Looking to lose an extra human I apparently picked up along the way
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MrVee
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The plan is indeed to re-assess my goal weight based on the results. I'm going to set my goal weight to 18% body fat, and then once up to maintenance cals try and drop that to 17% by adding muscle.
If I can know what my body fat% is now, I can get a pretty good sense of what it will be at a certain weight.
MrVee
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220.5 this morning.
Going birthday shopping for my Dad with my mom later this morning. My dad turns 71 next Monday.
My DEXA scan is scheduled for tomorrow morning, but I have no idea how long it takes for the results to come in. I'm going to have to have a long discussion with the tech, as this test is normally done for a completely different reason (osteoporosis). So I'll have to explain exactly what I want it for. Hopefully the tech will be quicker on the uptake than the people who work at the front desk. I've had a lot of trouble explaining to them what I want and how it works.
Going birthday shopping for my Dad with my mom later this morning. My dad turns 71 next Monday.
My DEXA scan is scheduled for tomorrow morning, but I have no idea how long it takes for the results to come in. I'm going to have to have a long discussion with the tech, as this test is normally done for a completely different reason (osteoporosis). So I'll have to explain exactly what I want it for. Hopefully the tech will be quicker on the uptake than the people who work at the front desk. I've had a lot of trouble explaining to them what I want and how it works.
MrVee
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Yes I do. But I'm having trouble locating my USB cord. Will post here when I find it.
UPDATE: Here we go
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And the comparison pic from the beginning:
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UPDATE: Here we go
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And the comparison pic from the beginning:
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Little John
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Lookin' slick, dude. I almost thought the sign behind you was your goal, not your Illinois license plate.
Keep up the awesome work.
Keep up the awesome work.
MrVee
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220.5 again this morning.
Scan is in an hour.
Depending on the results of this, seriously considering cutting my caloric intake a touch more to accelerate my weight losing progress. If I need to initially get down to like 160 or something, I'll need to do so or else it will take forever.
Scan is in an hour.
Depending on the results of this, seriously considering cutting my caloric intake a touch more to accelerate my weight losing progress. If I need to initially get down to like 160 or something, I'll need to do so or else it will take forever.
Lookin good MrVee!!! Good luck with the scan, I'm sure the tech will have to get it as I always assumed that was a body fat test and not for something else lol. Whenever I've heard anyone talking about it it's been as a BF% test, you won't be the first person to get one done there for that reason I'm sure!
MrVee
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219.5 this morning.
Time for a quick look at the graph with the model. As always, blue line is the model, red squiggles are the actual weigh ins.
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They told me to call later today about my scan results. I'm a little over anxious to see what they are; it's sort of like a math geek's Christmas.
Time for a quick look at the graph with the model. As always, blue line is the model, red squiggles are the actual weigh ins.
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They told me to call later today about my scan results. I'm a little over anxious to see what they are; it's sort of like a math geek's Christmas.
MrVee
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220.5 this morning.
WARNING: This will be a long post about my body fat%.
The DEXA scan results are in.
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First off, 98294.9 grams is equal to 216.7031 pounds. Considering I was 220.5 that morning (and figuring the bowl of cereal I ate after and my pajamas cancel each other out) I'm guessing that was my real weight and the scan underestimated my non-fat body mass by four pounds or so due to liquid or whatever. So if we divide that 66.62031 pounds of fat by 220.5, we get 30.2% body fat instead. Also interesting as to how much more muscle my right arm has then my left, I assume it's normal to be more, but I wonder how much more is normal.
Anyway there's good news and bad news for this. The bad news is that of all of my previous body fat estimates, this score is at the very upper end of all of them. The BIA handheld machine had me at 28.9% on normal mode (and 24.5% on athlete mode). The Navy estimator had me at 29%. The YMCA one at 24%. The NIH weight loss model had me at 28%. The one from says 27%. YMCA method = 25.58%
Interestingly enough, I shared a bodyfat% estimator on here a while ago, and it seems to be mostly on the money. It gives you two estimates, one with a waist measurement, and one without. With a waist measurement of 40.7, it came up with a 30.4% and without the waist one of 31.7%. With the waist measurement, it's dead on. So I'm going to focus on this one from here on out.
So here's the good news and the bad news. THE BAD NEWS: I still need to lose about 60 more pounds to get where I want to be. At 160 pounds, the above predicts a 20.1% body fat estimate without a waist measurement. Assuming the percentage gap in body fat measurements remains the same from now until then, that reduces to 19.1%. If that 160 pounds comes with a waist of 32 inches, that's 18.3% body fat. The idea being that I'll unavoidably gain about 10 pounds after switching back to maintenance, and hoping most of it is muscle.
THE GOOD NEWS: my dissatisfaction with the way I currently look can still be chalked up to still being way too heavy. This suggests that if I get down where I want to be, body contour surgery might be unnecessary. The possibility exists that the one big trouble area will improve a bunch more as I lose more weight. More good news is that I no longer have to worry about dating for a while. It's been a drag on my mental health for weeks now.
Going to cut out about 150 calories from my diet and get down to about 2000 calories a day. Also going to try and add more protein and try and drink as little alcohol as possible. Focus on getting as much fruits and veggies and fiber and protein as I can, and that should insulate me some from dangers of cutting calories more.
WARNING: This will be a long post about my body fat%.
The DEXA scan results are in.
View attachment 21446
First off, 98294.9 grams is equal to 216.7031 pounds. Considering I was 220.5 that morning (and figuring the bowl of cereal I ate after and my pajamas cancel each other out) I'm guessing that was my real weight and the scan underestimated my non-fat body mass by four pounds or so due to liquid or whatever. So if we divide that 66.62031 pounds of fat by 220.5, we get 30.2% body fat instead. Also interesting as to how much more muscle my right arm has then my left, I assume it's normal to be more, but I wonder how much more is normal.
Anyway there's good news and bad news for this. The bad news is that of all of my previous body fat estimates, this score is at the very upper end of all of them. The BIA handheld machine had me at 28.9% on normal mode (and 24.5% on athlete mode). The Navy estimator had me at 29%. The YMCA one at 24%. The NIH weight loss model had me at 28%. The one from says 27%. YMCA method = 25.58%
Interestingly enough, I shared a bodyfat% estimator on here a while ago, and it seems to be mostly on the money. It gives you two estimates, one with a waist measurement, and one without. With a waist measurement of 40.7, it came up with a 30.4% and without the waist one of 31.7%. With the waist measurement, it's dead on. So I'm going to focus on this one from here on out.
So here's the good news and the bad news. THE BAD NEWS: I still need to lose about 60 more pounds to get where I want to be. At 160 pounds, the above predicts a 20.1% body fat estimate without a waist measurement. Assuming the percentage gap in body fat measurements remains the same from now until then, that reduces to 19.1%. If that 160 pounds comes with a waist of 32 inches, that's 18.3% body fat. The idea being that I'll unavoidably gain about 10 pounds after switching back to maintenance, and hoping most of it is muscle.
THE GOOD NEWS: my dissatisfaction with the way I currently look can still be chalked up to still being way too heavy. This suggests that if I get down where I want to be, body contour surgery might be unnecessary. The possibility exists that the one big trouble area will improve a bunch more as I lose more weight. More good news is that I no longer have to worry about dating for a while. It's been a drag on my mental health for weeks now.
Going to cut out about 150 calories from my diet and get down to about 2000 calories a day. Also going to try and add more protein and try and drink as little alcohol as possible. Focus on getting as much fruits and veggies and fiber and protein as I can, and that should insulate me some from dangers of cutting calories more.
Cate
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Hi Mr Vee, That must be a bit disappointing for you, but I like how you're trying to put a positive spin on it. Not sure about it being a reason not to date yet though. Do you have to be at your perfect weight for that? I admire your perseverance & determination Vee(please send some my way), cheers, Cate.
PS Do you eat the extra calories you burn through exercise? I think I may have to stop inputting my exercise as I'm clearly doing something very wrong.
PS Do you eat the extra calories you burn through exercise? I think I may have to stop inputting my exercise as I'm clearly doing something very wrong.
MrVee
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My approach is to use an exercise multiplier on my BMR/RMR (around 1.6 or 1.7). I find it doesn't really matter if on some days I burn more through exercise than others, as long as it averages out to the right number.
I also find that trying to play catchup either on the food or exercise front is also counter productive. Better to continue setting a path of trying to eat the same amount and do a regular amount of exercise so that those things become ingrained like any other habit, rather than constantly trying to fiddle and balance them. If you screw up and eat/drink too much, that just sets you back a day or two. If your ratio of on target days to "messed up" days is greater than 3 to 1, you'll make progress.
It's not so much not wanting to date as it is a more sober, data-driven assessment of my general attractiveness: I'm a 42 year old man with red hair and freckles whose neutral expression makes him look like a serial killer and who weighs 50 pounds more than he should and hasn't dated in almost 15 years. I can only do something about one of those things, and so on that one thing I'd like to be as close to perfect as possible to make up for the rest.
So I'm thinking "thin" is probably what I'll ultimately want to lead with in future date "interviews." Can't really do that at 220.
I also find that trying to play catchup either on the food or exercise front is also counter productive. Better to continue setting a path of trying to eat the same amount and do a regular amount of exercise so that those things become ingrained like any other habit, rather than constantly trying to fiddle and balance them. If you screw up and eat/drink too much, that just sets you back a day or two. If your ratio of on target days to "messed up" days is greater than 3 to 1, you'll make progress.
It's not so much not wanting to date as it is a more sober, data-driven assessment of my general attractiveness: I'm a 42 year old man with red hair and freckles whose neutral expression makes him look like a serial killer and who weighs 50 pounds more than he should and hasn't dated in almost 15 years. I can only do something about one of those things, and so on that one thing I'd like to be as close to perfect as possible to make up for the rest.
So I'm thinking "thin" is probably what I'll ultimately want to lead with in future date "interviews." Can't really do that at 220.
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