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How to figure % lost?

tabbyh25
tabbyh25 Posts: 66
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I need to find out how to figure the % lost? this week I lost 3 lbs and I want to know the %. Thanks

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  • tabbyh25
    tabbyh25 Posts: 66
    I need to find out how to figure the % lost? this week I lost 3 lbs and I want to know the %. Thanks
  • erikazj
    erikazj Posts: 2,365 Member
    If you divide what you have lost by your starting weight and multiply it by 100, that will give you the percentage that you have lost from your starting weight:

    So 3pounds lost / 104 pounds starting x 100 = 2.88% (ish)
  • NurseMisty
    NurseMisty Posts: 312 Member
    It comes out to 1.01%
  • erikazj
    erikazj Posts: 2,365 Member
    The other way to do it, is to divide your starting weight by 100 which is 1.04 and then divide the weight you've lost by this number...so 3/1.04 = 2.88% of your starting weight.

    It depends how you find it easier to compute, but remember it is a percentage of the weight you started at.
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Let's see if I can do math

    Start weight: 205
    Current loss: 46
    Current weight: 159


    46/205= 0.2243902

    So it appears I've lost roughly 22% of my beginning body weight? Well yes, that would make sense. 20% of 200lbs is 40lbs.

    YAY ME! (Boo math! haha)
  • NurseMisty
    NurseMisty Posts: 312 Member
    Starting weight 264.4
    Current weight 261.4 (lost 3 lbs)

    1.01% loss

    264.4 minus 1.01% comes to 261.7 (so .3 off)
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