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Body Fat, Muscle, Water?

PhoenixRising11
PhoenixRising11 Posts: 245 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I bought a new set of scales the other day and weighed myself today.
Now, apart from my actual weight it tells me my Body Fat %, Water % and Muscle %

I bought these scales because I wanted to improve on all of these but I'm finding it hard to find out what is a healthy range of each?
I'm 24 years old, 5'8" and around 161lbs at the moment.

It is saying that:

Body Fat = 26.9%
Body Muscle = 36.9%
Body Water = 52.3%

BMI = 24.8

I'm not so worried about the BMI as I'm basing that around how I feel but I would like to improve on the others if I can.
I know I won't be able to increase my body muscle % anytime soon because of my hip and lack of exercise until thats sorted.

How do I know whether I'm in a healthy range for the others?!

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  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    It sound about right to me :-)
    Ages ago when I had home scales that measured fat muscle and water it was roughly the same as yours now, and I'd done weight training so knew that I must've had some muscle there. I was 5"8 and around 145-150lbs then.

    I'd be wondering about the scale itself though - my weight tended to change so much even within a few seconds so I knew it was inaccurate. What also confused me was that like with yours the %'s didn't add up to 100 (I don't know if there's a reason for this but shouldn't it do?) How yours are now add up to 116.1%.
  • Emma1903
    Emma1903 Posts: 195
    I have scales that do the same thing, they don't add up to 100 either wouldn't worry about it, it's all just a rough outline on %. It's a great guideline though
  • Kate_UK
    Kate_UK Posts: 1,299 Member
    They dont add up to 100% because both fat and muscle contain water within them.
  • TrishJimenez
    TrishJimenez Posts: 561 Member
    It isnt adding up to 100 because of bone and other organs also. those scales can actually be really inaccurate but yours sounds about right
  • PhoenixRising11
    PhoenixRising11 Posts: 245 Member
    I'd be interested to see other peoples stats if you have scales that do the same?

    Can I improve on these figures?
    I know when I'm able to work out I will be able to know whether muscle training will increase my muscle perctentage but I won't be able to do that for a while.
    Should the body water % be about half or should it be more or less?
    And what about body fat? Should I aim to decrease this number? The more weight I lose the less body fat I have right?!
  • skateboardstef
    skateboardstef Posts: 164 Member
    I had one of those scales, but it broke. But before I started losing weight my stats were:

    5'8 178 lbs
    Body Fat: 29.1%
    Muscle Mass: 35.2%
    Water percentage: 50-52%, I think? I never really paid attention to it.
    My BMI was somewhere in the 26's

    I would really like to see what it says now!
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