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Apr 10, 2024
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svcougfan
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Still overweight but making progress
Down to 227 from 234 this time last month, 9 pounds of fat loss and 2 pounds of muscle gain. BMI down to 28. . . and yes BMI is still dumb.
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Still overweight but making progress
svcougfan
Apr 10, 11:20am
How can you tell how much muscle gain and fat loss?
cougarblue
Apr 10, 11:24am
Doing the SECA scan which breaks down fat, muscle, water composition
svcougfan
Apr 10, 11:29am
Are you doing DEXA scans?
Shore10
Apr 10, 11:25am
I agree that BMI is dumb, but it gives you a metric that does vary with your
spoxjox
Apr 10, 11:26am
Good job on the weight loss, but BMI is not dumb.
scootsy
Apr 10, 11:27am
Thanks and perhaps
svcougfan
Apr 10, 11:33am
It can be. If I had zero percent body fat I'd weigh 220. Which for a 6'4" male
paulb
Apr 10, 11:34am
That's the thing, though. You don't have 0% body fat or 5% or 10%. Nor does
Nikomedes
Apr 10, 11:36am
I know I don't, but I if I did, I'd still be overweight, even though I couldn't
paulb
Apr 10, 11:40am
It’s really not
jes2332
Apr 10, 11:54am
Looks are subjective. The obesity epidemic has skewed what people perceive as
wildwilderness
Apr 11, 8:21pm
BMI definitely has its pitfalls…
MD Rebel Coug
Apr 10, 12:16pm
90% of CBers are convinced they fall into those categories.
scootsy
Apr 10, 12:36pm
Exactly this. For almost everyone, bmi is a very good measure. Everyone wants to
Jay Rick
Apr 10, 1:21pm
It is dumb
Unibro
Apr 10, 1:42pm
BMI is definitely dumb for some "body" types such as Nick Foles
Belboz
Apr 10, 11:55am
Try steroids. Heard they help build muscle.
Big McLargeHuge
Apr 11, 10:11pm
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