End of BFL challenge results

A Ross wrote:

Good for you! Did you get a new swimsuit for your
cruise? I've seen some decent styles out this year,
compared to the barely-there stuff of last spring.

Of course! I like the Miracle Suits that have built-in girdles. (You
may recall threads detailing in gross splendor the ruin of my belly.) I
don't have fat-lady skirts anymore, but that's probably a bad thing.
There's a bit of an oxbow where my butt flows into my thighs that I
would be mortified about if I ever saw it. (So I don't look.)

btw, Are you going for another challenge?

Probably, but I don't do them automatically. I tend to do them when I
need to focus on a specific goal. I certainly won't start one until
after the whole tax season finale and April vacation thing is over.

It would be nice to be at goal by the end of June. I'm going out to a
big family reunion and knocking the socks off of my relatives somewhat
appeals to me. :-)

168/119 (puffy)

My sympathies! :-)

Dally

Elise Converse wrote:

Congratulations on your success. I know that working long, tiring hours is
a real eating trigger for a lot of people and I applaud your ability to
stick to your plan! Do you plan to start a new 12 week cycle? Keep up the
good work! Elise.

Thanks, Elise!

-- Dally

Ignoramus27771 wrote:

Losing 8 lbs of fat and 2 lbs of LBM in 12 weeks is outstanding.

It sounds boringly pedestrian to me. The only thing that makes it
noteworthy is that it was pounds 54-65 that got lost. It was nice to
not be stalled. (But it isn't getting any easier!!)

Dally

Outstanding on the success of your challenge! Your fat to lean ratio is
great, so I wouldn't sweat the 2 lbs of lean lost.

I bought the book last month but haven't had time to read it yet. I am
thinking about trying a challenge too next month. Are they hard to stick
to?

"Dally"

In the past twelve weeks I've gone from 30.4% body fat at 190 pounds (58
pounds fat, 132 pounds lean) to 27.5% body fat at 179 pounds (49 pounds
fat 130 pounds lean.)

So I've lost 9 pounds of fat in 12 weeks, along with 2 pounds of lean
body mass regretfully lost along the way. I'm working SO HARD at
keeping my LBM that this upsets me, even though I absolutely know it
shouldn't. I'm too far along in my cutting career to lose fat without
LBM anymore. But I guess the ratios don't suck, and the fat came 100%
off of my thighs. (I'm not quite as thrilled about this transformation
as you might expect because I'm left with hanging flabby skin where
firmly packed lard used to be.)

Dally
244/179/170

JayJay wrote:
"Dally" wrote in message

My new goal weight has to be 169 now because of the LBM loss. But I'm
still keeping 170 because I know it's going to drop again and I'll just
have to re-evaluate it all along the way and - dammit - I want to reach
170 so that's still my goal. :-)

Dally
244/179/170


I'm confused about your goals... why not calculate a bf% into the goal
weight. or are you already doing that - and that is why you keep lowering
your weight?

Well, my actual goal always was a body fat percentage. I just expressed
it as a weight in the sig line per the convention in this group. When I
first started out I had 140 LBM and so 180 pounds was 23% body fat,
i.e., my goal weight.

So, yes, as I've lost LBM I've had to lower my goal weight just because
23% body fat was a lower weight at my new LBM.

It's just a bit frustrating to always be chasing a goal that forever
moves a bit farther away, so I'm holding it at 170 until I get there and
I'll re-evaluate then. (I fully expect it to take me six months to
reach 170: I'll gain in April, lose that in May and lose 2 pounds a
month for the next four months if past trends hold.)


Realistically - (and you already know this)... for you to continue losing
body fat, you have to lose some LBM. I mean, for someone my height, I have
to get below 120lbs and maintain as much LBM as absolutely possible for me
to get my bf% down below 20.

I know you are a bean counter and all - but don't get too anal about this
and get too hung up in the statistical numbering on all this. Another 10lb
loss should bring you into the size 12 clothing range. And seriously - what
is your end all goal? It can't be a number on the scale at this point. Its
got to be a combination of factors - weight, bf, clothing, looks... Have
you put that kind of thought into it yet?

I chose 23% body fat because it was "healthy" and yet not unattainable -
it's still curvy. I was never aiming for a weight or a clothing size.
I'm not unhappy with myself at 27.5%. I'd be thrilled if I could get
some of the loose lumpy fat off of my upper thighs - but that just makes
me a normal American woman. :-)

Dally

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:12:55 -0500, Dally wrote:



You are an inspiration.
What body fat percentuage would be "right" for an healthy woman?
I realized that I lately look at other women critizing their looks.
For example, there is a skinny woman I know, with a big belly
(probably due to pregnancies).
I give her mental advises what she should do to look better (do some
cardio 4/5 times a week, I suppose).
There is another one, who is about 60 pounds more than she should be,
that is always complaining about her knee joints aching.
Well, I think to myself, you should go on a diet, your poor knees just
cannot carry your extra weight.
I know another one, who is so skinny she looks unhealthy.
You can tell she simply has no muscles in her body.
I bet that when the summer comes, she will show fat in her arms.
So I no more want to loose weight, I want to look healthy.
I want to have muscles in my arms and a flat belly (if I can get it
again, which I at the moment do not know).