No loss in body fat?
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skinnylion
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In the last month I've lost 5 lbs and inches off of my neck, waist, and hips - but according to my spreadsheet, which uses the Military Body Fat equation, my body fat % is exactly the same as it was a month ago.
What gives?
What gives?
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If you are losing inches and you are losing weight, you are losing body fat. Those equations cannot be completely accurate.0
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weird. Did some other measurements go the opposite way ?0
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weird. Did some other measurements go the opposite way ?
Nope, they are all less than they were before.
Does this just mean I'm losing proportionally or... what? I'm just confused. I was kind of hoping my BF% would have been lower.0 -
Bump in case anyone else has any ideas.0
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same problem.. lost some inches and weight (achieved my goal weight #1 but still BF stays the same)..0
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It's the neck parameter....I don't know the exact equation it uses, but it must be a ratio with the neck and the other measurements...If you lower the neck, and keep everything else the same, it will report an increase in BF%.
Try holding the neck measurement constant and looking at the numbers.
ETA: Here's the equations- not a ratio, but the neck is subtracted from the other measurements.For men[2], all measurements in inches:
%Fat = 86.010*LOG(abdomen - neck) - 70.041*LOG(height) + 36.76
For men, all measurements in centimeters:
%Fat = 86.010*LOG(abdomen - neck) - 70.041*LOG(height) + 30.30
For women, all measurements in inches:
%Fat = 163.205*LOG(abdomen + hip - neck) - 97.684*LOG(height) - 78.387
For women, all measurements in centimeters:
%Fat = 163.205*LOG(abdomen + hip - neck) - 97.684*LOG(height) - 104.9120
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