Anonymous wrote:just had my first dexascan. female. 16%

Age?

Had an in body scan about 6 weeks ago and at 33%. 45 yo woman. Trying to get to mid 20s. Have a fair amount of muscle.

23-24%, mid-40s female

20.5% 49M

Anonymous wrote:I just came across this video yesterday. The guy talks to both men and women at various body fat percentages (5% to 50%). Worth a watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K9QhkPww44&t=1823s

Fascinating. He shows extremely low fat people but is clear how rare and often unhealthy it is. In a nationally representative sample, only 1 out of 9000 men had under 12 percent. He interviews a woman who's at a very low percentage (maybe 12, I think) and she explains that her hair is falling out, she doesn't menstruate, and she gets exhausted walking across the room. A man who's cutting for a bodybuilding competition says he's in a constant mental fog.

For normal people, just focus on your body's ability to DO stuff. I'm naturally skinny but work to put on weight - both fat and muscle - because I have more energy and get sick less.

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Anonymous wrote:just had my first dexascan. female. 16%

Eating disorder

Or 16 years old

I'm 40 yr old W. I'm 23% last time the gym did my dexa but that was prior to this administration. I'm am probably still close to that because I've lost muscle but also haven't gained fat yet in peri.

I'm genetically fairly lean but wow, that video claims only 2% of women are leaner than me in the US! Daaaang.

Anonymous wrote:just had my first dexascan. female. 16%

Eating disorder

I think 21. Used to be 17 before menopause a few years ago.

just had my first dexascan. female. 16%

That was a fascinating video. My scale usually puts me at around 26-27% but I bet that on a more accurate dexa scan I’d be at least 30, from looking at the two 30% women on the video. I’m 59 and have some muscle definition on my arms and legs but softness on my hips and lower belly.

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Anonymous wrote:Female.
15-20% on average but I'm a bit old and out of shaped compared to when I was 10% on a regular basis.

I hope you were never 10% because 17-22% is necessary for menstruation. Body fat that low is unhealthy for women.

Would be just for 3 months out of the year I'd get below 15%. Would be hard to do now at my age though.

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Anonymous wrote:I just came across this video yesterday. The guy talks to both men and women at various body fat percentages (5% to 50%). Worth a watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K9QhkPww44&t=1823s

omg I'm actually watching all of this

Same. this is so interesting.

25, and I've lost 100 pounds. But almost to a healthy BMI.

Anonymous wrote:I just came across this video yesterday. The guy talks to both men and women at various body fat percentages (5% to 50%). Worth a watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K9QhkPww44&t=1823s

omg I'm actually watching all of this