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Guess what my body fat percentage is?

PAXMAN / TJ MODE[b][u] ANSWER THE QUESTION[/b][/u]


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 10:21 am
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[i]Of course it depends on the goal.[/i]
Nope ! But anyway, enjoy playing with your calipers. There are worse things to do with your Friday nights.
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[i]so is there a closing date for guesses? When are we going to get the big reveal? Whats the prize and what happens if it comes down to a tie-break situation? [/i]
The prize is a signed, framed, photo.
Tie-break is that you and whomever else has to then purchase your own calipers, identical to those of the OP. You will then be required to reveal your BF. Highest or lowest... TAKES ALL !
(two signed, framed, photo's)
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**Where's Hora when you need him**


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 10:43 am
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99%


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 10:46 am
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16 percent fat

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what happens if it comes down to a tie-break situation?

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16%

my concerns are now warranted


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 10:51 am
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99% [/i]
You're not taking this seriously, are you !

[i]my concerns are now warranted [/i]
What ? wouldn't you like signed, framed, photos of Grips and KB ?


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 10:54 am
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**Where's Hora when you need him**

in the cellar

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Posted : 19/08/2014 11:03 am
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[i]in the cellar[/i]
Either that, or he's laying on the road side begging for food, after falling from his bike due to exhaustion during a fasted ride....
Poor fella, he should have bought skin fold calipers instead. I've heard that if you lick your calipers twice a day, one can loose as much as an additional Kg !


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 11:20 am
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Aaaannnddd pics, clearly we need pics

No. No we don't, because what is seen cannot become unseen.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 11:39 am
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Did you check yourself for bovine TB before they broke?

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Posted : 19/08/2014 12:20 pm
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The average of two methods I did was 17%. Which is about what I thought.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 12:21 pm
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So its a roll over

(not to be confused with a muffin-top)


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 12:24 pm
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[i]Curious to see how light I might actually be able to be.[/i]

[i]The average of two methods I did was 17%. Which is about what I thought. [/i]

End of thread ?

What next ?

Hang on. So you got readings of 26% and 8 % ?.....


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 12:49 pm
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I was unaware that 'light' was measured as a percentage.

I'm confused by this science that Molgrips brings to the forum.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 2:24 pm
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Hang on. So you got readings of 26% and 8 % ?.....

One of those readings was Tracy from accounts though


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 2:57 pm
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so just a smidge over 15kg of lard.

so you can visualise, that equates to thirty 1/2kg blocks of lard.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 3:24 pm
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[i] that equates to thirty 1/2kg blocks of lard[/i]

or about 2 eiderdowns in old money.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 3:26 pm
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so just a smidge over 15kg of lard.

It's scary how much fat even a relatively low % equates to. According to our scales this morning, 15.3% of my 69.3kg is lard; that's 10.5kg!

I did some playing around with [url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuKOuAY2FWIzdEMteU54Ymp1UXNrTkpnVEFITTJJb2c&usp=sharing ]a spreadsheet[/url] and it's amazing how little extra heft I'd need to count as obese (and how much lower that is that I'd need to be to be obese by BMI standards).


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 3:30 pm
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[i]so just a smidge over 15kg of lard.

so you can visualise, that equates to thirty 1/2kg blocks of lard.
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Now for someone to go for the title of top-geekster.
What is all that in Calories !
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Tracy from accounts ?
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Posted : 19/08/2014 3:42 pm
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What is all that in Calories !

Something like 115000 calories in 15 kg of fat or as I prefer to thing of it, four and a half Greggs steak bakes.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 3:45 pm
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Something like 115000 calories in 15 kg of fat

I thought 1g of Fat was 9cal? If so that'd be 135,000 cals?

or 54 days of 2,500 RDA for adult males 😯


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 3:52 pm
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Yup, you're right, I underestimated.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 3:57 pm
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Depends, is that 15kg of 'fat' or 15kg of lippid. The fat cells in your body are 72%-87% lippids (i.e. actual fat like cooking oil), the rest is the cells structure and water.

Then there's an argument about how much energy there is in 'fat' because the body uses up quite a bit in trying to burn it IIRC it's 8.7kcal of usefull energy, 9.5kcal in total. So if you eat 1g of fat, 9.5kcal, which is then stored as about 1.3g of fatty tissue, then you only have to burn off 8.7kcal to lose it again.

So to lose 1kg of fatty tissue the actual number of calories is closer to 7200kcal.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 4:08 pm
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15.3% of my 69.3kg is lard; that's 10.5kg

Is it marbling though, or rind? I like to think I do't have many bits that you'd cut off and leave on the side of the plate, but that I'd have a really good, juicy flavour.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 4:08 pm
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Is it marbling though, or rind?

I like to think I'm juicy and tender. Not sure how I taste though.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 4:10 pm
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this thread has given me a craving for pork chops.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 4:51 pm
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Was a bit disappointed on reading this thread as I assumed they were the tools for pinching the skin for doing body piercings.


 
Posted : 19/08/2014 5:00 pm
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[i] Was a bit disappointed on reading this thread as I assumed they were the tools for pinching the skin for doing body piercings.[/i]
Suppose there's always the first time.


 
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