Lost weight but increased % body fat

sashagilmour1989
sashagilmour1989 Posts: 5 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Ive lost 3lb in the last 2 weeks but my body fat has increased from 22% to 26%, help!!

(measured body fat by using the hand hold machines)

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  • thavoice
    thavoice Posts: 1,326 Member
    A decent chance there is an inaccuracy in the device.

    I know at our local gym they would take the avg of three readings from those devices.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    When you say a hand hold machine, you literally mean a machine where you hold on to some sensors and it measures your body fat? Because I'm going to go out on a limb and say that is not an accurate system of measurement, and the only things your hands should be doing near those machines is pointing while you laugh.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    And my very posh hand and feet sensor scales will regulalrly tell me I'm 19% body fat in the morning and magically I'm down to 14% in the afternoon.....

    The problem is an inaccurate measuring device. Take the number given with a healthy dose of scepticism.

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