Whats your BodyFat % goal? What are you currently at?

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  • 1SlimShaylee
    1SlimShaylee Posts: 204
    current: 15.9%
    goal: 14.9%
    taking it slowly, one step at a time
  • FitCurves444
    FitCurves444 Posts: 169 Member
    Current, about 21% and my goal.... 19%.
  • prettyboy1975
    prettyboy1975 Posts: 21
    nice :)
  • iWaffle
    iWaffle Posts: 2,208 Member
    Currently: I don't know
    Goal: Lower.

    :)

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  • KiltFuPanda
    KiltFuPanda Posts: 574 Member
    Currently: 22%
    Goal: 15-18%

    I'm not looking to be ripped, just healthy.
  • beaner1st
    beaner1st Posts: 229 Member
    I am a almost 43 year old female with bodyfat of ~21-22% would love to see less than 20 but at my age I am not complaining.
  • LERadicalDreamer
    LERadicalDreamer Posts: 61 Member
    I'm kinda sad. Using the waist measurement calculation, 37%. Been working out/eating healthy now for almost six weeks, and I swear my belly hasn't shrunk at all. And here I was just celebrating being a healthy BMI (126, compared to 130 being my normal limit). Sigh.

    When are you doing it? it's like a scale depending upon when you do, how hydrated you are, if you just worked out, yadda yadda, it fluxuates massively. If i do mine just before my afternoon workout (when i'm hydrated, have eaten but clean eating & haven't done any lifting yet) mine reads around 17-19; if i do it in the am, before i workout - before i've hydrated at all or eaten at all, it's been upwards of 24 before... just a fyi

    That's a great point. I'll check at different points during the day. I drank about 70oz of water today, and just finished meal #2, so maybe my stomach is a bit bloated.
  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
    I first tried different online calculators (use height, tape measurements) and got a variety of results, but I guessed I was around 16%. Then last May we had a health fair at work and they used one of the hand held BIA devices which put me at 12.8%. Only the military online calculator put me that low, so I really didn't think I was that low. Then I bought some calipers, and do a seven point caliper measurement at home which also put me around 13%. I've up'd my BF% to about 14% since then. I thought about upping it more, but honestly, I don't think I will like the way it looks. I think I'm just one of those that is not meant to carry much extra. Essential body fat for a woman is 10-12% and as long as I'm above that and continue to get a period, that's a pretty good indication that I'm healthy and have proper hormone function. I've looked into health risks associated with low bf, and don't think that any of them are that concerning. I still have very regular monthly cycles, so hormone function should be good. I eat on average about 1850 cal a day and net about 1750 and get plenty of vitamins, so I don't think malnutrition is a risk. I do plenty of high impact activity (hiking, climbing, construction, mosh pits, horseback riding, lifting), so I don't think bone density will be a problem. Those were the main risk factors I've found associated with low bf, and I had to dig to find those. If anyone knows of any others that I should look out for, let me know. Otherwise, I will stay happily at my 13-14%.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    Impedence thing had me at 21%, but realistically it's probably closer to 23ish. Something around 19 would be my goal (no lower).
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    24% headed to 18-19%
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    31% headed to 16-18%.
  • jealous_loser
    jealous_loser Posts: 395
    Doing the Military online calculator, I am at 25.2%. Would like to see that calculation get down to 19%. We'll see how it goes :)
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    Currently hovering around 14%. Would like to be between here and 8%.
  • shorty35565
    shorty35565 Posts: 1,425 Member
    Currently 28.4% *cries*
    Would like to get to 17% loooong way to go & at the rate I lose BF these days, it's gonna take a long time. :(
  • Jguitar83
    Jguitar83 Posts: 3 Member
    Currently between 16-18% @ 220lbs. Goal: 9-11% off season, 4-5% in season.
  • whiteheaddg
    whiteheaddg Posts: 325 Member
    12.7 using Bailey tape measurement method. Aiming for 11-12.
  • SyStEmPhReAk
    SyStEmPhReAk Posts: 330 Member
    Currently in the 5-5.5% range. As i put back muscle i lost i ultimately want to stay in the 7's...
  • thescrumisfun
    thescrumisfun Posts: 355
    Currently at 33.1%, first goal of 20%!
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    Currently around 9-10%
    Goal is 7-8%
  • ptjolsen
    ptjolsen Posts: 365 Member
    Currently in the 5-5.5% range. As i put back muscle i lost i ultimately want to stay in the 7's...

    Whats your height/weight?
    I like your goals! (similar to mine!)
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Currently just under 20%, according to 3-site caliper measurements.

    Intermediate goal - 15% and assess from there.

    Ultimate goal - Somewhere in the vicinity of 10-12%.
  • dzarello
    dzarello Posts: 119 Member
    Currently 15.9%
    Goal 10-12%

    Here is a good formula I found that gives Body Fat and BF %

    1. Body Weight in lbs X 1.082 + 94.42

    2. Waist in inches X 4.15

    Subtract total from #1 from #2 = Lean Mass

    Body Weight - Lean Mass total = Total Body Fat

    (Body Fat X 100) divided by Body Weight = Body Fat %

    Hope that helps!
  • Elen_Sia
    Elen_Sia Posts: 638 Member
    Current: 17.1%
    Goal: 16.0%

    I use Fat 2 Fit Radio's calculators.
  • SPNLuver83
    SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
    I would love to be 15%. Right now I am 17%.
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