Weigh in - week of Nov. 6

[kelownagirl]

My hieght 5-3 says ideal weight 104-127. I currently weigh 126. If I go below 114 on that calculator, it says I'd be underweight. ??

The thing I can't figure out with BMI is that I have lost some weight since I started biking (about 15 lbs) but I KNOW I have gained LOTS of muscle. BMI doesn't seem to take the difference in weight of fat versus muscle into consideration.

[kelownagirl]

More on pushups - I am absolutely pathetic. Motivated by Veronica's arms, I tried to do some "real" pushups last night - couldn't do ONE. So I did 10 "girl" pushups, and the last 5 were really hard. I am going to do pushups every night from now on and I WILL improve. I think I need a "pushup check in" thread.

[Dogmama]

Re: BMI - athletes with muscles (football players, basketball players) are overweight according to BMI charts.

Congrats on the 5 pushups!!! You'll be doing the boy pushups & clapping your hands in between before you know it!

[CycleChic06]

Ok, I thought I was going crazy with that BMI calculator. I don't really want to weigh 110 lbs...even if that what my ideal weight should be.

And you're right, Dogmama, I don't think it's good for athlete's since it doesn't take account muscle versus fat. Maybe BMI in conjunction with body fat percentage would be better indication. But it still doesn't say anything about fitness.

[Bikingmomof3]

I ignore the BMI and go by Body Fat %.

[kelownagirl]

Can you figure out body fat % without the calipers etc? I tried on a machine at the grocery store but I don't know how accurate it is... You punched in your info and held on to a handle while I ran a current or something thru your body. I've heard it's unreliable too...

I was down to 125.8 this morning. My goal was to lose 5 lbs in 1 month. I have one more week to lose the last .8 lb

[Bikingmomof3]

I have my body fat tested every few months. I also bought scale that tells me my weight, body fat %, % water, etc. So far it has been the same as the "professional" tests.