A great site to check your body fat.

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  • Keladry
    Keladry Posts: 58 Member
    I don't think it's very accurate. I got 17% and I am quite unfit with hardly any muscle...
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    they have me at 20.5 - i'd love to believe it but...
    think they should be taking height and waist measurements too. i quite liked the one on the zone diet website - had me at 24 which seems a bit more likely. thanks for posting though.
  • rachaelgarcia
    rachaelgarcia Posts: 20
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  • yojaseyrae
    yojaseyrae Posts: 38
    bump for later!
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    It said I have 3% body fat...
  • ccbing
    ccbing Posts: 162 Member
    will def check this out. Thanks
  • star87cc
    star87cc Posts: 63
    Health Central = 22.8 % BF

    Scientific Psychic = 32.7% BF

    Live Strong = 32.8% BF

    I also have an app called 'Fitter' = 22.6% BF

    My only conclusion is that both HC and FItter dont ask for height and both say 22ish% BF
    However SP & LS both ask for height and both say 32% BF

    Undecided/Unconvinced
  • Bridget28152723
    Bridget28152723 Posts: 372 Member
    I didnt do this because I didnt want to sign up etc. Too much hassle..I go to a site that gives you a body fat % based on muscular people, not like Im a super fit person but I have more muscle than most slightly over weight women and I do a lot of strength training.....I may post the link on here if I can remember what it was
    * if your muscular the regular body fat websites are not a good choice for you
  • star87cc
    star87cc Posts: 63
    MFPs BMI calculator - 24.3%
    Health Central - 12.6%
    Livestrong - 16.1%

    Interesting.

    BMI is different to BF%
  • pam_williams
    pam_williams Posts: 10 Member
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  • tiffanylacourse
    tiffanylacourse Posts: 2,986 Member
    Your Results


    You have 26.5% body fat.

    You have 40.8 Pounds of fat and 113.2 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).


    Very interesting. :)
  • Usbornegal
    Usbornegal Posts: 601 Member
    26% bodyfat.
    53 pounds of fat, 151 pounds of lean (muscle, bone, water)

    Ideal: 22%

    Now to figure out what that computes to on weight and see if my target weight is appropriate.
  • bekylouisex3
    bekylouisex3 Posts: 242 Member
    I got 18.6% which is quite a bit lower than I thought it would be!

    I've just been comparing different sites:

    HealthCentral: 18.6%
    Livestrong: 23.9%
    Bmi-calculator.com: 25.9%
    Linear-software.com: 23.9%
    Scientificpsychic: 23.7%

    :laugh:
  • allisonmrichard
    allisonmrichard Posts: 64 Member
    This is a really great tool! Here are mine:

    -22.1% body fat.

    -31.4 Pounds of fat and 110.6 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).
  • Mishi1369
    Mishi1369 Posts: 37
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  • missym357
    missym357 Posts: 210 Member
    I recently had a dexa scan and all of the online calculators are wrong for me by 3-5 percentage points. The closest was the health status website. My dexa scan was consistent with my caliper reading at my gym though.
  • Usbornegal
    Usbornegal Posts: 601 Member
    26% bodyfat.
    53 pounds of fat, 151 pounds of lean (muscle, bone, water)

    Ideal: 22%

    Now to figure out what that computes to on weight and see if my target weight is appropriate.

    Using the Health Status website and the YMCA numbers, my % is 29.44. If it uses the military one it is 36%.

    As close as I can figure, if I lose another 20# while continuing to maintain muscle mass I'll be at 22%.
  • mydeloo78
    mydeloo78 Posts: 328 Member
    have to take my measurements at home!
  • ToBeSmaller
    ToBeSmaller Posts: 46
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  • kryptonitekelly
    kryptonitekelly Posts: 335 Member
    Need to buy a measuring tape :D
  • bzmom
    bzmom Posts: 1,332 Member
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  • Tortoisegirl7
    Tortoisegirl7 Posts: 31 Member
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  • laurenkoszola
    laurenkoszola Posts: 101 Member
    bump for later!
  • TiffaniBarrett
    TiffaniBarrett Posts: 369 Member
    You have 21.6% body fat.

    You have 28.1 Pounds of fat and 101.9 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).

    Not bad! Still want it done properly though! xx
  • bcc112986
    bcc112986 Posts: 362 Member
    You have 23.6% body fat.

    You have 47.4 Pounds of fat and 153.6 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).
  • Le_Joy
    Le_Joy Posts: 549 Member
    I had a hydrostatic test recently (which is the most accurate way to measure body fat %) and this says 10% less than this site does. i wouldn't trust this site for accuracy...
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    I always joke I have a 1:1 ratio of bodyfat - one body and one lot of fat!
  • songofserenity81
    songofserenity81 Posts: 138 Member
    Your Results

    You have 25% body fat.

    You have 37.8 Pounds of fat and 113.2 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).

    It may not be as accurate as some methods, but its still a damn sight better than my starting reading of 53% bf when I first used a set of Tanita scales.
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    You have 26% body fat.

    You have 33.5 Pounds of fat and 95.5 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).
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