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Gaining weight but my body fat % is going down?

rileyscoutko
rileyscoutko Posts: 38 Member
edited January 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone, so I've been checking in every few days or so, and it keeps saying that i'm gaining weight but losing body fat. I don't necessarily think I'm gaining muscle, but i went from 112-115 and my body fat went from 14.6%-10.5%.......can anyone help me understand this?

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  • amaranthine1018
    amaranthine1018 Posts: 36
    It's probably muscle gain, have you been exercising?
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    What are you using to measure body fat/scale weight?

    Also, only measure once a week or so... other wise you will get skewed numbers.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    It's probably muscle gain, have you been exercising?

    Not likely.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    What does "checking in every few days" mean? How are you calculating body fat %?

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  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    it's probably your crappy all-in-one scale. those are horribly inaccurate.
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    Hi everyone, so I've been checking in every few days or so, and it keeps saying that i'm gaining weight but losing body fat. I don't necessarily think I'm gaining muscle, but i went from 112-115 and my body fat went from 14.6%-10.5%.......can anyone help me understand this?
    Unless you're super otter mode, I don't see these numbers being accurate.
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