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  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    VintageFeline wrote: »
    And to follow up, scales that measure bodyfat are not accurate.

    Mine reckon that at a US6-8/UK10-12 I'm 41%. I might still have weight to lose but no. I laughed long and hard.

    Yeah the body comp scales can be pretty off- the one at my gym is always 5% higher than my home scale for body fat percentage. The important thing is to see if the numbers are moving in the right direction though (body fat going down, muscle/lean mass going up or staying the same), and you should always measure first thing in the morning after using the bathroom & before eating/drinking anything for a more consistent reading.
  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    OP sorry about misreading your exercise info! Oops. You sound quite active!

    Well if your body fat went down 1% that is progress, yay!

    Do check on your protein intake, that's really important to get right (I know from personal experience). And watch out that you aren't going way over on carbs.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,343 Member
    use a trending weight app. Between the exercise and the small amount of weight to lose and being female water retention will drive you batty when trying to figure out small changes in weight. Also aim for 0.5 to 1lb a week... and be prepared to wait a few weeks.

    Last, but not least, if you're feeling better, and you're able to do more, and you feel stronger, even if the scales are not yet reflecting all that... all these things are good!

    Also... your tdee based on the exercise you are reporting is much more than what you think it is.

    On an eyeball, based on you being on your feet all day plus your exercise, if you were to NOT add the exercise from your polar (or anything else you mentioned) back onto MFP, you would probably be spending calories equal to MFP's "very active" setting.

    Alternatively you should set yourself as lightly active on MFP AND add all the calories you count on your polar (i.e. the 300-600 a day on top).
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