Postby draglist » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:52 pm
OK, I eventually hit 208 before Thanksgiving. Gained nine pounds that week, and then got back to 211 the other day. But I got a new scale and body composition monitor that has a ton of info on it that has me rethinking my weight goals. Check this out...
(Apparently, I'm a badass and didn't know it - LOL.)
Weight - 214.6
Total body fat pct - 15.6 (I'm right in the middle or normal for my age)
Total body water pct - 61.6 (normal range 50-65)
Visceral fat rating - 9 (normal range 1-12 -- cool)
Muscle mass lbs. - 172.4 (the weight of my muscles)
Physique rating - 6 (standard muscular - average body fat and higher than normal muscle mass level)
Bone mass lbs. - 8.8 (slightly higher than normal)
Daily Calorie Intake - 4255 -- my Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) times 1.78 (so my BMR is 2390)
Metabolic age - 21 (the average age associated with that metabolic rate -- check THAT out, sports fans!)
So, feeling pretty good about these numbers.
For one thing, if my body fat percentage is this low, science tells me that I can only metabolize 1004 calories per day from fat into energy. Since I usually have about a 1200-1300 calorie deficit per day on average, I can see that I now am typically eating too few calories now that I've lost so much weight).
I can see how the muscle mass, body fat percentage, and bone mass all work together. What is blowing my mind is that my muscle mass plus my bone mass equals about 180 lbs. That was the ultimate target I was aiming for by April 1, 2014, but that would mean I would have ZERO body fat in order to get to that number!
Even if I get to 190, that's only 5 percent body fat. So, am I misunderstanding these numbers or was my target weight (as indicated by a perfect BMI of 184.3) too low for my musculature?
I'm working with personal trainers to answer some of these questions... Still have 33 lbs. of fat to eradicate... bp