Body Fat %?

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kroger7
kroger7 Posts: 124 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone measure this and keep track? If so, how? Do you use a calipre, or does your scale calculate it for you?

I feel this would be a more accurate way of tracking progress since we could be gaining weight in muscle as we lose weight in fat. :glasses: Opinions? Advice? Thanks in advance!! :flowerforyou:

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  • MissKim
    MissKim Posts: 2,853 Member
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    I'm wondering the same? and I also want to know how does a scale measure body fat %? I have thought about buying one, but how does it measure it? doesn't seem possible?
  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
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    I use a tape measure and this website: http://www.linear-software.com/online.html

    Scroll down to the women's calculator and use the tape measure method. :smile:

    On this page: http://www.linear-software.com/femalesites.html at the bottom it shows you where to measure.
  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
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    thanks, that looks interesting!
    My body weight scale gives me my body fat %, it uses a method called impedence where a little electric current is sent through your body. Electricity travels at different speeds through different types of body tissue (fat, muscle) and calculates your body fat %. I've heard it's not as accurate as other methods like calipers.
  • jessmomof3
    jessmomof3 Posts: 4,590 Member
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    I have calipers. I am working on getting my Personal Training certification and went this weekend to a Personal Training workshop/ testing and part of it was using the calipers to measure body fat. There are different places to test on men and women. Women's caliper test is taken half way down the right arm on the tricep, near the iliac crest (hip), and then mid-thigh. You take 3 measurements and then average and then there is a chart to check to see where you fall in line (also goes by age).

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