WOW!! Look at those guns!!!
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: jengetfit123
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03 nov. 18 por el miembro: Keilin_4
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Thank you, Jengetfit and Keilin - it's a work in progress, but we're comin' along nicely :-)
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: Egull1
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Heck yeah! Super inspiring!! Someone here posted a study -- i think it was either tahoebrun or chesgreen, sorry! Anyway, it was that a much better than bmi as an indicator of health is waist to height ratio. Basically your waist should be half your height or smaller. So depending on your height, that waistline measurement is a key one.
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: jengetfit123
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Thank you, Jengetfit - I did not know that. I am 5'2 and a quarter so basically the ideal is 26 inches. It will be interesting to see where this body decides to pull fat from as I continue to workout. lol. It's completely in charge of that one.
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: Egull1
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Lol, i am 5'2" (62"), so by my reckoning i am keeping my eyes on the prize of 31" or less. Your math may vary. 😉 and yeah we don't get a vote in where it comes off from, wherever my body wants to shed the fat, i will take it!
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: jengetfit123
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You go ! Bodyfat % is the best indicator of heath and fitness. Who does you calipers? I am inaccurate when I do it to myself so I have my trainer do it the same way every time!
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: HCB
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Jengetfit - LOL, oh my goodness - you're totally right. Geez, well I guess we know I'm not good at math! Yes, 31" is right on target and 62" is our height. I don't even want to know what I would look like with a 26" waist at 5'2 LOLOL. Thank you. HCB - I do the calipers on myself. It's been fairly easy to get the reading in the same place. It might be different had I let go of more than 66 lbs. and had a lot of excess skin to deal with. Believe you me, I still have excess skin, but it's not enough to make it problematic. As for the accuracy, I take from Venuto's book on using calipers - regardless of whether it's right on the money, I had a starting point (39%), so at the very least I have come down 18 percentage points from where I started and I'm totally good with that. At the end of the day, this muscle is considered functional - In short, it really helps me a lot better than the walker and even the cane sometimes.
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: Egull1
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I love Venuto's books! Especially "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle" Keep up the great work!
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: HCB
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Also, i just really appreciate the message in you post about self-love and needing it to be strong enough to match your fear of the unknown. That is some powerful stuff right there! Ty for sharing your thinking -- gave me a real lightbulb moment.
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: jengetfit123
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You look amazingly strong!! All you can do is the stuff within your control and you are so doing that. Since MS is a given, you are giving yourself a big head start with a strong body to work with. When my brother became a quadriplegic when he was 18 he was told thank goodness he was so physically fit at the time of the accident as that made him better able to adapt to his paralysis. I imagine your fitness will be a huge help for the road ahead.
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: 59Carol
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Thank you, so much for your support Jen, Carol, and HCB - I think one of the things I rebelled against the most when I was first diagnosed was this immediate assumption I was a tragedy. As if all of the other accomplishments like college degrees, world travel, and kick a$$ jobs that taught me so much about what I was capable of didn't matter anymore. I am determined that this will NOT BE THE CASE! I tell my mom often, even if I only have my 2 thumbs left to move, they're going to be the strongest 2 thumbs you ever saw! Besides, look at the late Stephen Hawking - when I think back to that man all I remember was his phenomenal genius and what amazing insight he gave to the world about how the universe works. He was so much more than just a man in a wheel chair and what he left behind was invaluable. And, yes Carol you are absolutely correct - muscle mass is one of the first things to become compromised for for folks with MS when mobility is compromised. MS society tasks us to develop our endurance muscles so they can withstand the spams and spasticity that can accompany the condition. So, I very much relate your brother :-)
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: Egull1
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awesome muscle development!
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: baskington
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You are amazing and just look at that beautiful smile - it says it all! Continued success - you deserve it!!!! ❤️
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: kikibee5
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What an inspiration you are.
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: Fishingwidow
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Look so strong !! Do you have an easy way to calculate body fat ?
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: Juliette Rly
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Nice "gun show" egull...WTG on the fat loss too!!
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: Steven Lloyd
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Wow. Nice drop on BF% and hips. Nice looking arms as well ;).
03 nov. 18 por el miembro: peeperjj
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04 nov. 18 por el miembro: Sweetlysad
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04 nov. 18 por el miembro: wifey9707
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