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GORDON wrote: in my mind they are the same thing, and I don't know how to measure either.
BMI is just a product of your height + weight. Body fat = composition (fat/muscle)

For body fat, you'd have to 1) use calipers, 2) use a Bod Pod ($75 just to visit one), 3) use a cheap, inaccurate home scale.

I do #3.
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Using calipers is something that requires experience and talent, not just any moron can do it accurately.
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Went back up to 220 lbs. On 5/9, restarted low carb eating. Down to 205.7 as of this morning. Goal is 2 lbs/week throughout the summer.
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I am maintaining at 208ish. I don't eat as much as I'd like through the week, then I eat like shit on the weekends. Still hitting the gym/swimming 3+ miles a week, so that is helping.

I figure the longer I maintain this weight vs. the 244 I started at, the easier it will be to keep it off.

And you saw my recent, hot wetsuit pics at the zoo. Go ahead and print those out poster sized as motivation.
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TheCatt wrote: Went back up to 220 lbs. On 5/9, restarted low carb eating. Down to 205.7 as of this morning. Goal is 2 lbs/week throughout the summer.
198 today, 7/6. Going to try for 170 to 175.

Climbed a 5.8 this weekend, and 2/3 of a 5.9
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You must have made my wetsuit posters. You're welcome.
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TheCatt wrote: Contest ended, I won $263.

Ate too much today. Back on the train tomorrow.
Oh, hey, 12/16/2016 - the last time I was 200lbs.
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TheCatt wrote: Today weighed in (first thing in the morning) at 178. I'm a bit dehydrated, and partial fasted (no dinner) yesterday.

From here on out the goal is body composition.
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My last weigh-in shirt would've looked something like this:
A professional poker player shed seventy pounds after his buddies bet him $1 million that he could not drop down to just 10 percent body fat in six months.
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For a mill I could do that in one month.
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TheCatt wrote:
TheCatt wrote: Went back up to 220 lbs. On 5/9, restarted low carb eating. Down to 205.7 as of this morning. Goal is 2 lbs/week throughout the summer.
198 today, 7/6. Going to try for 170 to 175.

Climbed a 5.8 this weekend, and 2/3 of a 5.9
Been slacking past two weeks.

7/23 - 195.5

Resting Heart Rate down to 54 today.
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Climbed a 5.9+ for the first time. It wasn't clean, I fell once, but I climbed it.
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Vacation - 8/13 - 200.8... back to work
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Still under 200.. but haven't been trying very hard.

Today decided to recommit myself. Promptly sprained my wrist rock climbing
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Why are sweet potatoes included in so many diet plans?
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GORDON wrote: Why are sweet potatoes included in so many diet plans?
Low glycemic index, lots of vitamins.
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Explain what you mean for people like leisher who may not understand.
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GORDON wrote: Explain what you mean for people like leisher who may not understand.
Some foods spike your insulin/blood sugar/whatever more than others, and spiking it is bad since it makes you eat more and store more fat, or something.
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i had a sweet potato fry sample at Costco the other day... first time I've eaten a sweet potato in my life. It was interesting. They have carbs though, right?
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