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Lose 5%Organized by Gyminee
This is an "Everybody Wins" challenge where the goal is to decrease your percent Body Fat by 5%. |
2032 competitors, started over 3 years ago
Congratulations to connor86uk, JuryDuty, and tnmack! They are the latest users to complete this challenge.
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Challenges are a great way to stay motivated to exercise or lose weight. After you sign up for a FREE DailyBurn account you can join a challenge and get going!| User | Recent Activity | Total | |
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connor86uk
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Lost 1 % 10 months ago | 5 % |
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JuryDuty
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Lost 5 % 6 days ago | 5 % |
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tnmack
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Lost 1.39 % 12 days ago | 5 % |
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mbrisolara
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Lost 0.4 % 13 days ago | 5 % |
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TheBuffDaddy
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Lost 3.3 % 16 days ago | 5 % |
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Sylvio
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Lost 1.4 % 17 days ago | 5 % |
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Bogleg
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Lost 2 % 17 days ago | 5 % |
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Jewlzm
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Lost 2 % 17 days ago | 5 % |
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smashwindow
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Gained 6 % 22 days ago | 5 % |
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staceymorgart
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Lost 0.1 % 23 days ago | 5 % |
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posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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This topic was created for the Lose 5% challenge. |
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posted Friday, March 27, 2009
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Okayyyy…can someone please help me?? How do I work out my body fat percent? Im guessing it is about 100 percent, but I could be wrong!! Thankies…Sam |
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posted Friday, March 27, 2009
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HI Sammy, this should explain. http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/body_weigh… In the short term you could get a body fat analyser scales (but they are not very accurate) or if you have a large boots nearby, they have instore special BMI scales. If you go to boots.com, store locator, under additional store services select body mass index (bmi) machine. Put your town and do a search. Other than that, if you are a member of a gym they sometimes can measure it for you. |
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posted Friday, March 27, 2009
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Sorry forgot to say… the boots instore bmi machine basically measures it in the store (can’t remember how much money you have to put in). But they also sell scales with body fat analysers. |
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posted Friday, March 27, 2009
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You can also purchase calipers, which most people agree are more accurate than bodyfat scales (or handheld units). But they require skilled use (which I couldn’t develop). |
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posted Friday, March 27, 2009 |
I use calipers. It is difficult to measure some skin folds by yourself (and downright impossible for at least one). There are also multiple equations available. I have a spreadsheet that has all of the popular caliper-based equations in it and then does an average of all of them. I found it via Google searching for “bodyfat skinfold equations” or something. The main thing I am looking for week to week is a decrease in the skinfold measurement – I don’t really pay that close of attention to the BF result since the variance is +/- 4% even if you do know what you are doing…but I do know I measure the same spots the same way every week, so changes in those measurements are generally a good indicator of what is going on. I also use a tape measure to track body part measurements – waist, arms, thighs, chest, etc. This is another good way to just keep some data on how your body is changing over time. |
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posted Sunday, March 29, 2009
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Spreadsheets… a man after my own heart! And I thought I was the only freak (no offence!!) to log things in spreadsheet, with variables to see how many calories I need to lose for a certain weight, how much weight I lose doing a certain exercise for a certain time etc.. there is still hope for me then! I’M NOT ALONE!!! |
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posted Sunday, April 5, 2009
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Ok, my husband thinks I’m a big dork. I use spreadsheets and tape measures too. I have a handheld bf monitor I use too. The biggest thing for me is that I don’t particularly take too much stock in the number on the scale because a pound of fat is way different than a pound of muscle and I would rather keep track of my health by body composition, not by a number that is strictly relative. Not that I don’t pay attention to it, it’s just not the most important number to me. |
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posted Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
leaving this challenge and re joining cos i got my reading totally wrong with a stupid pedometer/body fat moniter it said i was 41% and im 25.38% so i wil lleave and then re join so it doesnt look like i have lost 20% when i correct it |
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posted Monday, April 27, 2009 |
http://www.gyminee.com/groups/1418-The-Dedicated Iv created a new group if anyone is interested to chat and meet new people and discuss all different kinds of things to do with weightlifting/bodybuilding and fitness anyone welcome! |
