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makedah
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Just sharing...
I did an underwater body composition test and a caliper test last Thursday. It was costly - $110, and I had to put on a bathing suit (I hadn't bought one in 12 years) but I'm glad I did it.
The funniest thing was that at the end when they brought me in the little room to give me my results, it was like they were telling me that I was terminally ill. The guy spoke very slowly in assuring, low, even tones. Maybe the fat women who get these tests usually freak out when they get the results!!!
I'm fatter than I thought I was - 32.77% by caliper, 35.70% by underwater. (I looked it up - this means I'm "clinically obese." When I'm running or lifting weights, I hardly think of myself as someone with a medical 'condition.'
) My weight has gone up 5-10 lbs in the past 3 months because I was recuperating from surgery, and I think that going on the pill 2 months ago has swollen me up - water, fat or both, I don't know. But I don't think the test was off the mark.
The best part was that the test demonstrated to me how my old 'weight loss' goals are completely irrelevant now. I have between 121 and 127 lbs of fat-free mass. I know that some of that is water, but I don't think I could get back down to the weights that I used to fantasize about without losing a good chunk of LBM. I was 129 lbs when I was 17 and 140 lbs. when I was 22. (BTW, I'm 29 years old.) Clearly I didn't have 120 lbs of fat-free mass when I weighed 129, and to have had that much when I was 140, I would have had to have 14% bf. And uh, I didn't!
It feels good to relinquish that dream of going back to what I used to be, even if it means being less clear on what I want. I know I want to be stronger and leaner - I haven't been able to put a finer point on it than that yet. But I think this is better than before because I'm more open to what my body can become...
I did an underwater body composition test and a caliper test last Thursday. It was costly - $110, and I had to put on a bathing suit (I hadn't bought one in 12 years) but I'm glad I did it.
The funniest thing was that at the end when they brought me in the little room to give me my results, it was like they were telling me that I was terminally ill. The guy spoke very slowly in assuring, low, even tones. Maybe the fat women who get these tests usually freak out when they get the results!!!
I'm fatter than I thought I was - 32.77% by caliper, 35.70% by underwater. (I looked it up - this means I'm "clinically obese." When I'm running or lifting weights, I hardly think of myself as someone with a medical 'condition.'
) My weight has gone up 5-10 lbs in the past 3 months because I was recuperating from surgery, and I think that going on the pill 2 months ago has swollen me up - water, fat or both, I don't know. But I don't think the test was off the mark.The best part was that the test demonstrated to me how my old 'weight loss' goals are completely irrelevant now. I have between 121 and 127 lbs of fat-free mass. I know that some of that is water, but I don't think I could get back down to the weights that I used to fantasize about without losing a good chunk of LBM. I was 129 lbs when I was 17 and 140 lbs. when I was 22. (BTW, I'm 29 years old.) Clearly I didn't have 120 lbs of fat-free mass when I weighed 129, and to have had that much when I was 140, I would have had to have 14% bf. And uh, I didn't!
It feels good to relinquish that dream of going back to what I used to be, even if it means being less clear on what I want. I know I want to be stronger and leaner - I haven't been able to put a finer point on it than that yet. But I think this is better than before because I'm more open to what my body can become...
