Burning fat...

Jozzmenia
Jozzmenia Posts: 252 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I posted this a while ago but no one responded and I'm back at it again... I was in a competition/program of sorts. I got weighed every week and got my body fat percentage. I lost 7 pounds but no body fat! That can't be good. Why is that and what are the best ways to lose body fat?

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  • BeTheChange352
    BeTheChange352 Posts: 253 Member
    what was the method for measuring body fat percentage? how long did the program last? did you use any crash diets in order to lose the weight?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    You lose fat from being in a deficit.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,488 Member
    edited January 2015
    You are losing weight because you are eating at a deficit.
    Are you doing weight bearing exercises to retain your LBM and improve your BF%?
  • cheshirecatastrophe
    cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
    Did your body fat percentage stay the same? Because if it did, yeah, you lost some fat--20% of X is more than 20% of x-7.
  • Jozzmenia
    Jozzmenia Posts: 252 Member
    Oh ok yea the percentage stayed the same. I was working out like mad, drinking more water and eating less... i was doing more cardio than weights, as opposed to days gone by when i would focus on weights, because i was told cardio is the key to losing...
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Jozzmenia wrote: »
    Oh ok yea the percentage stayed the same. I was working out like mad, drinking more water and eating less... i was doing more cardio than weights, as opposed to days gone by when i would focus on weights, because i was told cardio is the key to losing...

    How could you lose 7lb but no fat? How was bodyfat measured?
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    The key to losing is calorie deficit, not cardio.
  • Jozzmenia
    Jozzmenia Posts: 252 Member
    Measured with one of those machines you stand with it straight in front of you with the handles on the side?
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Jozzmenia wrote: »
    Measured with one of those machines you stand with it straight in front of you with the handles on the side?

    You may as well measure with a roulette wheel ... they're nearly as accurate. The electrical impedance machines you hold out are not reliable. Grip pressure, bend in the arm, hydration levels, moisture on your hands, etc can create a variance in its readings.

  • Jozzmenia
    Jozzmenia Posts: 252 Member
    That's weird that's what they use at my gym. How SHOULD u measure?
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