Ok, a week or so ago I saw the movie, "Supersize me," where a guy eats nothing but McDonald's for a month. When he started, he was 6'2, 185#, and had a body fat % of about 11%. When he finished, he was still 6'2", but about 215#, body fat 18%. This got me thinking about my own body fat (and also more about what I eat).
So other than going to a special doctor or whatever and paying a huge amount of money, does anyone know an easier way to calculate your body fat? I found this calculator through Google:
www.he.net/.../prothd2.html
However, I think it is being too generous for me (body fat about 9%).
I did find this one too:
www.linear-software.com/online.html
It seems that the caliper method is the most accurate. Has anyone done this, what was the cost??
Thanks.
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Originally posted by 330man
A physician I am not but I would argue that measuring body fat % ranks in the lower echelons of importance. If you feel that you have too much fat hanging around I would be more worried about things like cholesterol, blood PSI, etc.. I am not pointing fingers at anybody in this thread but many people have this idea that eating foods that are high in fat will lead to adding more body fat to your physique. That is simply not true. A person could eat the fattiest animal based foods but if the caloric intake is below the amount this individual burns in any given day, he will actually begin to reduce his body fat % (This person does stand a good chance of dying though from the high fat content of his diet). Body fat is nature's way of storing energy for a rainy day when food is in short supply.
I agree basic thermodynamics will lead to weight gain or lose.
Originally posted by 330man
A physician I am not but I would argue that measuring body fat % ranks in the lower echelons of importance. If you feel that you have too much fat hanging around I would be more worried about things like cholesterol, blood PSI, etc.. I am not pointing fingers at anybody in this thread but many people have this idea that eating foods that are high in fat will lead to adding more body fat to your physique. That is simply not true. A person could eat the fattiest animal based foods but if the caloric intake is below the amount this individual burns in any given day, he will actually begin to reduce his body fat % (This person does stand a good chance of dying though from the high fat content of his diet). Body fat is nature's way of storing energy for a rainy day when food is in short supply.
I agree basic thermodynamics will lead to weight gain or lose.
