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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby CKinnard » Wed May 06, 2015 11:22 am
For you nobody, yes the bodyfat % estimate will more accurate.
And I place no faith in bioelectrical impedance floor scales in measuring bodyfat %.
They are really a consumerist gimmick.
The accurate way of measuring bodyfat % is to lay down supine with 3 leads on 3 limbs. Hydration status and time of day and prior activity has to be all tightly controlled. You should be able to find a few open source studies on it if you dig around the net.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby am50em » Wed May 06, 2015 11:32 am
(Updated with BMI and modified BMI using exponent 2.3 which is what population studies suggest is a better value.)
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Age: 50-55
Weight: 98 kg Goal weight: 90 kg
Height: 195 cm Start weight: 118 kg (2010)
C-W-H: 109-96-107 cm Diet: Reasonably balanced.
WHtR = 0.492 Weekly Av: 200 km / 10 hrs / 3000m (110-140 km hard, remainder slow commuting)
WHR = 0.897 Other act: 4 hrs (karate/pilates)
BMI = 25.8 BMI (2.3) = 21.1 (Weight / Height^2.3)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2015: 99.5 98.7 98.7 97.7 97.7
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby Nobody » Wed May 06, 2015 12:38 pm
Thanks am50em.am50em wrote:Following up Nobodys suggestion:
Following your lead:
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Age: 47
Weight: 62 kg Goal weight: < 69 kg
Height: 173 cm Start weight: 82 kg (Oct 2013)
C-W-H: 98 - 73.5 - 89.5 cm Diet: Strict vegetarian. (WFPB)
WHtR = 0.425 Weekly Av: < 100 km / < 4 hrs (All reasonably fast paced)
WHpR = 0.821 Other act: < 2 hrs (body weight training / stretching )
BMI = 20.7
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2015: 64.5 62
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby casual_cyclist » Wed May 06, 2015 1:28 pm
You are right, BMI is really misleading. I was just going to throw out there... is there a safe lower limit to BMI?Nobody wrote:BMI = 20.7
The reason I ask is that I recall reading some research indicating that risk factors increase at low BMIs.
A quick google search indicates that "low" BMI is under 18.5, so according to that you are well within the healthy range.
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv ... mass_index_(bmi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
There is funny aspect to that, which is that low body weight (BMI <18.5) carries an increased risk of Iron-deficiency anemia. I don't think you are at any risk of that!
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/health- ... -5687.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Besides that, we know waist circumference is a more accurage predictor of risk and you are in the lowest quintile for that, putting you well within the lowest risk category.
http://www.cutthewaist.com/importance.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That article again hightlights the need for us to drop BMI as a health measure.
We need to stop telling people with "normal" BMI they are in a healthy weight range unless their waist circumference is also in the healthy range.Waist circumference was related to mortality even within the standard BMI categories. For men the relative risk of mortality rose 16% (within the normal BMI category) ... with every 10cm increase in waist circumference.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby Nobody » Wed May 06, 2015 7:38 pm
As you say, there are risks at running below 18.5, but this problem is going to be so rare in AU that it's probably not even worth worrying about. Getting below 20 would probably only be something a woman is likely to do in AU. Some pros get to 19, but they certainly look scary thin when they get there.casual_cyclist wrote:You are right, BMI is really misleading. I was just going to throw out there... is there a safe lower limit to BMI?
Even for a woman. Which should be a concern to the other more than 80% of women in the studies, in the 66 countries that have a waist bigger than a man's. Even if he is 5cm shorter than average.casual_cyclist wrote:Besides that, we know waist circumference is a more accurate predictor of risk and you are in the lowest quintile for that, putting you well within the lowest risk category.
Agree and interesting article. The medical industry should update their standards to prevent more people having to suffer health problems while being under the BMI radar. While they're at it they could lower their total cholesterol radar down to 3.9 mmol/L. But that would probably only mean more statin medication being sold rather than much more in lifestyle changes.casual_cyclist wrote:http://www.cutthewaist.com/importance.html
That article again hightlights the need for us to drop BMI as a health measure.
We need to stop telling people with "normal" BMI they are in a healthy weight range unless their waist circumference is also in the healthy range.Waist circumference was related to mortality even within the standard BMI categories. For men the relative risk of mortality rose 16% (within the normal BMI category) ... with every 10cm increase in waist circumference.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby casual_cyclist » Wed May 06, 2015 8:33 pm
Yeah, reducing cholesterol with statins is not very helpful. The lifestyle changes are helpful and more important but how many medical professionals are equipped to properly advise on proper nutrition?Nobody wrote:The medical industry should update their standards to prevent more people having to suffer health problems while being under the BMI radar. While they're at it they could lower their total cholesterol radar down to 3.9 mmol/L. But that would probably only mean more statin medication being sold rather than much more in lifestyle changes.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby Nobody » Wed May 06, 2015 9:01 pm
They refer you to a specialist for many conditions, but not to a nutritional professional like CK for a nutrition education problem. The system needs changing, but this is probably a subject for the other thread.casual_cyclist wrote:Yeah, reducing cholesterol with statins is not very helpful. The lifestyle changes are helpful and more important but how many medical professionals are equipped to properly advise on proper nutrition?
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BNA losers club - 2015
Postby singlespeedscott » Sat May 09, 2015 4:37 pm
08/01/15 - 78kg & 22.2% body fat;
17/01/15 - 78.3kg & 22.3% body fat;
23/01/15 - 78kg & 22.2%fat;
01/02/15 - 78kg & 22.2% fat;
08/02/15 - 77.5kg, 22.0% fat.
15/02/13 - 75.8kg & 21.4% fat
26/02/15 - 77.2kg & 21.9% fat
05/03/15 - 76.8kg & 21.8% fat
13/03/15 - 76.8kg & 21.8% fat
23/03/15 - 77.9kg & 22.1% fat
30/03/15 - 76.2 & 21.5% fat
06/04/15 - 77.6 & 22.0% fat
17/04/15 - 77.1 & 21.9% fat
22/04/15 - 76.2kg & 21.5 % fat
03/05/15 - 75.2kg;
09/05/15 - 75.8kg after a very stressful week.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby matagi » Sun May 10, 2015 9:18 am
09/05/2015 70.0 kg
Aiming for 66-67kg
Like Barefoot (I think it was), I weigh daily and graph the result then look at the "line of best fit", which is trending downwards. The day to day variation can be quite substantial, biggest I've seen is 1.5kg.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby CKinnard » Sun May 10, 2015 10:54 am
A straight "Line of best fit" will mask a slowing wt loss rate, A moving average better images short and medium term trends.matagi wrote:Like Barefoot (I think it was), I weigh daily and graph the result then look at the "line of best fit", which is trending downwards. The day to day variation can be quite substantial, biggest I've seen is 1.5kg.
With weight loss what counts most is the recent trend. There's several well known phases on a wt loss journey where people ease off, and moving averages are better at identifying these.
The moving average will also image a reactive spike in weight such as after a bigger weekend in the saddle. This will provide insight into how much volume one can do before over-stimulating appetite.
The power of going onto a portion controlled Calorie specific diet is that the weight will come up very predictably, while you comply.
But for whatever reason, many people prefer to guess their Calorie intake from day to day.
The chart below from a google sheet, has a red line representing the 5 day moving average.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby casual_cyclist » Tue May 12, 2015 12:01 am
That's an odd statement. I lost close to 40 kg without counting a single calorie. The "whatever reason" is that why make the effort to count calories when I can portion control without counting calories? Both have the same result but one is less work. Of course for people who can't portion control without counting calories, calorie counting is necessary.CKinnard wrote:The power of going onto a portion controlled Calorie specific diet is that the weight will come up very predictably, while you comply.
But for whatever reason, many people prefer to guess their Calorie intake from day to day.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby toolonglegs » Tue May 12, 2015 1:13 am
01/01 101 kgs
20/01 102.5 kgs
07/02 102.5 kgs
23/02 102.5 kgs
28/03 102.5 kgs
04/05 99.9 kgs
11/05 101.5 kgs
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby CKinnard » Tue May 12, 2015 2:03 am
Did I say to count Calories?casual_cyclist wrote:That's an odd statement. I lost close to 40 kg without counting a single calorie. The "whatever reason" is that why make the effort to count calories when I can portion control without counting calories? Both have the same result but one is less work. Of course for people who can't portion control without counting calories, calorie counting is necessary.CKinnard wrote:The power of going onto a portion controlled Calorie specific diet is that the weight will come up very predictably, while you comply.
But for whatever reason, many people prefer to guess their Calorie intake from day to day.
How did you learn what portion sizes/number to take?
Consider the two options below
1. One can simply use 1/2 cup of dry oats to make porridge for brekky most mornings...knowing that equals 200 Cals with milk added.
2. Mindlessly recalculate every morning that you want a porridge meal of 200 Calories...calculate that equals 40g dry oats plus x mls of milk, then mindlessly enter the grams of oats and mls of milk into MyFitnessPal....every day.
Now which do you think I would recommend?
Good dietitians and myself teach quite specific portions (as Cups or grams) required for each meal to achieve a desired Calorie intake.
After a few weeks on such a diet, most motivated people can eyeball the right volume of food required to generate the desired Calorie deficit
i.e. if I tell someone a lunch option is 100g of meat and 4 cups of salad, there's no Calorie counting. and after a few weeks they don't even have to weigh the meat because they visually recognize how big a piece 100g is.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby Nobody » Tue May 12, 2015 8:46 am
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby singlespeedscott » Sat May 16, 2015 12:01 pm
01/02/15 - 78kg
05/03/15 - 76.8kg
30/03/15 - 76.6kg
03/05/15 - 75.2kg;
09/05/15 - 75.8kg;
16/05/15 - 75.8kg after I just woke up from night shift.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby CKinnard » Sat May 16, 2015 3:55 pm
Anyone who can intuitively eat correct portions of correct food, won't have a weight problemNobody wrote:I think CC is saying that if choosing the correct food, some people can intuitively eat and still lose weight. I found that to be the case. However I agree that portion control is easier than calorie counting. Although, as you know, calorie counting or doing a spreadsheet can be enlightening if you are looking to tune the specifics of your diet.
The more common problem is that most people, even when eating the right foods, eat them in the wrong portions and ratio. i.e. very very few people eat the recommended minimum 5 cups of fibrous carbohydrates per day. Anything one eats in place of fibrous carbs, has much more energy density. i.e. 1 cup of vegetables = 25 Calories. 1 cup of cooked rice = 200 Calories. Hence why being vegetarian or vegan does not automatically confer healthy bodyfat % for the majority.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby singlespeedscott » Sun May 24, 2015 7:01 am
01/02/15 - 78kg
05/03/15 - 76.8kg
30/03/15 - 76.6kg
03/05/15 - 75.2kg;
09/05/15 - 75.8kg;
16/05/15 - 75.8kg
24/05/15 - 78.1 - I haven't ridden for 10 days due to a dodgy back. I didn't think I would blow out that much
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby toolonglegs » Wed May 27, 2015 7:01 pm
20/01 102.5 kgs
07/02 102.5 kgs
23/02 102.5 kgs
28/03 102.5 kgs
04/05 99.9 kgs
11/05 101.5 kgs
27/05 100.5 kgs
injured my sitbone area somehow... going to a quiet couple of weeks
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby TheWall » Wed May 27, 2015 10:37 pm
26/5 95.8kg. Upped the cycling but weight loss slowing but fitness and ability to handle bigger kms is getting better. Cracked the 160klm at Noosa last weekTheWall wrote:June 14 116.8kg...
2015:
5/1 104kg
5/2 99.7kg
2/3 98.9kg
17/4 96.6kg...
Just passed the 20kg mark
In the middle of a month where i have committed to four 100+klm rides. Should go to bed. It is an early start tomorrow.
Realised that I have lost the equivalent weight of my 4yo old lad (21kg). And h feels bloody heavy. [emoji1]
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby Calvin27 » Wed May 27, 2015 10:57 pm
Just curious because I've gone from 85.5kg to 79kg (182cm) and smashing all my cycling records. With winter, I've been a bit slack with riding which means it eats into my gym days. I've noticed some reduction in upper body strength, but not sure if this mean muscle loss or just muscles not being used to a regular gym routine (about once a fortnight). I'm about 17% body fat measure from a doggey caliper diy. Not sure if it's worth maintaining the big miles and letting it continue to drop or to put some pressure on the upper body?
Advice? I'm not keen on the cycling body with huge legs and skinny arms. My legs are already big and arms are nto scrawny but on the smaller side. Problem is I can't cycle half as well as my cycling physique looks!
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby casual_cyclist » Thu May 28, 2015 2:22 pm
I do. I do body weight upper body exercises and also upper body freeweights twice a week. The reason is that 10 weeks ago I did a fitness test and could not manage one pushup or one pullup. Pretty poor. Anyway, I'm working on it now.Calvin27 wrote:Random question, but does anyone give a crap about upper body here?
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby singlespeedscott » Thu May 28, 2015 4:20 pm
20 chinups;
60 pushups;
120 situps;
60 second left and right side plank;
60second plank; and
60 back extensions.
Thats it. Anymore and it becomes a chore and it's all done easily at home for free. For cycling this is all i need. I dont suffer back aches from riding and have no issues moving 20 kg horse feed bags at home or 200 litre drums of oil at work. I wouldn't say I'm "ripped" or anything stupid like that but you can see my 6 pack and I have a defined chest, arms and back.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby Calvin27 » Thu May 28, 2015 4:52 pm
Yeah i hate the gym subscription models and even worse hate being there. I run a similar setup bar the chin ups (no where to do them) but struggle because I awlays tend to skip them. Occasionally I feel the need to push some heavy low reps stuff too. Thing is there is no way I can keep the strength without at least some harder gym sessions and I am not that strong anyway (bench 5x8x70kg dumbell, deadlift 5x10x80kg, 40 pullups unweighted)singlespeedscott wrote: Thats it. Anymore and it becomes a chore and it's all done easily at home for free. For cycling this is all i need. I dont suffer back aches from riding and have no issues moving 20 kg horse feed bags at home or 200 litre drums of oil at work. I wouldn't say I'm "ripped" or anything stupid like that but you can see my 6 pack and I have a defined chest, arms and back.
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Re: BNA losers club - 2015
Postby casual_cyclist » Thu May 28, 2015 6:16 pm
Me either. I went to a gym once to do a free spin class. That's it for me.singlespeedscott wrote:I dont do weights, haven't been to a gym in 15 years...
I work out easily at home for free too. If I want to ride, I ride a bike. If I want to run, I run around my local park. If I want to do body weight, I do it at home. If I want to lift weights, I use the weights I have at home. I have never understood people who pay money to ride a stationary bike, run on a treadmill, do body weight exercises in a gym or pay to lift weights.singlespeedscott wrote:Anymore and it becomes a chore and it's all done easily at home for free.
I like your routine. I would like to build up to be able to do that.
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