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Losing Body Fat

The percentage of the North American population that isn't preoccupied with losing body fat or at least a few pounds is shrinking every day. News programs, TV shows, and magazines have dedicated themselves to helping people come to grips with the reality of being too fat. And yet, the vast majority of overweight people step back into the dark ages, and take as gospel the height and weight charts of a bygone era, the Body Mass Index, and someone else's idea of a suitable amount of fat.
Back in the sixties, most people referred to exercise programs established by the military to keep war time troops fit and healthy. They worked! But as our lifestyles became more sedentary, we started to put on more weight. We constantly checked the insurance charts of height and weight to see where we fit in, based on national averages. These charts were based on height alone, so someone who was very muscular would appear to be grossly overweight. The charts, which are still used today, don't take into account the percentage of body fat. For example, a woman weighing 110 pounds with a body fat percentage of 33 percent might be considered obese, yet the chart would suggest an acceptable weight for her height.
Moving ahead in time, the Body Mass Index was developed as a reliable means of determining your fitness level. Again, the BMI didn't take body fat into account. The BMI is calculated using the formula weight(kilograms)/ body height (metres) squared. So a 5 foot 9 inch tall body builder weighing 210 pounds,with a body fat percentage of 8 percent might appear to be at serious risk for many health problems.
Let's see how this works: weight = 210 pounds = 95.5 kilograms.
Height = 5' 9" = 1.75 metres
So the BMI would be 95.5(kilos)/1.75 (metres) x 1.75 (metres) = 31.2 BMI.
The charts say that men with a BMI over 27.8, and women with a BMI over 27.3 are considered to be overweight. In fact, the BMI charts say that anyone with a level above 25 is at risk of dying. Again...useless information!
The best indicator of how much fat loss you need to consider is to calculate your lean body mass. Simply put, your lean body mass is is the difference between your body weight and the weight of your body fat. As an example, a 200 pound man with a body fat percentage of 22 percent, will have a lean body mass of 200 lbs. - (200 lbs. X.22) = 156 pounds.
Using this number, you can determine what amount of body fat is suitable for you, and figure out what your ideal weight should be. The formula for this is:
current lean mass
1 - desired bodyfat percentage
so a 200 pound male at 22% bodyfat, wants to drop his fat level to 15% will have an ideal weight of
156/ (1-15%) = 156/.85 = 183 pounds.
Realistic? YES! And...NO NONSENSE!
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