Body Fat %

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  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
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    @23 shooting for 18, but my body fell apart last time I got to 20, so we'll see
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
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    for my birthday i got a scale that you enter your stats to memory- everyday when you weigh it gives you your body % fat, BMI, Weight, and % water in your body. i don't think i would get accurate results from a caliper as i have had gastric bypass and lost almost 160 lbs and have a good deal of loose skin.
    i wonder if my scale is affected by my loose skin? The trainer at my gym did a reading through handheld device and it was 21.4% and my scale averages about 29%- big difference.
    would feel much better about myself to know that 21% was the accurate reading!

    Neither is very good. They don't go through your whole body, so are thrown off by storage patterns and super sensitive to hydration
  • birdieaz
    birdieaz Posts: 448 Member
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    Finally broke into fitness level..23%. I've been losing the last pounds very slowly trying to preserve as much LBM. Aiming to end up around 19- 20%.

    Scales are horribly inaccurate. I used calipers and then the bod pod, which is not that expensive. They offer a plan that lets you do follow up testing.
  • Yunnieh
    Yunnieh Posts: 89 Member
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    I am nearly in the athletes level.
  • floydfreeman911
    floydfreeman911 Posts: 9 Member
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    I use to be aroud 15%,. I haven't measured in about a year but I would estimate about about 25% now.
  • SamHughes15
    SamHughes15 Posts: 149 Member
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    I'm about 24.7% and i want to get down to about 20/22% and i'd be happy :)
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
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    Never got a professional measurement.. Are those websites that are supposed to give you your body fat accurate?
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
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    Between 19-21%. However the latter one I only got from online calculators which pretty much overestimates it. I don't think I look like somebody with 21% body fat.

    My goal is 17%. I'm a soccer player & I need to have low body fat levels to keep up with my sports performance.
  • douglasmobbs
    douglasmobbs Posts: 563 Member
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    You are missing the levels for what is considered healthy.

    Women

    20-40 21-33%
    41-60 23-35%
    61-79 24-36%

    Men

    20-40 8-19%
    41-60 11-22%
    61-79 13-25%

    With 20% body fat I am either 1% off being healthy or 4 years.
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
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    You are missing the levels for what is considered healthy.

    Women

    20-40 21-33%
    21-60 23-35%
    61-79 24-36%
    You mean this?
    41-60 23-35%
  • douglasmobbs
    douglasmobbs Posts: 563 Member
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    yep typo there
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
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    I had mine done properly at the weekend and am 20.4 % :smile:
  • baptiste565
    baptiste565 Posts: 590 Member
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    bout 14%
  • SarahCW1979
    SarahCW1979 Posts: 572 Member
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    Right now 27% aiming for anywhere in Fitness range :happy:
  • natalie412
    natalie412 Posts: 1,039 Member
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    Not sure why it would be different for age, but I am 42 and am about 21% - if I use my Tanita scale at the end of the day, when I am most hydrated, that is what I get, and it agrees with the Military Body Fat Calculator.

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