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). But I do think it's important to remember that muscle weighs more than fat. So it's important to pay attention to how your measurements are changing and how your clothes are fitting.
- are very fit people. And some people hail genetically from cold and cloudy climates, where having a nice layer of insulation meant the difference between life and death - these people are metabolic hoarders - and while they can do plenty to get and stay fit and healthy, they may never be thin.
Wyldewode wrote:So Cail, DW, and Storm could be our personal trainers. I know which one I'd choose.
I choose Cail--at the very least he can start breathing again!Cail wrote:Wyldewode wrote:So Cail, DW, and Storm could be our personal trainers. I know which one I'd choose.
<Crosses fingers and holds breath......>
Elucidate? No. Obfuscate? Maybe.Wyldewode wrote:I choose Cail--at the very least he can start breathing again!Cail wrote:Wyldewode wrote:So Cail, DW, and Storm could be our personal trainers. I know which one I'd choose.
<Crosses fingers and holds breath......>
But according to demographics, we have no eunichs on the watch. . . 'tis puzzling. Care to elucidate, EL?
BMI has never worked that well for me, except when I was very skinny and working out 6 days a week.storm wrote:I hate the BMI with unbridled fury...mostly for the reasons DW mentioned.
I personally do not like the scale as a predictor of progress, some people swear by weighing themselves daily...i'm not one of them.
Stuff i like:
Bodyfat calipers: if you don't have a trainer at your gym to take your measurements or if you are just embarrassed, the accu-measure calipers are very easy to use and come with instructions. The essential thing with caliper measurements is that you measure the same spot and use the same technique consistently.
Tape measure: its old school, but it works. This i like to use weekly, waist circumference is the ultimate indicator of how you are progressing...unless of course your body's typical fat deposit follows the pear-shaped estrogen pattern (hips, thighs, butt).
DEXA: expensive as all hell, but if you have health insurance its worth it...the most comprehensive test for body fat analysis we have available.
The clothes test: if you pants are fitting looser, its working, if they are getting tighter its not. For most people judging progress by how their clothes are fitting works...this is using the assumption you are lifting weights too...people who cardio themselves to death just end up being smaller sizes, but still not very firm.
Yeah, I've heard all the bad stuff about BMI, which is another reason why I mostly disregard that number on my scale.storm wrote:I hate the BMI with unbridled fury...mostly for the reasons DW mentioned.
I personally do not like the scale as a predictor of progress, some people swear by weighing themselves daily...i'm not one of them.
Stuff i like:
Bodyfat calipers: if you don't have a trainer at your gym to take your measurements or if you are just embarrassed, the accu-measure calipers are very easy to use and come with instructions. The essential thing with caliper measurements is that you measure the same spot and use the same technique consistently.
Tape measure: its old school, but it works. This i like to use weekly, waist circumference is the ultimate indicator of how you are progressing...unless of course your body's typical fat deposit follows the pear-shaped estrogen pattern (hips, thighs, butt).
DEXA: expensive as all hell, but if you have health insurance its worth it...the most comprehensive test for body fat analysis we have available.
The clothes test: if you pants are fitting looser, its working, if they are getting tighter its not. For most people judging progress by how their clothes are fitting works...this is using the assumption you are lifting weights too...people who cardio themselves to death just end up being smaller sizes, but still not very firm.
I saw that study, too. I feel it's true, in my case, which is why I keep weighing myself (almost) every day.aliantha wrote: I do the daily weigh-in because I heard about a study last year that showed that folks who weigh themselves daily are more successful at losing and keeping it off.
