body fat scales

Becca21
Becca21 Posts: 361 Member
edited January 10 in Health and Weight Loss
I've bought some new scales they have bmi and body fat.
I'm 80lbs over weight the scales day say my body fat is 52 % how accurate are these kinda scales.

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  • kairisika
    kairisika Posts: 131 Member
    they are complete BS.
    If you want to measure body fat, you have to get a real test.

    But as long as you're 80lbs overweight, you know you have lots of body fat, so the number doesn't matter too much.
    Maybe lose 50lbs, and if you've been exercising and lifting, you'll find you're a lot closer to your ideal body composition, and may then find it useful to get your body fat tested and make goals around it. Really doesn't matter as long as you know you have a lot of fat more than you want.
  • jjrichard83
    jjrichard83 Posts: 483 Member
    Garbage .

    Mine said I was 39-46% (depending on how much liquid I drank) and my calipers said 29% (still not accurate, but more than the scales).
  • dave4d
    dave4d Posts: 1,155 Member
    With your body weight, they are fine. With body fat, they can be way off. When you gain water weight, it will say you've gained fat. Mine seems to work linearly with my weight fluctuations. It is telling me I'm at 18 % body fat. My caliper readings are putting me at 12%.
  • Deka61
    Deka61 Posts: 74
    Useful only to see trends. But use at the same time of day each time, and always dry, not sweaty or after a shower.
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    Very inaccurate. I'm 17.5 on calipers. Scales put me at 26
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    It's a really difficult thing to measure, just use it as a very rough guide, and watch the trend.
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