Is my body fat % normal?

I had mine tested at the gym today with a thing that I gripped in my hands and supposedly sent a signal to my heart and back, and it came up with a body fat % of 27.7%. That seems REALLY high to me. I'm a 5'7", 140#, 40yo female, and I get a lot of activity through various types of exercise and my job. I wear a size 6 now that I lost the weight I was striving for. According to that article, it is considered within the "acceptable range" but considering I eat mostly fruits, veggies, dairy, lean meats and minimally processed foods I find it to be unacceptable to me. :mad: I wonder how accurate that device really was?

those tests pinch where the firmer stuff meets the flimsier stuff and measure based on that. I think they are fairly accurate.. Remember you can be fit and "fat" meaning technically overweight, but with low body fat and higher lean tissue, as well as fat thin which is lower body weight, but less lean tissue in comparison to fat. It depends on how much and what type of exercise you do. You can buy scales now that use a very weak current to measure body fat compared to water weight and bone mass etc.. I have one and my fat percentage has gone from 27% to 23%. 20% is very average and not bad at all for a woman, keep in mind that we have breasts, wchich are mostly fat tissue, but ya gotta love em!