Weekly weigh in

[lnr]

This week I lost 2lb, with which I am once again surprised ad pleased. Only a pound to go! I've decided to stick at that target for at least a month before deciding if I want to lose any more. Might not make it next week though as I'm spending the weekend in France and intend to be flexible about what I eat and drink over the weekend.

Over the past 10½ months of dieting I've lost 4st 1lb, which amounts to 27% of my starting weight - my current weight is 11st 1lb

My average loss a week is 1¼lb

My target weight is 11st. I am currently 0st 1lb away from this.

My current BMI is 24.91; my target BMI is 24.75.

The past 10½ months weight change	The past 4 months weight change
The past 10½ months BMI change	The past 4 months BMI change

See http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~eleanorb/weight/ for more details.

Comments

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Think I recently heard that if more than 30% of your body mass was made up of fat then that was considered to be bad. Can't remember what sort of bad specifically, because these terms are unhelpful, just generally bad.

Actually, here (http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm) is a link about it. There are a number of ways of measuring your body fat percentage, of which the bod pod (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hescale.htm) (see the bottom) sounds the most reliable, convenient and fun.

[simonb.livejournal.com]

The 30% body fat thing is something I've also seen.

Another, cheaper, way of measuring body fat is to use a set of scales which uses an electric current to measure the amount of fat in your body. It does have to be calibrated to the body sizes of each user tho, so I don't know how accurate it actually is.

[lnr]

Don't forget that recommended body fat percentages are very different indeed for men and women: far more of our bodies is made up of essential fat tissue. The 30% figure doesn't ring a bell, though.

[simonb.livejournal.com]

This is very true. According to this page (http://www.reallyfit.com/tanita.cfm) it also varies with age.

For me my health body fat range would be 8% to 20%. For you the healthy range would be 21% to 33%