VSG Maintenance Group
Blahhhh why can't I settle on a final goal weight??? Not happy...
Guys look at me all the time at the gym - probably because a.) there's not much else to look at and b.) they don't see too many females in the free weight area.
Normally I'm self-conscious thinking they are looking at my thighs or my bumflaps or my batwings, but tonight I wore my ipod and just told myself that they were all looking at me because I'm hot. LOL
And, it actually worked! I tried a couple new exercises that I've been wanting to try, and I did my thing without a care in the world for what anyone was thinking.
I might not be the most ripped person in the world, but **** my muscles are pretty good considering how fat I was and that i have only been lifting for a little under 3 months.
I'm BADASS! muahaha
I look at your pictures and I see HOT HOT HOT.
But I do understand where your coming from as we tend to be hard on ourselves. I'm extremely guilty as well. Even though I'm at goal. I'm still tempted to keep loosing. With me it's a mental perception thing. I look at my number from the scale and I see 215 pounds. I keep thinking I should be in onderland. The high end of a normal BMI for me is 180 pounds. But I know I wouldn't look good there. But in the back of my mind I want to get there.
Sublimate mentioned the Tanita scale. That's what my Doctor uses in his office. It says that my body fat is 16.4% and that my target should be 25% and I should strive to gain another 24 pounds. I've never had no one or anything tell me to gain weight before.
I have many people including my Wife, Brother, Friends and acquaintances tell me that I've lost enough weight. I need to stop. But I still have that voice in the back of my mind that says keep going. I've decided to maintain between 215 and 220. At least until I change my mind.
Highest Weight: 380 Consult Weight: 357 Surgery Weight: 309
Goal Weight: 220 (9/29/10) Revised Goal Range 215-220 Current Weight: 224
Plastics: Circumferential Lower Body Lift - 11/18/2011
Gynecomastia - 6/14/2012
It sounds like your doctor has the appropriate body fat percentage for men/women mixed up! 16% body fat is in the excellent range for men, depending on your age. Check this chart to see how wrong your doctor is in telling you to GAIN weight:
http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/weightloss/body-fat.html
I'm amazed how "professionals" give out WRONG advice like this.Start weight: 388, Current Weight: 185, Goal Weight: 180, Weight Lost: 203 lbs
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3/2012 Plastics: LBL, 3 Hernias Fixed, BL/BA, Rhinoplasty & Septum Fix. 6/2013 Plastics: Arm and thigh lift
It says the desirable ragne is 11-22% but my Target BF% should be 25% with a predicted weight of 238.5 Pounds.
The point is I don't think these things are that accurate. It's telling me I should gain weight
Highest Weight: 380 Consult Weight: 357 Surgery Weight: 309
Goal Weight: 220 (9/29/10) Revised Goal Range 215-220 Current Weight: 224
Plastics: Circumferential Lower Body Lift - 11/18/2011
Gynecomastia - 6/14/2012
I don't deny that my body fat probably is around the 29% range because I hold onto fat in my thighs, boobs, and booty. I know I can bring it down with diet and weight lifting. I talked to my trainer today a bit and he assured me that I'm on the right path and that the trainers at the gym are "out of touch," as he politely put it. He's a bodybuilder (his physique is ridiculous!), NASM certified personal trainer, has a degree in biochemistry, and I have never seen him say anything that is off base so I trust him and his program. I'm gonna just keep on keeping on to see how it goes~!
I just wanted to say that I am about 5'7.5" and hover between148-153. I always thought I was big boned, but it turns out that I'm somewhat small boned. I would like to get to about 143 or less, but haven't been doing a very good job of it lately. I think that some people that are bigger boned would look great at my weight and more, but for me, there is too much fat on a surprisingly small frame.
I think you look terrific and should be very proud of your accomplishments - now, to say the same thing to myself!
Sandy
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up"
Mark Twain 
