Another Discussion on Acceptable Caloric Deficits

IndigoElectron

Apart from getting it checked by a doctor or at a gym, how do you estimate your body fat?

songbyrdsweet

Apart from getting it checked by a doctor or at a gym, how do you estimate your body fat?

There are calipers and bioimpedance hand-helds you can order online to use at home by yourself. Or, you can use girth measurements and use a military conversion, although I haven't seen the best accuracy with those.

FatDancer

Thanks for breaking it down for me Songbyrd...now I get it!

Here's the site where I found the tape measure method of determining bodyfat % for those that don't have access to calipers, etc.:

http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/home-body-fat-test-2774-143.html