Look Who it Was Random video

Atkins Diet: How did you determine what your goal weight is?

2,721 views · Published 1 August 2009 · 3:49 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Kent Altena · 2009 · Education

Watch on YouTube

I deal with the question how to determine what your goal weight should be.  Certainly the problems with using BMI are well known.  It has no idea of body composition or if your body is 15% Body Fat or 30% Body Fat.  It has no idea if your heart is in shape or not. 

If you have no idea where to start, you might try a virtual model site:
http://www.mvm.com/cs/
They give you a virtual image of yourself of what you might look like at a weight.

The height weight charts are another possibility for setting an initial target:
http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm

The best way in my opinion is to use Body Fat Percentage.  Body measurements while not as accurate as a dunk test do provide an easy cheap way to get an idea of where your Body Fat % is.  Electro-resistance scales do as well.  Here are the promised sites for taking measurements and telling BF %:
Most comprehensive - http://www.linear-software.com/online.html
Army method - http://www.the-master-runner.com/military-body-fat-calculator.html
Excel spreadsheets to track results:
http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=319
http://rapidshare.com/files/97892415/Weight_Loss_Trackers.zip.html
** Like the Atkins Diet Videos Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AtkinsDietVideos/
** Support my Patreon Site: https://www.patreon.com/AtkinsDietVideos
** Visit my Website: http://www.atkinsdietgeek.com
** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kentaltena/
** Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kent.altena

Please join me for my continued weight loss journey and subscribe to my channel. (http://www.youtube.com/user/bowulf?sub_confirmation=1)

More from this channel