I took a progress pic and felt pretty good about my body...
But then I had my body fat taken and it comes out to be 17.2%. I was so hoping to be less than 17. So I look at the photo, I look in the mirror and see abs, I look at my quads and see separation, and I'm like "HUH????"
I have to remember what Amy told me last weekend. The calipers won't even tell you the whole story sometimes. Because you lose fat in your boobs, your but, your hips....and the calipers don't measure those spots. That is why we take pictures!
You can't tell from the photos but I really am losing fat in my legs now. They are getting cut! Jonathan noticed today when he took my body fat. And he also told me that he looked on facebook at my old photos (from when he and I first started training) and was like "man, she has made some major progress"...Amy also told me I'm doing great, and that sure does make me feel good coming from such great trainers and professional competitors! That is the best feedback I can rely on at the end of the day!
Screw those damn calipers. I think I'm less than 17% and they are just lying to me....
it also makes me wonder about the precision of the calipers. 0.2% off from your goal is still a pretty awesome achievement! especially when you've reduced, what, at least 9%?
ReplyDeleteyeah, I am seriously impressed!!
I was 30% in May 2009!
ReplyDeleteMy scale reads anywhere from 17-22% so I can't use it at all anymore. The calipers are supposed to have more accuracy it is just that you are only taking measurements in 9 places on your body! Beauty of pictures I guess...
Oh, my goal is 10% to compete! I really should be 16% by now but for some reason it is coming off slow!