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    A different perspective on fat loss

    OK - I'm obsessed with the numbers... I admit it! (better than being obsessed with the food )

    Anyway - I have a scale that measures fat percentage. It is usually so depressing that I ignore it. But I do measure my fat percentage every week, just so I can look back and see how BAD it was! Anyway - started playing with my numbers and LOOK....

    Weight Before = 101,7.... Fat % 0.487... Fat= 49.5279.... Other=52.1721
    Weight Now = .....98 .......Fat % 0.45 .....Fat =44.1......... Other=53.9
    Diff in kg. = .........3.7 ...................LOST Fat=5.4279...... Other=<1.7279>
    Pounds ...............8.14 ..................LOST Fat=11.94 .........Other=<3.8>
    This means even though the scale says I've only lost 8 pounds that I've actually lost almost 12 pounds of fat! And I've gained 3.8 of, hopefully, muscle! (hope I calculated this right..)

    YEAH BABY! Measurements DO rule... I knew that damn scale wasn't telling the whole story....

    Just wanted to share for those of you who, like me, get depressed by the SSLLLOOWWWWLLLY decreasing numbers!

    Kacey
    Last edited by kacey1; August 16, 2006, 12:10 AM.

    F/40/5'2"
    Start: 7/24/06


    Current: Lost 49.25 pounds & 49.4 inches
    For weekly stats: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ad.php?t=38056
    Mini Goal: 90 kg/198 lbs <= MET Wk 13 - Oct 23
    Mini Goal2: 83 kg/182 lbs<= MET Wk 19 - Dec 30
    Mini Goal3: 75 kg/165 lbs (drivers license weight from YEARS ago!)
    Long Term Goal: 20% body fat! THEN I've made it!
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    Re: A different perspective on fat loss

    While measuring with a tape measure won't give specific percentages, the results are similar. A scale sometimes doesn't reflect weight loss, but the measurement will show a different story. Bottom line is that the numbers sometimes don't tell the entire story. Our bodies are transforming, though.

    When you are alone in your head, you are in a bad neighborhood.
    Start:494/current:170
    Began Atkins 1/4/2004

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      Re: A different perspective on fat loss

      woo hoo for you.


      remember folk the scales only know you had a change in total mass lwhen the pounds change not what kind or if you added muscle and fliud mass while shedding fat mass as you worked your Atkins to morph your body. happy low carbing
      by the book atkinseer

      started 6/1/02 at 313
      goalie 5/04 at 167 with under 15% body fat ADBB Presidents exercise Challenge


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        Re: A different perspective on fat loss

        Thats very informative. I'm going to a women's day retreat tomorrow. They are doing a whole day on women's health issues. (breast, pap, and counseling) (Blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI) (bra fitting, hemoglobin, color analysis). I'm excited to see the results.
        Starting Date 3/12/04 285/165/145 - F



        Dedication gives wings to our dreams and keeps them in flight! In One Word...COMMITTMENT.

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        • #5
          Re: A different perspective on fat loss

          Woo hoo! I have found the best gauge of overall loss to be your clothes. You body wil change in all kinds of ways and places as you stick to this WOE.

          Hugs
          Denise
          What is it, a RACE? It's coming off, right????


          Denise, 34 years young, 5'3-1/2"
          196/144/133



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            Re: A different perspective on fat loss

            Congratulations on your loss! That is FANTASTIC!!


            ~Kat
            F, 45, 5'7"



            A year from now you'll wish you had started today

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