Can anyone estimate my body fat percentage?

HitmonHunter

I’m 5’9 160 pounds. As for background info I weighed 215 pounds in my early high school years. 4 years later and here I am, much healthier but hungry all the time and in college, unable to eat as healthily or consistently as I would like. Thanks to whoever!

TavistockToad

well pictures are pretty useful... no one can guess from just your height and weight.

HitmonHunter

Didn’t upload my apologies

sijomial

20% would be my guess. You are a good weight and slim build but little muscle mass.

Well done on the weight loss. Being young and male you are in a prime position to gain muscle quickly if you choose to.

sgt1372

sijomial wrote: »

20% would be my guess.

Same here.

Ever heard the term "skinny fat"? That's what you look like to me but w/a strength development program and controlled diet, you can fix that.

Lots of programs listed online for how to get that done. Just Google the term and scan the results for the one that appeals to you most.

TavistockToad

sgt1372 wrote: »

sijomial wrote: »

20% would be my guess.

Same here.

Ever heard the term "skinny fat"? That's what you look like to me but w/a strength development program and controlled diet, you can fix that.

Lots of programs listed online for how to get that done. Just Google the term and scan the results for the one that appeals to you most.

He doesn't look skinny fat to me at all, just slim.

OP you just need to get letting heavy stuff

sijomial

Nope - not skinny fat. Slim not skinny, average not fat.

Just a regular guy who is about the right weight with an average BF%.

sgt1372

For those who disagree, just Google "skinny fat" images and I think you'll find them very similar to the OP's pic. At least they look that way to me.

sijomial

Skinny fat is a currently fashionable phrase that is being thrown around without thought - clearly doesn't apply to the OP. It's also pretty insulting IMHO.
The more technical term is normal weight obesity and the OP is normal weight but very obviously isn't obese (25% +).

Synonyms for skinny:
Thin, scrawny, scraggy, bony, angular, raw-boned, hollow-cheeked, gaunt, as thin as a rake, skin-and-bones, stick-like, size-zero, emaciated, skeletal, pinched, undernourished, underfed.

Fat:
As he is in the average body fat range he isn't fat.
As he is within the healthy BMI range it's also an indication he isn't fat.
Has he got a belly? Love handles? Man-boobs?