New figures

Following on from yesterday's post I decided to take it a bit further and redo my figures from day 1.

There has been a bit of a change and a significant loss of fat.  It would be nice to record that, before I hit Easter and break the diet.

On day one I compared my waist and hip measurements.  They came in at a ratio of 0.9.  The ideal for women is less than 0.8.  With a waist measurement of 89 cm and a hip measurement of 105.5 cm my ratio is sitting at 0.84.  That is a big improvement.

I also redid my lean body weight calculations.
On day 1 I had a body fat percentage of 33.7% or 26.6 kg giving me a lean body mass of 52.4 kg.

The ideal body fat range for a woman of my age (41-50) is 22%-28%.

Today I worked out that my body fat is 28.19% so I am sitting just a smidge outside the ideal range. That equates to 20.72 kg fat.

I worked it our like this:
Waist = 89 cm = 35 inches = 40.46 (according to the chart in Protein Power)
Hip    = 105.5 cm = 41.5 inches = 29.33 (according to the chart in Protein Power)
height = 175 cm = 68.5 inches = 41.6 ( according to the chart in Protein Power)

(40.46+29.33)-41.60 =28.19%

73.5 kg x 28.19% = 20.72 kg

73.5 kg - 20.72 kg = 52.78 kg lean body mass.

52.78 kg = 116.36 pounds

116.36/78 = 1.49 = 149 = 67.6 kg
116.36/72 = 1.62 = 162 = 73.5 kg

So my healthy weight range is 67.6 kg - 73.5 kg.  This has me sitting right on top of my healthy weight range.

At 116.36 pounds of lean body mass I can eat 70 g of protein / day. (116.36 x 0.6 = 70)  Divided by three meals that is about 23 g / meal.  Not that I have been particularly tracking my protein intake.  At a guess I'd say I have been going over that.

Finally, I shall compare BMI, not that I placed much stock in that measurement.
Day 1 my BMI was 25.
Today it is 24.  The site suggests a healthy weight range of 57 - 76 kg.  That is quite a big range really.