Ladies: Body Fat

TitaniaEcks

I am 5'6" and weigh around 187. My body fat, done with calipers by a trainer/nutritionist/bodybuilder is 21.5% I lift weights and have a very "solid" build. Trying to get to about 18%. I honestly believe that it depends on your body composition. People always guess me weighing less than I do.

Okay, no, WHAT? That's just insane. Are you a bodybuilder?? You have a lower BF% than me and weigh 55 lbs more than me. And I'm taller than you by an inch and a half!

I see your thighs in your pic and they are very ripped, but seriously?? How is this even possible??

I am not one. However, I have been working with one since April. He is the one who measures me monthly. So, I am going to go by what he says, and after doing this for 25 years, I trust him.

Word, I'm not saying I don't believe you, and your pics look like you have low body fat... I'm just saying that's insane. You are extremely buff! I'm impressed.

haroon_awan

I'm 5'7.5", 132 lbs, and my BF% is about 23%. :-( That one chick who posted above, who weighs 160 and has 20% body fat, just blows my mind. But she's totally ripped so it makes sense. I would have to get down to 120 (or less) to be at 20%. I guess it's because my bones are smallish and I have basically no muscle.

But for myself, I'm not interested in being muscular or having a women's weightlifting magazine physique... my aesthetic ideal is something like Scarlett Johannson in her prime. Trim but feminine with some thin padding. Guys seem to like that look a lot. I figured that's around 22% BF and is a sustainable shape/weight for me.

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Excuse me but Scarlett Johannson never left her prime, thank you very much.

TitaniaEcks

I'm 5'7.5", 132 lbs, and my BF% is about 23%. :-( That one chick who posted above, who weighs 160 and has 20% body fat, just blows my mind. But she's totally ripped so it makes sense. I would have to get down to 120 (or less) to be at 20%. I guess it's because my bones are smallish and I have basically no muscle.

But for myself, I'm not interested in being muscular or having a women's weightlifting magazine physique... my aesthetic ideal is something like Scarlett Johannson in her prime. Trim but feminine with some thin padding. Guys seem to like that look a lot. I figured that's around 22% BF and is a sustainable shape/weight for me.

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Excuse me but Scarlett Johannson never left her prime, thank you very much.

I can't disagree with that. She is a golden goddess.

cad39too

I'm 5' 5.5" 130lbs give or take and 16.4% BF according to http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html - probably not the most accurate but this is what I have used consistently and I started off as around 26.63% BF at 143lbs.

Trying to get to 14%

laratonacoco

I'm 5"8 and I weigh 139 pounds. I'm not sure how much fat I have.

harleygroomer

at 5-8 that amount of remaining body fat is not going to be healthy for you. I would cap it around 22.

MissKitty9

I'm 5'7", 128 pounds right now, & according to a range of calculators, I have between 21%-27% body fat?

skadoosh33

I'm 5' 5.5" 130lbs give or take and 16.4% BF according to http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html - probably not the most accurate but this is what I have used consistently and I started off as around 26.63% BF at 143lbs.

Trying to get to 14%

Now this seems accurate.

pkw58

My wife (in the pic) is 5' 6" and about 20%, weighing 118lbs. Since you add about 5lbs/in, that would be about 128lb for 5'8".

I am 5'8" 128 pounds and 19.66 % BF

Naomi0504

I'm going to assume I'm in the mid-to-upper 20%. I'm 5'4", 134lbs. I'd like to be measured to know exactly what my bf is though.

lina011

im 5'8 with 19% BF i weigh 158pounds,

Christi132

I'm a little over 5' 6" I was measured at the gym by a trainer using calipers. At the time I weighed 141 and was at 20% body fat

Seesawboomerang

Last time I measured (calipers) I was about 24% BF. I'm 5'8" and maintaining around 63/64 kg (140lb).

ETA I'm 42. Body fat needs increase with age. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

__freckles__

Thanks ladies! Glad I got some replies this time around. Looks like I posed this in the right forum.

manda1978

Yeah I've used calipers before which I thougt was the most accurate way, but it seems that there are other methods preferred these days..

CJ_Holmes

I'm 5"7" and I currently weigh 145. I got a bodpod test, which had me at 24%. If I can maintain my muscle (which I will!) I will be at 20% bf when I hit my goal weight of 135.

Fugeela

I'm 5"7" and I currently weigh 145. I got a bodpod test, which had me at 24%. If I can maintain my muscle (which I will!) I will be at 20% bf when I hit my goal weight of 135.

how does one calculate that?

Fugeela

if i weigh 140, and am at 24.3 body fat percentage, and get down to 118, and maintain muscle along the way despite weight loss, how much body fat would I be?

(Goes to set up a proportion?)

scubasuenc

if i weigh 140, and am at 24.3 body fat percentage, and get down to 118, and maintain muscle along the way despite weight loss, how much body fat would I be?

(Goes to set up a proportion?)

Basic math.
If you are at 24.3% BF at 140, then your LBM = (1-.243) * 140 = 105.98
If you dropped to 118 and maintained your 105.98 LBM then your BF % would be (118 - 105.98)/118 = .1018 or about 10.2%

That is an unhealthy BF % for a woman. Women need at least 10-12% body fat. Athletes are usually in the 14% to 20% range. It is also very hard to get down into that BF range. Not sure that is an achievable or desirable goal.

Graelwyn75

I doubt it helps any, but I am 5'10, and at 140Ibs, at my lowest bodyfat, I was 12%.
Checked by both trainer and agreed upon in the Eat Train Progress group, at the time.