Better than BMI (in my opinion)

vwbug86

I found a website that uses you measurements to calculate you percentage of body fat.

http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/body-fat-percentage-calculator.php

I also found a site that with your body fat percentage you can determine a reasonable weight loss goal.

http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm

I think that it is more useful than the BMI for setting goals for weight loss since it does differentiates between men and women.

braungal

Thanks for sharing

geekgrrl84

I love these kind of tools! Thanks for posting!

EDBENAGLIO

THANK YOU

EDBENAGLIO

THANK YOU

emilysebastian

BUMP... cool!

beccala18

Bump

forty3fab

Hmmm....interesting

Ampierce

Thanks for sharing!

ShaneT99

Knowing your body fat is definitely more useful than knowing your BMI. BMI doesn't account for muscle mass. If you're "average" muscled then BMI may be a decent indicator of health, but if you're heavily muscled it's completely worthless.

finity559

Thanks!

bobball

BMI measurement using only a 1 or 2 measurements plus height and weight are often times WRONG on a lot of body types. When I use that It measures me up around the 23% to 25% for BF%. But if I use calipers and measure the 7 points and use that calculator (they are on the web too), it measures me around 18.

SammieGetsFit

Wow. I knew that BMI is just a rough guesstimate, but I never realized how very off it was for me.

At 0% body fat, I'm still in the "normal" BMI range -- at the very low end, granted, but still "normal."

Luckily, my weight goal is still healthy. And there's some wiggle room for a little extra weight loss after that for a more muscular/atheletic build if I wish.

At least I now have a more realistic idea of what a second round goal can be.

Thanks for sharing!

CharlieJuliette

Thanks for this.