New weight loss goal... ten pounds heavier!
I had my best day since surgery today. One of the challenges I've been facing is trying to determine how much I should weight to be considered healthy. The BMI charts say a man who is 6'1" should weigh anywhere from 140 to 189 lbs. Anything over that is considered overweight. Just recently, when I dropped to 224 lbs., I was no longer obese.. but overweight. Also, some doctors say that your waist size should be half your height. That means I need to lose about three inches from my 40 inch waist to be healthy if I go by that standard.
I had read and heard that the best measure of healthy weight is through Body Fat Percentage. But the tests were either expensive, bothersome or inaccurate.
Well, thanks to a fellow OH member, I found a fourth method. It's called the Bod Pod. It is said to get results close to the dunk tank and is used by hospitals and university athletic departments all over the country.
And it only cost me $25. I wore compression shorts and a bathing cap and sat in an egg shaped pod for about three minutes while a tech pumped air into the Bod Pod. Here are my results:
So what's it all mean? Est. RMR: 2,277 kcal/day. RMR is my estimated resting metabolic rate.
I believe that's how many calories my body would burn per day if I did nothing but laid around all day.
Now the important stuff: I weigh 220 pounds. 40.6 pounds of that weight is fat. My lean weight (the rest of my body.. skeleton, muscles etc) weighs nearly 180 pounds. My body fat percentage is 18.4%.
The chart below shows where that number puts me as far as being near a healthy weight.
Me? "Moderately Lean"? Me? with a "fat level acceptable for good health"? HOORAY!
But I still want to get to the "Lean" level, which is "excellent for health and longevity". That means of body fat percentage between 9-12%. So with a little math, I figure that a weight of 199 pounds would put me at 9 percent body fat. I need to lose another 22 pounds to get there. (as long as my muscle mass remains unchanged) So my new goal is 199 pounds.
If you are interested in learning more about the Bod Pod, follow this link:
www.lifemeasurement.com
Here is a link to a video demonstration:
www.lifemeasurement.com/news/play
Here is a link to institutions that have Bod Pods:
www.lifemeasurement.com/pdf/BP_Client_List_US.pdf
I don't know if the Bod Pod is available to the general public at all those institutions, but I had my test done at the University of Akron for $25. Here's a link with info and contact number:
www.uakron.edu/colleges/educ/SportScience/bodpod.php
I had read and heard that the best measure of healthy weight is through Body Fat Percentage. But the tests were either expensive, bothersome or inaccurate.
Well, thanks to a fellow OH member, I found a fourth method. It's called the Bod Pod. It is said to get results close to the dunk tank and is used by hospitals and university athletic departments all over the country.
And it only cost me $25. I wore compression shorts and a bathing cap and sat in an egg shaped pod for about three minutes while a tech pumped air into the Bod Pod. Here are my results:
So what's it all mean? Est. RMR: 2,277 kcal/day. RMR is my estimated resting metabolic rate.
I believe that's how many calories my body would burn per day if I did nothing but laid around all day.
Now the important stuff: I weigh 220 pounds. 40.6 pounds of that weight is fat. My lean weight (the rest of my body.. skeleton, muscles etc) weighs nearly 180 pounds. My body fat percentage is 18.4%.
The chart below shows where that number puts me as far as being near a healthy weight.
Me? "Moderately Lean"? Me? with a "fat level acceptable for good health"? HOORAY!
But I still want to get to the "Lean" level, which is "excellent for health and longevity". That means of body fat percentage between 9-12%. So with a little math, I figure that a weight of 199 pounds would put me at 9 percent body fat. I need to lose another 22 pounds to get there. (as long as my muscle mass remains unchanged) So my new goal is 199 pounds.
If you are interested in learning more about the Bod Pod, follow this link:
www.lifemeasurement.com
Here is a link to a video demonstration:
www.lifemeasurement.com/news/play
Here is a link to institutions that have Bod Pods:
www.lifemeasurement.com/pdf/BP_Client_List_US.pdf
I don't know if the Bod Pod is available to the general public at all those institutions, but I had my test done at the University of Akron for $25. Here's a link with info and contact number:
www.uakron.edu/colleges/educ/SportScience/bodpod.php
Max wt. 500+ WLS workshop 4/6/09 440 Surgery 9/21/09 324 9/21/10 218
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