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Went hiking (don’t be fooled; it’s just a small hill) with mom and dad at Taman Rakyat this morning. Lack of exercise for the past year has taken its toll on my physical fitness; I used to love running and had pretty good stamina, especially when I used to go for taekwondo lessons back in high school. They made us run around school 7 or 8 times (though we would usually give ourselves “discounts” XD) and there would be those agonizing stretching movements to help us warm up. But yeah, I was fitter back then.
Tried picking up taekwondo in uni, but with hall activities on one hand and studies in another, I just couldn’t find the time.
Free taekwondo trial with Chariene and Harmony at Flora Ho Sports Centre
Anyway. We were on our way back to the car when we were approached by some people manning a mini booth. Anyway the lady in charge asked if we wanted to have a simple health check on our BMI, body fat etc just by standing on a weighing scale thing. (Sorry ah, despite studying medicine, I still don’t know what it’s called!)
Anyway my results: (optimal results in brackets)
Surface body fat: 25.5 (20)
Body water content: 56% (70)
BMI: 19.2 (18-25)
Visceral fat: 1 (1)
Muscle mass: 19 (around optimal)
Rate of metabolism: that of a 17 year old
She asked me to gain weight (!!!) to 45kg so that I could donate blood, though I’ve never understood the reasoning behind setting weight as the threshold instead of BMI. I’m short enough already, and I should gain more weight?!!!
I forgot my bone density results, but they were lower than optimal. Together with my higher than optimal surface body fat, I guess I am still <45 kg ’cause my bone weighs less and not cause I am fit! The body water content was probably not that accurate as we had just finished exercising.
Note to self: More exercise, less nasi lemak and bak kut teh!!
Mom did the test as well, and she aced every part of it, aside from having too little body fat >.< The test also indicated that mom had a metabolism rate of a 36 year old! (She’s a baby boomer)
I don’t know how accurate the test is, but at least it’s a kind reminder for me to eat healthier and do more exercise, and most importantly, listen to my mom!
