Posts by hawkeyegal

I just read up on this yesterday and they said the most accurate way is the hydrostatic water tank, which is also the most expensive and hardest to come by.

I read the home scales just measure your body fat from your waist down and using your height, weight and sex, give you an average.

I had a trainer take mine last Sept using the calipers (old looking ones at that) and he came up with 30.1% at 124 pounds and I FREAKED out. I read those calipers have an error of 4 percent, meaning my bodyfat could have been anywhere from 26-34 percent. I've lost 9 pounds since then, jumped on my scale yesterday and it read 16.4%. As much as I would love that to be true, something is not right. I do have an extremely tiny frame, but 16.4 seems really low--shouldn't I have a 6-pack than, LoL.

After reading numerous articles I came away with this: There really is no 100 percent accurate way to do it, but instead of focusing on the number and comparing it to others, you should focus on the trends of your own number.

I have a short, boxy torso too. It's the first place I gain weight, and even at my thinnest of 110 pounds, it still made me look bigger than I was.

Also, I justt looked at your pics, and you look fantastic. If I had your body, I'd walk around naked all the time and risk being arrested. Keep it up.

I get that, but it alternates between sugar and salt cravings. I think it might have something to do with what you all burn and sweat out during exercise.

Try a cup of chocolate milk to fill that craving. I've heard from a few docs it's the best thing to refuel with after a work out.

I LOVE True Blood!

Don't understand the Twilight hype.

And

I have never watched Buffy.

Original Post by jessicasbc:

oh so its already a year old then.  are they making a second seaon?

edit:  ya know, at first i thought it was a british show, but then i started wondering "why is it so sunny looking?"  english shows are always sooo gray and gloomy looking.  and i was also wondering why they had a special group for the south pacific/islander kids in and english school.   then i realized that it was australian and everything starting making more sense.  (sorry for not recognizing the accents.)

 I thought it was English, too, but did recognize how warm and sunny it looked.

I watched the first episode and found it funny, but it wasn't enough to keep me watching. I hated the Jonas character.

Original Post by allydan:

The finale is live, right?  The producers don't know who will win yet, right?  Because if they really were focusing on Vicki because she's going to win and they want people to like her more, it didn't work at all.  She still disgusts me, and if she wins and her picture is all over my 24 Hour Fitness in a few months, I'm going to switch to Bally's!

 Right, so there's really no way to give any contestant a winner's edit because we won't know who won until next week when they all step on the scale.

I was extremely frustrated when Vicki said she wouldn't eat vegetables and her kids won't either, and she has an overweight 4-year-old. It's annoying enough when adults have the picky disposition of a child, but when it actually affects the health of their children, they need to grow up and try some new, healthy foods.

This is a related question:

I currently lift 15 pound dumbells for most exercises and do 3 sets of 15. The last few are always tough for me to get through, but not impossible.

Should I move up to 3 sets of 12 with 20 pounders?

Thanks for any input.

Well, that is great to know! And fortunately, I only live 2 minutes from the gym, so time isn't a factor.

And good thing I love cottage cheese--even the whey floating around.

Oh, the things you learn at CC.

Thanks!

I have to agree that it's all about your frame. I'm 5'5" with an extremely tiny frame. People always marvel at my small wrists and size 3.5 ring finger. What sucks though is I look best at 110 pounds, which according to BMI (don't pay much attention to that anyhow) claims I'm underweight.

I'm about 119 right now and want to lose another 5 pounds before my wedding in the spring (slow and steady wins the race) and there is a drastic difference in how I look now as oppose to how I looked 5 pounds ago.

I envy people who can put on 10 pounds and no one is the wiser.

Well, first things first, it's 2008, not 1952, so let's get this, "You're not a real woman unless you're making your husband dinner and cooking and cleaning" BS out of the way, ok? I rarely cook because I don't have the time. I work 9 hours a day and spend 2 hours at the gym. I'm not slaving over a hot stove for the two of us. Many times, since he has a flexible schedule, he *gasp!* does the cooking. And he's a much better cook than I am. Whoever doesn't cook, does the dishes so no one is just sitting there, being waited on.

ANYWAY!

My fiance eats all the time. ALL THE TIME. I don't. I've learned to just simply say no when he offers me something. However, I have a much harder time backing down when he wants to grab some fast food or get dinner somewhere,  but I'm getting better.

My suggestion is to surround yourself with healthy alternatives.

My fiance, for instance, wanted a slice of cheesecake while we were at the grocery store. Ooh, that sounded good. BUT instead, I picked up some sugar free pudding cups. He got his 400-calorie dessert and I enjoyed my 60-calorie treat.

Oh yeah, I'd be way happier with losing 2 percent body fat than two pounds. So many factors go into what your weight is (water retention, food, lack of bowel movements) but fat is fat!

Congrats to you for melting some of it off.

I am officially out of the 120's!

WOO!

I weighed 119.5 this morning, and what makes it even better, is I'm pretty sure I actually weigh less than that because I'm premenstrual and retaining water. I stepped onto the scale and said to myself, Don't be discouraged--you know you're retaining water so just take the number with a grain of salt.

So I was pleasantly surprised to still see the numbers going down.

LoL, I was going to add into my above reply, "DAMN! I hate it when he's right!"

Don't worry, we've I've been practicing the, "If something goes wrong, it is automatically your fault" way of thinking.

No longer sore--back to the gym tonight!

Thanks for the tips!

I am definitely more sore from doing a few sets of 12 dips/pull-ups than spending a half-hour doing various isolation work-outs.

Hips: 31.8

Navel: 27.12

Pants: Anywhere from 0 to 4, depending on the brand.