-33% |
11-21% |
|
60-79 |
24-35% |
13-24% |
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I think tracking it is great, just like Steve said, to make sure you are losing fat and not muscle.
preop [64] month 1 [32] month 2 [10] month 3 [18]
