BIA Results
I did a BIA (Bio-impedance analysis) on myself yesterday morning. According to my little machine my ideal weight for my frame and height is 86 kilos (190 pounds), currently I am 142.5 kilos (313 pounds). This is were it gets interesting, the excess 56 kilos (123.5 pounds) is made up of 34 kilos (74.8 pounds) of fat, 18 kilos (39.6 pounds) of muscle and 4 kilos (8.8 pounds) of water. This means my target weight is between 104 to 108 kilos (228.8 - 237.6 pounds) depending on fluid, this would give me a 18-20% body fat, which is considered the healthy range for a male of the species.
This new target weight is dependant on me not losing the extra muscle that I carry around on my frame, there is a chance a bit of it will go as I get closer to my goal as some of it will have built over time just to allow my frame to hold an excess 51 kilos of fat around for the last 5-7 years. Some of it will be genetic, and some will be from the physical aspects of my job. Regardless of those caveats it is really good to have another target to aim for and not just my waistline target of 100 cm / 39 inches. That reminds me my waist is know down to 132 cm / 51.96 inches and I lost another 0.5 kilos / 1.1 pounds.
While I had the calculator out yesterday I worked out that last week I achieved 1/3 of my weight loss goal without even realising it!!! At first I was a bit depressed that I was only 1/3 of the way there, but after a good nights sleep I have given myself a good pat on the back, as it is quite an achievement. Which means at this rate of weight lose I will be at my target goal in Dec 07 or Jan 08! So watch out summer……….its budgie smugglers on the beach for me this year……… 
Posted: May 25th, 2007 under , .
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