Thu, Apr-04-02, 09:08
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,193
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Plan: mostly paleo
Stats: //
BF:also don't care
Progress: 100%
Location: West Coast, USA
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Tara--one more piece of advice. Get your body fat tested (not the measurement method in Eades, but calipers wielded by an expert or a higher-tech method). Those weight tables assume women are undereating protein and don't lift weights. If you're eating adequate protein, your Lean Body Mass is probably higher than average. If you lift, it's probably higher still.
Nat has more extensive tables, but the general guide for healthy body fat in women is:
age 16-25: 18-22%
age 25-40: 19-24%
age 40-menopause: 22-25%
post-menopause: 26-28%
If you're a performance athlete and are making a living off that job, 12-17% BF is okay for the years you're a pro (you're being compensated for the risk, at least); for the rest of us, trying to get there is unhealthy, nearly impossible, and unsustainable. Fashion models run around 10%...so if we keep comparing ourselves to their unhealthy bodies, we'll never feel okay about being at a healthy BF%. That sense of disatisfaction is, of course, what the fashion and weight loss industry is trying to engender...but why let them win at the cost to your pocketbook, your self-concept, and your health?
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