My bodyfat is too high at 8 weeks out!
I bought a Tanita body composition scale on clearance yesterday. It’s the same one my trainer uses. Everytime I go see him and he weighs me I’ve just finished eating a meal or didn’t drink enough water. So I have to wait until I get back on track with my water intake and see what it says. But it said tonight I was 23%! That is way too fat for 8 weeks out. I’ll have to do cardio 3 x a day! And it stressed me out so much I went and got a pretzel from Aunti Annie’s!!! Now I feel like crap. I just don’t know what to do. I’m not even sure how accurate those scales really are.
I’m training with Robert tomorrow so he’ll do my bodyfat again and I’ll get depressed after he tells me how fat I am. I have to start training with him 2x a week now to make sure I’m ready. I can’t do this alone!!!!
September 20, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Stress can trigger the body to gain weight also, just relax sound like you just need to adjust your diet and cardio?
September 20, 2008 at 7:25 pm
In my opinion the best way to judge body fat are progress pics numbers will only depress you.
September 20, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Most of those scales aren’t too accurate. I’m not sure if the one you have lets you put in age, gender, and height, but those contribute a lot to calculations. Plus, more callous tissue throws off results, so feet are one of the worst sites to use. I’m with jshatz1 that its more about the mirror and what you end up looking like. The judges don’t have a stats card with your bodyfat and such, they’re going all by site. The numbers are more for reference and benchmarking, but its all aesthetic and visual in the end.