Body fat% keeps going up...why?

muscleandbeard

nordlead2005 wrote: »

Watching what you eat (low carb, low fat, fad of the year) and drinking a gallon/day of water have no direct correlation to reducing body fat. If they indirectly cause you to eat less calories then you expend, then you'll lose weight and most of it will be fat. So we can ignore that portion of your post. You did say you lost weight though, so you would expect a drop, but 3lb isn't much of a weight change and could all be water weight, we don't know.

As for you, you are relying on a bio-electrical impedance device, which are not particularly accurate. If you are changing the scenarios under which you are measuring (right after waking up vs after exercising) you will get different results, which may lead to what you are experiencing.

2-3 weeks also isn't long enough to determine a trend. I take my BF% every monday with calipers and fully expect some Mondays to be up/steady, and other Mondays to be down despite losing weight.

So, ultimately, understand the limitations of the tool and take the readings with a grain of salt.

CalorieCountChocula wrote: »

LOL sooooooooo is anything accurate? I'm seeing a pattern here. Even my bod pod test seemed to say 2% error rate on either side. Greattttttttt. So I can't even bank on that 27%? Maybe it's 29%? Or should I be optimistic and say 25%. Yeah. For sure 25...maybe 24.99 even... Yeah...

Get a professional water test. It's the most accurate way to measure however it's costly

natalialikescookies

What everyone has already said.

Also. If you're just starting out you'll lose lots of water first, especially when you're watching your carbs. So your weight goes down but the amount of fat that you have stays relatively the same, that makes your body fat percentage go up. As you lose more actual fat your percentage will go down too.