Weight/body fat

Jayz395

Started working out again this week, how ever my weight has gone up 1.5 lbs but my body fat gone down 1% how is that possible?

TavistockToad

Jayz395 wrote: »

Started working out again this week, how ever my weight has gone up 1.5 lbs but my body fat gone down 1% how is that possible?

how are you measuring your bodyfat?

jemhh

There is no method of body fat measurement that can correctly tell you how much your body fat has changed in one week. Don't pay attention to whatever your scale or machine is telling you.

MikePTY

Not sure how accurate the body fat readings you are getting are. But when you start to workout again, you usually gain more weight because your muscles take in more water. If you gained weight from water retention but your fat amount remained the same, that means the percentage of fat you have as a percentage of your total weight is going down. Hence a lower body fat percentage.

snickerscharlie

jemhh wrote: »

There is no method of body fat measurement that can correctly tell you how much your body fat has changed in one week. Don't pay attention to whatever your scale or machine is telling you.

This^^^ You are also likely retaining water for muscle repair because you "Started working out again this week." Retained water has weight, but has nothing to do with fat.

sijomial

Jayz395 wrote: »

Started working out again this week, how ever my weight has gone up 1.5 lbs but my body fat gone down 1% how is that possible?

Entirely possible as weight fluctuations are more related to water/hydration levels.
Also entirely likely your device is giving you poor quality data.

mndamon

If I was guessing I would say it could be water retention. Either way it's too small a sample size.

hypocacculus

jemhh wrote: »

There is no method of body fat measurement that can correctly tell you how much your body fat has changed in one week. Don't pay attention to whatever your scale or machine is telling you.

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