What confuses me is how people that are 300+ lbs can maintain that weight. From a math standpoint wouldn't they have to continually increase their caloric intake to maintain that level?
What confuses me is how people that are 300+ lbs can maintain that weight. From a math standpoint wouldn't they have to continually increase their caloric intake to maintain that level?
Yes. But, it doesn't take that much more food to get a ton of calories.
I mean the TDEE of a 300 pound sedentary person is something like 2800-3000 calories?
That's a single slice of pizza a day too much.
I used to be in the 27 range with 5% body fat. Now I'm in the 32 range with a much higher fat ratio
Damn you appetite without the corresponding workout routine!
If I understand what you're saying correctly, yes.Well like, say this person ate 1 slice a day to much to reach 300. Wouldn't he need more slices per day just to maintain 300? So in effect it would be 1 slice to 200, 2 slices to 250, 3 slices to 300?
I don't foresee myself ever getting under 28 on the BMI. But then again it is a rather poor and lazy method of gauging one's health.
Waist/Height measurement is a much better way of determining physical fitness level but even then it's not showing the big picture.
Also, I call shens on 5% body fat. That level is reserved for bodybuilding competitions with extreme fasting for a single day of showing off.
5% is impossible to keep without serious health effects.
For the other 99% of the population, it's not the freakin' bible or something, but BMI (plus or minus a couple points) is a decent guideline.
If I understand what you're saying correctly, yes.
The idea is that it doesn't take much to start balooning.
Also, I call shens on 5% body fat. That level is reserved for bodybuilding competitions with extreme fasting for a single day of showing off.
5% is impossible to keep without serious health effects.
This. Bad calculations. If you can't see every single surface vein, you aren't near 5%. And nobody can sustain that for long.
Bodybuilders also go into dehydration to get their skin highly taut to further show their work - then pig out after a competition.
Side lecture:
If you can see you actual abdominal muscle definition, you don't have much in the way of adipose fat, and you generally don't begin shedding large quantities of adipose fat until you have cut down a majority of the visceral fat that is behind the abs (gut interior, between organs). That's the fat nobody should have, it's bad, bad stuff for your overall health. Adipose fat is actually pretty good for you and useful, and if anyone were to get down to sub-5% total body fat, your health is likely taking a nose dive. Heck, I've seen mention that under 8% for a male between 20-40 is unhealthy. Women usually are advised not to cross below 10-13%, and women can see abdominal definition earlier than men due to physiological differences in where fat is stored.
5% is super low and takes bodybuilders and competitive athletes an immense amount of work, time and discipline to achieve. How did you determine your bodyfat? Some people use DEXA, but this also can be inaccurate based on the amount of overall hydration and glycogen in the tissue. The lowest I ever measured was 7.8% using hydrostatic underwater weighing.
This. Bad calculations. If you can't see every single surface vein, you aren't near 5%. And nobody can sustain that for long.
Bodybuilders also go into dehydration to get their skin highly taut to further show their work - then pig out after a competition.
This was while I was playing college football and running spring track at the same time. Morning football workouts, track practice in the afternoons. The football program used a water tank to determine all of our body fat% at the beginning and the end of winter workouts to determine muscle mass growth. I went from 175 pounds at 12% body fat to 189 pounds at 5%. I think over the ~ 12 week program I put on 26-27 pounds of muscle. Cant remember the exact number, been a few years
It's definitely possible in a young prepubescent teen or those in their formative years. Obviously it gets harder as body metabolism and hence GH production slows with age.
BTW, here's the point in Jamie's video where the DEXA technician gives an example of a tall and skinny male (height: 177cm/5' 9.5" weight 69kg/174lbs) with perfectly acceptable BMI of 22, while obviously being technically obese at an astounding 31% body fat. It's demonstrable proof of inadequacies in the BMI metric and the modern-day deleterious effects of ubiquitous refined carbs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD6DUYZPAmU&t=17m27s
More people than ever suffer from metabolic syndrome as skinny fat people, while being totally unaware.
5'10.5 @ 150 = 21.2
You can see my ribs but i eat whole pizzas, 3 burgers, etc. by myself all the time and i'm late 30s. Last bbq I had 3.5 cheeseburgers and 2 hot dogs. I exercise via sports but it's not excessive. wtf ribs.
Yeah, the BMI metric isn't very good for bodybuilders as it overestimates body fat. For instance I have 9-10% body fat and my BMI is 24.9.
The Navy uses this calculator to determine body fat.
http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy