Sat, Oct-18-03, 12:04
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Senior Member
Posts: 791
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Plan: South Beach-esque
Stats: 194/159/140
BF:34% / 28% / 20%
Progress: 65%
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Is 100 lbs. 'lean body mass' normal?
If there are any fitness geeks in this forum, I've got a question for you.
I have one of those Tanita scales that estimates your body fat percentage as well as telling your weight. As I consider the body fat issue, I wonder what the normal range of 'lean mass' (non-fat weight) is for me.
My calculations suggest that I've got roughly 100 lbs. of non-fat weight (and more fat weight than I'd like on top of that of course). For a woman of medium build, about 5'4", is that 100 lbs. in the ballpark of normal, or am I light on lean mass?
(One reason I ask this is that probably like a lot of people here, I've done a lot of dieting in the past and heard plenty about how that can catabolize lean tissue too.)
Going for a protein shake now...
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