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Originally posted by Brevity maddogkf, how do you figure this net loss/gain business?
-maddogkf household on Monday morning-
*maddogkf wakes up and shuffles into bathoom. Pinches self at waistline*
"Looks like a loss of 5 pounds this week, cool!"
*Walks up to mirror and flexes bicep*
"Right on! Lookie there, 2 pounds of muscle gain! Can't wait to post the update."
You are doing great job by the way (better than me) but just curious.
Actually - I have a Tanita scale that calibrates your body fat %.
I started at 240 # w/ 34% body fat which equates to 81.6 pounds of body fat.
(240 x .34 = 81.6) Lean muscle mass (muscle, water, bones, etc) = Body weight 240 - body fat (BF) 81.6 = 158.4 LMM
Right now, I am at 234 w/ 31.5 % BF which equates to 73.7 # BF & 160.3 LMM.
I am down a total of 6 pounds. I have lost 7.9 pounds of fat per the BF composition readings, but I have only lost 6 pounds total - so I have gained 1.9 in lean muscle mass.
If you have any questions - let me know!!!
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Last edited by maddogkf; February 10th, 2004 at 07:39 AM.
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Sect 27, Row 34, Seat 8
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Originally posted by jkf296 Those Tanita's are a crock of bull hockey.
I have lost 8.5 pounds total so far & it states my BF % has risen by 6%.
I think they are accurate in the wieght, but BF is not accurate at all.
I found out that if you get on it right after you take a shower - that it can drastically screw up your readings.
I take mine first thing in the AM after taking my first wiz.
It's been ok consistent-wise. If I wiegh myself at the end of the day - it shows a different range.
Anywho, that's how it's worked for me.
Make sure you have your inputs correct - age, sex, height, etc. My daughter was hitting buttons & changed the sex to female & I was like at 38-42 % BF but then I changed it back & it has been more consistent....
NEW YORK - Dr. Robert Atkins, whose popular diet stresses protein-rich meat and cheese over carbohydrates, weighed 258 pounds at his death and had a history of heart disease, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Atkins died last April at age 72 after being injured in a fall on an icy street.
Before his death, he had suffered a heart attack, congestive heart failure and hypertension, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a report by the city medical examiner.
At 258 pounds, the 6-foot-tall Atkins would have qualified as obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites)'s body-mass index calculator.
Diet is one potential factor in heart disease, but infections also can contribute to it.
Originally posted by maddogkf I started at 240 # w/ 34% body fat.
(240 x .34 = 81.6) Lean muscle mass (muscle, water, bones, etc) = Body weight 240 - body fat (BF) 81.6 = 158.4 LMM
Right now, I am at 234 w/ 31.5 % BF which equates to 73.7 # BF & 160.3 LMM.
I am down a total of 6 pounds. I have lost 7.9 pounds of fat per the BF composition readings, but I have only lost 6 pounds total - so I have gained 1.9 in lean muscle mass.
If you have any questions - let me know!!!
I checked out the scale. Its looks pretty cool for the information it gives you.
One thing. How do you come up with the BF number initially? Does it have to be input into the scale? Does the scale figure this for you? The web site I saw it on didn't have comprehensive instructions.
I suppose if the BF number is or isn't accurate may not be important to me. But, just to be able to track it would be good.
Originally posted by Brevity I checked out the scale. Its looks pretty cool for the information it gives you.
One thing. How do you come up with the BF number initially? Does it have to be input into the scale? Does the scale figure this for you? The web site I saw it on didn't have comprehensive instructions.
I suppose if the BF number is or isn't accurate may not be important to me. But, just to be able to track it would be good.
It is automatic on the scale. Supposedly a slight electrical impulse is shot through your body when you stand on the scale. Thus, you have to be barefoot. And no you can't feel it.
It gives you your weight, then your BF, then a little bar blinks that tells you that you are a fat ass.
Last time I was in NYC, I was at this resturant and they had a scale that said, "Get off me, FAT ASS" when you stood on it. I always wanted to put one in my mother in laws house
On ABC-15 tonight at 6pm they will be discussing the late Dr. Atkins and mentioned that there is some controversy over how he died. Just an FYI for you Atkins guys/gals.
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Atkins was obese, suffered heart disease, report says
Associated Press
Feb. 10, 2004 08:00 AM
NEW YORK - Dr. Robert Atkins, whose popular diet stresses protein-rich meat and cheese over carbohydrates, weighed 258 pounds at his death and had a history of heart disease, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Atkins died last April at age 72 after being injured in a fall on an icy street.
Before his death, he had suffered a heart attack, congestive heart failure and hypertension, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a report by the city medical examiner.
At 258 pounds, the 6-foot-tall Atkins would have qualified as obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's body-mass index calculator.
Diet is one potential factor in heart disease, but infections also can contribute to it.
Stuart Trager, chairman of the Atkins Physicians Council in New York, told the Journal that Atkins' heart disease stemmed from cardiomyopathy, a condition thought to result from a viral infection.
Atkins' weight was due to bloating associated with his condition, and he had been much slimmer during most of his life, Trager said.
The medical examiner's report was given to the Journal by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group that advocates vegetarianism. The medical examiner's office told the Journal that the report had been sent to the group in error.
There was no immediate response Tuesday to a call seeking additional comment from the medical examiner's office.
The diet guru's widow, Veronica Atkins, was outraged that the report had been made public.
"I have been assured by my husband's physicians that my husband's health problems late in life were completely unrelated to his diet or any diet," she told the Journal.
Last month, Veronica Atkins demanded an apology from Mayor Michael Bloomberg after Bloomberg called her late husband "fat."
In April 2002, Atkins issued a statement saying he was recovering from cardiac arrest related to a heart infection he had suffered from "for a few years." He said it was "in no way related to diet."
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