"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2005-01-26, badwilson penned:

Yes, I agree. BMI is way too inaccurate, especially for anyone
with
muscles. A personal trainer should know that, but sadly nowadays
anyone can call themselves a personal trainer.
It would be much more useful to go by bodyfat %age, but of course
bodyfat is difficult to measure accurately and cheaply.

No kidding! And bodyfat gets more difficult the more fat you
actually have.
I bought a caliper and even built myself a spreadsheet with the
appropriate
formulae, but getting the same spot is tricky, and you really have
to have
someone else do the measuring, so I had to rope Eric into doing it
for me.

Honestly, I don't need a caliper at this point to know I need to
lose fat. (I
wish I could eradicate the term "lose weight" from the English
language. It's
so misleading!)

IMO the best way to tell if you're losing bodyfat is to see what
pants fit
around your waist, and how snugly. Legs can be problematic if
you're doing a
lot of work with them, though ...

Yes, I use the pants test too. Or how much of a roll I can grab below
my belly button. Ick.
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