Well, in preparation for getting back to exercising again, I went to the gym and had my Body Fat %age checked, and even though I am still nowhere near target (the one that I initially set), it came in at a staggering 23%.
Working this backwards the gym said that my lean body mass is 149lbs (10st 9lbs) and I had set myself a goal of 161lbs (11st 7lbs).
However, this would give me a Body Fat of 8%, which is equivalent to some professional athletes and footballers. They said that they were not convinced that this was achievable, let alone maintainable :copon:without a very punishing training regime that a full-time job would not realistically allow without nearly killing me in the process.
So, on taking on board the gyms findings and suggestions to aim for a Body Fat %age of around 15-16%, I have revised my target UPWARDS (not often you hear that in this forum ) by calculating that a BF% of 15-16% will equate to a weight of about 171-173lbs (12st 3lbs - 12st 5lbs), and have set myself a new target weight of 12st 4lbs.
This instantly reduces my weight to go by 11lbs ..... like having my first 2 weeks all over again!!
Just shows you ..... I could not realistically achieve a BMI of 25 according to the gym!!
Working this backwards the gym said that my lean body mass is 149lbs (10st 9lbs) and I had set myself a goal of 161lbs (11st 7lbs).
However, this would give me a Body Fat of 8%, which is equivalent to some professional athletes and footballers. They said that they were not convinced that this was achievable, let alone maintainable :copon:without a very punishing training regime that a full-time job would not realistically allow without nearly killing me in the process.
So, on taking on board the gyms findings and suggestions to aim for a Body Fat %age of around 15-16%, I have revised my target UPWARDS (not often you hear that in this forum ) by calculating that a BF% of 15-16% will equate to a weight of about 171-173lbs (12st 3lbs - 12st 5lbs), and have set myself a new target weight of 12st 4lbs.
This instantly reduces my weight to go by 11lbs ..... like having my first 2 weeks all over again!!
Just shows you ..... I could not realistically achieve a BMI of 25 according to the gym!!