Want to get down to 15-17% bodyfat

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Anonymous wrote:Way too low percentage fat for a woman, maybe for a man who is a distance runner. Would wonder about body dysmorphia if you truly want to aim for that low body fat percentage

You all seem pretty ignorant about that. Michael Jordan was 4%, which is an elite athlete, so a decent male runner could be 6-9% easily.

Jordan was not at 4%. That is stage lean for a bodybuilder and you would see every line on his body. But yes male athletes can be easily below 10%. For your average woman in her 40s 15-17% is very low.

They talk about it in Last Dance. Pippen, Jordan, and Rodman had a competition going, and were all around the 4% body fat mark apparently. I have no idea if that’s true.

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Are you transitioning? Why do you want to be way below any normal female body comp?

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just keep doing what you are doing OP, also make sure you do resistance training. My DW is somewhere in between the 10-12 and 15-17 picture. She's always been that way and never had any problems

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Anonymous wrote:What is average body fat for an in-shape male early 40s

I’d say 12-14 percent is good 7-12 is elite

Lots of men in their early 40s are in that 10-12 range and I wouldn’t call us elite. We line up in the “elite” running corrals at the front of a road race, for example, but still get dunked on by the pros. Same group is in 2:30-3 marathon range or 4:30-5 hour half / 8:30-10 hour full distance iron man shape.

Meanwhile pros will be at 2 hours for marathon, below 4 for half, and below 8 for full distance triathlon.

Also, most guys in this range are endurance athletes who struggle to maintain weight without eating piles of garbage. And it’s just a consequence of the sport and not a goal per se.

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You need to do 1000-1200 cals a day, and also if yiu want definition you need diuretics.

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Anonymous wrote:What is average body fat for an in-shape male early 40s

I’d say 12-14 percent is good 7-12 is elite

Lots of men in their early 40s are in that 10-12 range and I wouldn’t call us elite. We line up in the “elite” running corrals at the front of a road race, for example, but still get dunked on by the pros. Same group is in 2:30-3 marathon range or 4:30-5 hour half / 8:30-10 hour full distance iron man shape.

Meanwhile pros will be at 2 hours for marathon, below 4 for half, and below 8 for full distance triathlon.

Also, most guys in this range are endurance athletes who struggle to maintain weight without eating piles of garbage. And it’s just a consequence of the sport and not a goal per se.

Well yes very thin runners should have very little body fat

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I’m 44 and 17-18% body fat right now (BMI is 23). I have been strength training for years - 5 times a week plus cardio and yoga, but nothing insane. I think it’s mostly genetic in my case, but I am sure the strength training helped. I had a health scare 5 years ago and started taking my exercise routine seriously.

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55 postmenopausal, 19.5 BMI, 19 PBF (according to my last physical). I’m toned and athletic but looking old in the face. I eat well, drink lots of water, and exercise 60 minutes a day (walks, yoga, or weights). If I were to get down to 17-18 PBF, I might lose all my cellulite but my face would look haggard, and I’d worry about my bones. 15-17 seems like a recipe for osteoporosis and hairloss to me, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Btw OP, if your goal is based on the pictures from the link you posted, I do not think the 15-17 picture reflects well what it would look like. 15-17 would look closer to what is depicted as 10-12. If your target is to look as the 15-17 in that pictures that could be achievable and not unhealthy.

Agreed those pictures are off. Also while BF is a better metric than BMI alone, they are best used together. Two women can be 15-17 PBF and one is anorexic with BMI of 16 and one is a competitive body builder with a BMI of 21.

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Is you goal to look a lot older and like a man?

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As women age having a little body fat is actually better. My mother was extremely thin and last year in October was hospitalized and in the intensive care unit for several weeks. When she left the intensive care unit, her bodyweight had fallen to 72 pounds. It is imperative that you maintain some body fat, because in the event of a serious illness, it is all that your body has to survive on before it starts eating muscle. In her case, that is exactly what happened . And there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

My mom’s case After being discharged from the hospital for pneumonia, she spent five months inside of a rehab Nursing facility and She had to basically learn how to walk again. The reason was muscle wasting because she was bedridden and her body turned to eating her muscle tissue in order to survive. Because of her little bodyweight, she nearly died and is now permanently on a feeding tube.
For context when she went into the hospital, she weighed 110 pounds and was approximately 18% body fat. And postmenopausal.

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Anonymous wrote:As women age having a little body fat is actually better. My mother was extremely thin and last year in October was hospitalized and in the intensive care unit for several weeks. When she left the intensive care unit, her bodyweight had fallen to 72 pounds. It is imperative that you maintain some body fat, because in the event of a serious illness, it is all that your body has to survive on before it starts eating muscle. In her case, that is exactly what happened . And there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

My mom’s case After being discharged from the hospital for pneumonia, she spent five months inside of a rehab Nursing facility and She had to basically learn how to walk again. The reason was muscle wasting because she was bedridden and her body turned to eating her muscle tissue in order to survive. Because of her little bodyweight, she nearly died and is now permanently on a feeding tube.
For context when she went into the hospital, she weighed 110 pounds and was approximately 18% body fat. And postmenopausal.

What the hell

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Anonymous wrote:As women age having a little body fat is actually better. My mother was extremely thin and last year in October was hospitalized and in the intensive care unit for several weeks. When she left the intensive care unit, her bodyweight had fallen to 72 pounds. It is imperative that you maintain some body fat, because in the event of a serious illness, it is all that your body has to survive on before it starts eating muscle. In her case, that is exactly what happened . And there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

My mom’s case After being discharged from the hospital for pneumonia, she spent five months inside of a rehab Nursing facility and She had to basically learn how to walk again. The reason was muscle wasting because she was bedridden and her body turned to eating her muscle tissue in order to survive. Because of her little bodyweight, she nearly died and is now permanently on a feeding tube.
For context when she went into the hospital, she weighed 110 pounds and was approximately 18% body fat. And postmenopausal.

Same thing happened to my dad. He had a bout of inflammatory colitis and was hospitalized. By the time he was discharged he had lost so much weight, I'm certain he would be dead if he hadnt had a few extra pounds on him.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a 44 yo female. Anyone here at that BF level? Is this completely unrealistic? Any advice?

This link below talks about inability to menstruate. Why do I need to menstruate? Also my hormones are already out of whack due to perimenopause. In fact, I started cutting cals and increasing exercise since NYE and already feel better vis a vis perimenopausal mood swings (nothing extreme, 1500 cals, slowly increasing cardio).


https://www.builtlean.com/body-fat-percentage-men-women/

You have an emotional problem and likely disordered eating. I want a million dollars and a pink porche and that does not mean I am gonna get one......

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As women age having a little body fat is actually better. My mother was extremely thin and last year in October was hospitalized and in the intensive care unit for several weeks. When she left the intensive care unit, her bodyweight had fallen to 72 pounds. It is imperative that you maintain some body fat, because in the event of a serious illness, it is all that your body has to survive on before it starts eating muscle. In her case, that is exactly what happened . And there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

My mom’s case After being discharged from the hospital for pneumonia, she spent five months inside of a rehab Nursing facility and She had to basically learn how to walk again. The reason was muscle wasting because she was bedridden and her body turned to eating her muscle tissue in order to survive. Because of her little bodyweight, she nearly died and is now permanently on a feeding tube.
For context when she went into the hospital, she weighed 110 pounds and was approximately 18% body fat. And postmenopausal.

What the hell

That is not normal. Why didn’t she get any nutrition in the hospital? She shouldn’t have been without nutrition for more than a few days. Even if she can’t eat, there are other ways to calories, protein, fat, and other nutrients into patients that are hospitalized.