Hydrostatic Weighing

Kind of excited! Checked with my local college and their health & wellness program does hydrostatic weighing (underwater) to determine body composition. It's the gold standard for figuring out your percentage of body fat vs lean muscle mass.  I know I'm still 30 lbs. overweight according to the BMI chart but I suspect I'm a lot more pounds over-fat.  All those years of being morbidly obese have hurt my ratio of fat to lean muscle mass.

They also do a skinfold test at the same time - all this for only $40!  I just hope the results don't bum me out. (Sorry, ma'am...but you have 50 lbs. of FAT you still need to lose. Arrrrgh!). The idea is to get a good idea of my starting point and then do the hard work to get to a healthy percentage of body fat.

I go in two weeks...wish me luck!

Yes, but you can work with this! Increase muscle-building exercise and burn that fat!

Contacting a college is such a great idea. I asked about hydrostatic measurements at my gym but they dont have any way to do them.

Thanks for the tip!
Laurie

Good luck!

 

That sounds so cool!   What college was it?  I may have to look into this once I get going on the loser's bench!!!

UNO - just call the HPER building. I wish I had done this pre-op! Would be great to see the difference. I'll probably do it again un 6 months.

Wow, only $40? I really want to do this. Thanks for sharing!

I did the same thing. Can't wait to do the "after" weigh in

That's a great idea, Tracy. I wonder if I can get in this week? Surgery is a week from Monday! !