Weight etc.
I bought this new digital scale that supposedly tells one’s bodyfat percentage as well as weight. My last one, purchased about 13 months ago, broke, and it’s been quite a few months since I’ve even tried to use it.
Yesterday my diet was quite good. Not completely clean, given I had some leftover Thanksgiving stuffing. But I controlled portions and overall calorie intake well, and I drank lots of water. So I thought I was ready for an accurate measurement this morning.
Well the results are weight: 174.2 pounds, and bodyfat: 16.9%. The weight figure is about 2 pounds or more over what my analog scale was showing me a week ago, which doesn’t seem right. The bodyfat figure is completely out of the ballpark from what my previous scale was showing me. Since my waist has not shrunk since my measurements a year ago, I’m pretty sure it’s not quite accurate. But if it is, it gives me a very different picture of my bodyfat level. At 16.9%, I’m much lower than I had thought, and if I lose ten pounds my BF will be MUCH lower than I had anticipated — somewhere around or under 12 %, I think.
I’m going to go ahead and go with the new scale figures, since they give me something consistent to work with. That being said, I’m going to modify my weight loss plan, since according to the scale my weight is higher but my bodyfat is a lot lower than I had thought. If I kept my lean body mass at the same level and go tmy weight down to 162 pounds, I would be at 10% bodyfat, more or less. I think that’s to ambitious for now. My new plan will be to reduce my weight to under 165 pounds and reduce my waist to under 34 inches (I will strive for both goals, not either, so if I have to I will lose some more weight to get my waist down, and vice versa).
