My story - Am I doing everything right? :)

**sucher67** · March 29th, 2006, 06:11 AM

FYI: gYmgIrL is now providing updates in her blog, found here: http://www.extremefitness.com/blog/s...g.php/blog/647

**painless2** · April 1st, 2006, 05:05 PM

At 5'5" and 112, I would highly doubt the 26% fat measurement, how was that calculated?

bluebird · April 1st, 2006, 05:12 PM

I think she said 15-16% in a previous post.
Edit: I apologize, GymGirl did say in her first post she measured at 26%.

**gYmgIrL** · April 2nd, 2006, 08:26 PM

Yep! Thats what i thought though!!

I thought it was a bit crazy, i did it with a personal trainer just with calipers, he said that they could be 2 or 3 percent out. but still i thought that was crazy!

So it could have been wrong

ALthough i did go down a pants size

**painless2** · April 3rd, 2006, 01:47 PM

A lot of trainers unfortunately think they know what they're doing with calipers, and clearly do not.

**gYmgIrL** · April 3rd, 2006, 08:28 PM

GRR!!!

Although that did make me absolutely motivated to work hard. And i do look a lot better now even if the drop wasnt 11%.

So in a way, it was an awesome (and yet totally scary) error.

**painless2** · April 3rd, 2006, 11:20 PM

LOL, whatever it takes to motivate someone right? Either that, or they want to make it appear like you lost a lot more from the start point. Hopefully it was just operator error.

**gYmgIrL** · April 3rd, 2006, 11:44 PM

Haha! Yeah true!

Hopefully! It was the same guy the whole time and he said it was innacurate...

BAH!!

**painless2** · April 3rd, 2006, 11:47 PM

Standardizing the error by using the same person is the smart thing to do, but you would hope they would try to limit error in the first place. Either way, you are less fat than they told you! lol

**gYmgIrL** · April 3rd, 2006, 11:52 PM

haha well thats awesome!

But test or no test you can still tell that you've lost fat! specially going down a pant size but weighing the same! So dont listen to the calipers either! hehehe

more meat - less fat- steggles chicken and you cant beat that!

i might go an get one of those water test or whatever they are to find out...

once i've lost a bit more... hehehehe

**sucher67** · April 4th, 2006, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by gYmgIrL

But test or no test you can still tell that you've lost fat! specially going down a pant size but weighing the same!

See! I told you to go by how you look, not by how much you weigh! It ends up working out quite well.

By the way, I generally like Weetbix but I never observed they were from Australia. I ate them in the USA-- they were on sale at a health foods store. Those Aussies...

**MissytroN** · April 4th, 2006, 12:35 AM

LOL omg once a DOCTOR tried to tell me that I weighed 50 kgs when I was 55 at the time! But aaaanyway, I'd like to find out what my body fat percentage is one day....who do I see to do that?

p.s. I LOVE weetbix! I like to mush them up with some protein, and enough water to make the consistency porrigde-like, its yummyyy!

**ItalianStallion** · April 4th, 2006, 01:39 AM

im sure if u go to a gym, they have a lil thing that can tell u...there is a way to do it, but thats by pinching skin in legs, n stomach, n waist, n then dividing by the square root of the yr u were born...multiplied by the age you were when u first realized you wanted to work out...then u add your age...subtract ur age...n thats ur answer.....i think thats how it goes....maybe sum1 else can give the rite answer lol....
fyi that is a made up answer..please do not try that at home...i repeat, do not try that at home

**gYmgIrL** · April 4th, 2006, 02:07 AM

haha thats awesome!! You also have to tap your head and rub your belly at the same time and singing "i gave my love a chicken it had no bone"

Well the personal trainers will do it for ya, and it takes em 5 seconds so they dont usually charge, but as you can tell... that may not be too accurate! heheh,

but there are health clinics and stuff that do this water thingy, but im not sure how you'd go about finding out where to get that done. The PT i was going to would even do caliper testing cause she said it was too innacurate.

but it doesnt matter too much if its innacurate just as long as every time you measure it its less!

Yeah sucher you did tell me! and now its all i have!!! heheheh

*sniff sniff*

hehe jks!

**sucher67** · April 4th, 2006, 02:46 AM

Throw some shrimps on the barbie and weet-bix in the trolley...

Enough said. Mate.

**gYmgIrL** · April 4th, 2006, 04:19 AM

haha yep cobber thems the ones! you can get a extra special one with bran in it mate! it tastes like glory and is good for your insides! (and has the same amount of calories)

But ya cant put em in vegemite sammis.

SO GLORY TO THE WEETBIX!

are they the same as weetabix then? cause the name is similar!

YAY! I'M ORF TO THE GYM!! I'm doing back so hopefully I will be able to good-pain away the bad-pain that work was today!

GAD DAMN YOU WORK!

DAMN YOOOO!! *shakes fist*

**burnt_thru** · April 4th, 2006, 05:00 AM

I love my job so much I'm heading back to uni this year to get re-educated.

BTW For a moment there I thought you were talking about Weetabix: never heard of these Weet-bix.

and a funky recipe I found-

**sucher67** · April 4th, 2006, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by burnt_thru

BTW For a moment there I thought you were talking about Weetabix: never heard of these Weet-bix.

Wow. burnt_thru casued a light bulb to go off...

I thought they were the same thing, and that I had just remembered the name incorrectly when I typed "weetabix" a few posts back.

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Originally Posted by gYmgIrL

are they the same as weetabix then? cause the name is similar!

Seems like my memory is intact. I looked up the 2 names, and they are made by 2 different companies!

Weetabix (UK)

"Weetabix is a wheat-based breakfast cereal produced by Weetabix Limited. It comes in the form of relatively large biscuits. These are similar to the Antipodean Weet-Bix; their generic counterparts are typically sold under the name "Wheat Biscuits". Variants include organic and Weetabix Minis (bite-sized) versions.

American tourists visiting the United Kingdom are often baffled by the sight of what appear to be thick crackers (and are referred to as biscuits), and many believe they can simply be eaten "as is". This is a misapprehension — Weetabix are typically served with milk(hot or cold) in a bowl, as with any other breakfast cereal, and often with fruit (bananas, etc). They are very light and absorbent and when soaked in milk can take on the texture of a light porridge. However they retain a certain crunchiness for a while.

The organic version of Weetabix is increasingly seen on American supermarket shelves, however, as an alternative to traditional brands offered in the US.

Weet-Bix (Australia)

Weet-Bix is the name of high-fibre breakfast cereal biscuits manufactured in Australia and New Zealand by the Sanitarium Health Food Company. The name is probably a derivative of wheat biscuits.

Weet-Bix are seen in Australia as a quintessentially Australian food. The product was marketed in Australia using the tagline "Aussie Kids are Weet-Bix kids". However, this marketing campaign was adapted for the New Zealand market to say "Kiwi Kids are Weet-Bix kids". Moreover, a closely related product, called Weetabix, is manufactured in England by Weetabix Limited of Kettering, Northamptonshire - the chief differences between the two products is that Weetabix are somewhat larger and sweeter.

In Australia supermarkets typically stock generic products which are almost indistinguishable from Sanitarium Weet-Bix. The biscuits have a crunchy texture, because they are made from many flakes of wheat pressed on top of one another. They are usually served with either cold or warm milk; if served with warm milk, they have a tendency to become soggy.

So there we have it.

Sorry to hijack your thread, gYmgIrL. I was greatly enjoying my foray into Aussie culture, and now I've been dealt a major disappointment that I was actually enjoying a British food. Oh, the humanity!

I'll have me a vegemite sammi to feel better.

**gYmgIrL** · April 4th, 2006, 09:20 PM

Well... i never...

No no thats fine! Hajack away! I'm taking some pics on the weekend so I'll swing it back when i post it then, but for now let me just say that

Promite>Vegemite

so you're not missing out on anything!

(you guys have promite right?)

And you know the weirdest thing, i heard.. but i may be wrong

promite is made out of vegetables, and vegemite is made out of meat products!

HAS THE WORLD GONE CRAZY OR IS IT JUST MEEEEEE?

**sucher67** · April 4th, 2006, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by gYmgIrL

Promite>Vegemite

so you're not missing out on anything!

(you guys have promite right?)

Promite?

Quote:

Originally Posted by gYmgIrL

And you know the weirdest thing, i heard.. but i may be wrong

promite is made out of vegetables, and vegemite is made out of meat products!

What? I will have to look into this one when I have time.

Have I gone mad or is the whole world going bonkers? This started with weetbix and is gettting out of control.