Baby Fat
I’m skinny, I was born skinny (part of being born premature) and aside from a brief stint of being over fed as a youngster (pic inside) I have always been skinny. At one point I was pretty close to being un-healthily skinny (thanks mono) but now I seem to be have settled down to a nice stable healthy looking weight even though people still constantly ask me if I have lost weight. My weight has stayed the same since the beginning of the year but I started to wonder what my body fat percentage was and whether or not I was at a healthy weight.
I can’t really afford to get properly tested in a dunk tank so I opted for the next best thing.
A body Fat Estimator, and my girlfriends fancy digital scale. At 6ft 150lbs the digital scale placed my body fat percentage at 18% while this estimator placed me at 13% body fat.
To be safe I am going to say I am going to go with the high number 18%.
Is this a healthy number? Unhealthy? I had no idea so I asked Jeeves hit up google.
According to this chart from bmi-calculator.com
| Body Fat Percentage Categories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Classification | Women (% fat) | Men (% fat) |
| Essential Fat | 10-12% | 2-4% |
| Athletes | 14-20% | 6-13% |
| Fitness | 21-24% | 14-17% |
| Acceptable | 25-31% | 18-25% |
| Obese | 32%+ | 25%+ |
at 18% I fall in acceptable and 13% I fall in athletic. I think if I were to get properly tested I would fall in the ‘fitness’ category.
From my understanding though body fat percentages are only really used to plan weight loss goals and slice I have never, and hopefully never have to, set out to intentionally lose weight in my life this is all just hear say and poppy cock.
But at least I don’t look like this anymore
For no reason here is a video of a 400lb 7 year old
Tags: 400lb 7 year old, Body, Body Fat Percentage, Fat, Whats a good Body Fat
