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Really? My nutritionist told me my 20% composition is extremely
healthy. I don't think I am looking to lose whatever fat I have, but I am just looking to slim down because I often "feel fat." Sure, this might be a state of mind or what have you, but I don't really like to see my stomach protrude over the waist of my pants --and I don't even wear tight pants! I am 23 years old, so that might explain why I don't have much fat. I will start eating more protein because I think that is what I am lacking. Any other suggestions would be helpful. L Dally wrote in message ... Linda C. T. wrote: I have had my body fat measured and I am 20% body fat. About 30lbs of me is fat. Also, I hate hate hate meat, especially red meat. I am not vegetarian, but meat really is not my favorite thing in the world. What would you all recommend to replace eating meat? Tofu? Beans? The optimum body fat percentage for women for health is roughly between 22% and 26%. How old are you? Teenagers, fitness models and professional athletes go lower - but they won the genetic lotto or they wouldn't be fitness models or professional athletes. I don't hate you for wanting to be skinny, I just wonder if you hate yourself. Dally |
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Really? My nutritionist told me my 20% composition is extremely
healthy. I don't think I am looking to lose whatever fat I have, but I am just looking to slim down because I often "feel fat." Sure, this might be a state of mind or what have you, but I don't really like to see my stomach protrude over the waist of my pants --and I don't even wear tight pants! I am 23 years old, so that might explain why I don't have much fat. I will start eating more protein because I think that is what I am lacking. Any other suggestions would be helpful. L Dally wrote in message ... Linda C. T. wrote: I have had my body fat measured and I am 20% body fat. About 30lbs of me is fat. Also, I hate hate hate meat, especially red meat. I am not vegetarian, but meat really is not my favorite thing in the world. What would you all recommend to replace eating meat? Tofu? Beans? The optimum body fat percentage for women for health is roughly between 22% and 26%. How old are you? Teenagers, fitness models and professional athletes go lower - but they won the genetic lotto or they wouldn't be fitness models or professional athletes. I don't hate you for wanting to be skinny, I just wonder if you hate yourself. Dally |
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On 3 Sep 2004 13:21:53 -0700, (Linda C. T.)
wrote: Really? My nutritionist told me my 20% composition is extremely healthy. I don't think I am looking to lose whatever fat I have, but I am just looking to slim down because I often "feel fat." Sure, this might be a state of mind or what have you, but I don't really like to see my stomach protrude over the waist of my pants --and I don't even wear tight pants! I am 23 years old, so that might explain why I don't have much fat. I will start eating more protein because I think that is what I am lacking. Any other suggestions would be helpful. L You will see different data on what ranges are healthy, but most would put your current percentage close to the low end of the healthy range, or a bit below. Here's one site with some information on this: http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk...percentage.htm There is some point -- generally around 18-22% -- below which women no longer have regular menstrual periods. This condition is also associated with early onset of some problems associated with aging, such as heart disease and bone loss. I should note that most methods of measuring body fat are not extremely accurate, so it may be that your number is not even correct if you still feel your are overfat. It sounds, though, like your concern may be more about fat distribution -- e.g., fat in the waistline area. Fat distribution is mostly metabolic/genetic, but cardio exercise might lean you out a little better than dieting would. I forget if you said what sort of exercise you're getting now. Eating more protein is probably a good idea, anyway. I think someone else (Jenn?) suggested some good non-meat sources. These include fish (if you like it), soy-based products, low-fat dairy like yogurt and cottage cheese (full-fat has just as much protein, but the fat may add more calories than you want), eggs, nuts, legumes. Chris 262/140/ (145-150) |
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On 3 Sep 2004 13:21:53 -0700, (Linda C. T.)
wrote: Really? My nutritionist told me my 20% composition is extremely healthy. I don't think I am looking to lose whatever fat I have, but I am just looking to slim down because I often "feel fat." Sure, this might be a state of mind or what have you, but I don't really like to see my stomach protrude over the waist of my pants --and I don't even wear tight pants! I am 23 years old, so that might explain why I don't have much fat. I will start eating more protein because I think that is what I am lacking. Any other suggestions would be helpful. L You will see different data on what ranges are healthy, but most would put your current percentage close to the low end of the healthy range, or a bit below. Here's one site with some information on this: http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk...percentage.htm There is some point -- generally around 18-22% -- below which women no longer have regular menstrual periods. This condition is also associated with early onset of some problems associated with aging, such as heart disease and bone loss. I should note that most methods of measuring body fat are not extremely accurate, so it may be that your number is not even correct if you still feel your are overfat. It sounds, though, like your concern may be more about fat distribution -- e.g., fat in the waistline area. Fat distribution is mostly metabolic/genetic, but cardio exercise might lean you out a little better than dieting would. I forget if you said what sort of exercise you're getting now. Eating more protein is probably a good idea, anyway. I think someone else (Jenn?) suggested some good non-meat sources. These include fish (if you like it), soy-based products, low-fat dairy like yogurt and cottage cheese (full-fat has just as much protein, but the fat may add more calories than you want), eggs, nuts, legumes. Chris 262/140/ (145-150) |
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"Linda C. T." wrote in message
om... Really? My nutritionist told me my 20% composition is extremely healthy. Some people tend to consider that the lower, the better... Men are able to get very low, but women really have biological reasons for wanting to remain at reasonnable values. 20% is not exactly unhealthy, it's just the lower end of normal. However, if you start pushing that value further downward, that will become unhealthy. I don't think I am looking to lose whatever fat I have, but I am just looking to slim down because I often "feel fat." Sure, this might be a state of mind or what have you, but I don't really like to see my stomach protrude over the waist of my pants --and I don't even wear tight pants! The problem is that when reducing body fat%, fat will disappear from wherever it is designed to disappear first. It might not even leave the belly, but leave the breasts or butt instead, and that's probably not the expected result. Have you lost a lot of weight previously? What does make your stomach protrude? Is it really excess fat? Or is it excess skin? Or hypotonic abdominal muscles? When you lose weight, you may have some pockets of fat left, and getting rid of these is extremelly hard. Likewise, abdominal muscles can remain deformed. That's where you need to assess exactly what you don't like about your belly. Pockets of fat will be very resistant to a diet, but they are good candidates for a liposuction. Weak abs can be strengthtened through exercise. A diet is not the universal answer to all lose stomach problems. |
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"Linda C. T." wrote in message
om... Really? My nutritionist told me my 20% composition is extremely healthy. Some people tend to consider that the lower, the better... Men are able to get very low, but women really have biological reasons for wanting to remain at reasonnable values. 20% is not exactly unhealthy, it's just the lower end of normal. However, if you start pushing that value further downward, that will become unhealthy. I don't think I am looking to lose whatever fat I have, but I am just looking to slim down because I often "feel fat." Sure, this might be a state of mind or what have you, but I don't really like to see my stomach protrude over the waist of my pants --and I don't even wear tight pants! The problem is that when reducing body fat%, fat will disappear from wherever it is designed to disappear first. It might not even leave the belly, but leave the breasts or butt instead, and that's probably not the expected result. Have you lost a lot of weight previously? What does make your stomach protrude? Is it really excess fat? Or is it excess skin? Or hypotonic abdominal muscles? When you lose weight, you may have some pockets of fat left, and getting rid of these is extremelly hard. Likewise, abdominal muscles can remain deformed. That's where you need to assess exactly what you don't like about your belly. Pockets of fat will be very resistant to a diet, but they are good candidates for a liposuction. Weak abs can be strengthtened through exercise. A diet is not the universal answer to all lose stomach problems. |
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