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Originally Posted by foodfromafar
Wendy, I've been doing the same thing - trying to evaluate what a realistic final goal is for me. I have this strange phenomena that happens when I look in the mirror. I don't see accurately where I am, I see where I was.
Like this:
I found pictures of women of similar build/height with known body fat percentages to kind of guess what BF for myself I was thinking of in my mind. At the moment, I'm guessing 18%, but I'm not sure how realistic that is. I definitely do not ant to go below 18% for the reasons you mentioned. I like my curves. The main thing is I want to get rid of a little fat and add muscle which is the whole reason I signed up for Leigh's challenge in the first place. My bf has decreased for sure in the last 3 weeks. I didn't use my calipers for the starting stats. I just forgot really. After the first week (a drop of almost 3 lbs from starting stats and almost 4 lbs from actual start date), I was 20.4%. This week, I was 19.4% even though I only dropped 1/4 lb. Right now, 18% is looking pretty close to where I want to be. |
I still catch myself reading the articles for chubby guys to dress for their body types.