Sat 23 Jun 2007
Mr. W bought a new Tanita scale today, the Innerscan BC-533, that gives you incredibly comprehensive body readings. Here’s mine:
Height: 5’2.5″
Weight: 126 lb
Body Fat Percentage: 24.8%
Body Water: 52.3%
Visceral Fat: 2 – “good” is 1-12
Muscle Mass: 90 lb
Physique Rating: 5 – “standard: average muscle, average body fat”
Bone Mass: 4.8 lb
Daily Caloric Intake to Maintain: 2134
Metabolic Age: 19 (I’m not sure how accurate the metabolism measurements are, since there was no option for me to input that I’d messed up my metabolism with anorexia.)
Visceral fat is fat in the internal abdominal cavity surrounding the vital organs. High levels of fat here puts one at risk for heart disease, Type II diabetes, and high blood pressure. If the rating is 1-12, it’s healthy, 13-59 is increasing levels of unhealthy.
Physique Rating is based on the ratio of body fat to muscle mass, on a scale of 1 (“hidden obese: looks healthy but high body fat percentage to low muscle mass”) to 9 (“very muscular: lower than normal body fat with above-average body fat”).
Metabolic Age is based on basal metabolic rate (BMR, or “resting” metabolism rate, calculated by using a medically proven weight vs. age formula and then factoring in your activity level and current body composition), and comparing that to the normal metabolism of an average person from ages 12-50.
Here’s Mr. W’s stats:
Height: 6′.5″
Weight: 188 lb
Bodyfat Percentage: 10.2%
Body Water: 58.8%
Visceral Fat: 5
Muscle Mass: 160.4 lb
Physique Rating: 8 – “thin and muscular, athlete: lower than normal bodyfat, adequate muscle mass”
Bone Mass: 8.2 lb
Daily Caloric Intake to Maintain: 4621
Metabolic Age: 12
Mr. W is going to set up a spreadsheet to chart our progress. His goal is to get to a Physique Rating of 9; and mine is to get to a Physique Rating of 8 (unless I start losing curves, in which case I wanna be a 6, which is “standard muscular, athlete: average body fat, high muscle”). I also want my body fat to drop to 20%-22%, my weight to drop to about 118lbs, and my height to increase to 5’6″. *sigh*
You want your height to change? Hmmm…let me know if you figure that one out.
I figure if I change my height, then all the other numbers will automatically shrink. I think that’s the whole problem. It’s not that I’m too fat or whatever, it’s that I’m short. THAT’s why clothes on the rack don’t fit, and my body fat percentage is too high.
Right, I agree with Cindy… we’re both very short, so 5lbs on US, doesn’t look the same as 5lbs on someone else..we need stretched out!
I’d pick 5’5 or 5’6 too. Maybe 5’7.. haha.
I’m sure my body fat reading would be like, 50%! I won’t dare get on one of those.. but maybe someday. Cindy… we’re the same height and nearly the same weight! and my ex husband was 6’5… looks kinda funny in pictures standing side by side though…
I don’t think I wanna get on those scales either. I don’t mind my height. I see petite girls at the gym that are tiny. I’m always thinking they are cute but then I think if I was that petite I’d weigh about 20 lbs more than I already do!
I’m working 2nd shift this week Mon-Thurs. I’m hitting the gym all 5 mornings. Plus I’m eating 6 “smart” meals a day. We’ll see if it works.
Jordan – Yeah, totally! I know I’ll look hot stretched out cuz when the sun’s behind me, my 8-foot-long shadow is SO sexy. Haha.
Flat Coke – But if you look at “little people,” they can’t help but look chunky cuz any normal fat distribution has to be spread among just several feet. It’s too hard when you’re short.
Ooh! A whole week of gymming straight plus eating smart! Let us know how that goes. Goooo, Flat Coke!
I’m pretty surprised that your body fat percentage is that high. It doesn’t look like it’s that high from your pics.
And Mr. W is over a foot taller than you?
Yeah dude! When I say I’m fat, it’s not just cuz I’m a psychotic paranoid woman! It’s normally higher, too. I typically come out in the 28%. That’s also why I say if I could be 4 inches taller, the amount of fat I have would be acceptable. I’d like to think the fat’s all “in the right places” like my female friends comfort me by saying, but I know it’s pretty evenly distributed everywhere.
Mr. W is about 10 inches taller than me, which is uncomfortable at times, but at least it means I can wear all the high heels I want, as high as I want them!
I’m sure 10 inches is quite uncomfortable. 😛
So you can always say you’re not fat, you just have big boobs. Ta-da!