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Harlowe1
Harlowe1 Posts: 27
edited February 5 in Health and Weight Loss
Is it ok to weigh 119 lbs and have 29% body fat ?

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  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    How did you figure your bf%? Scales and online calculators are ridiculously inaccurate.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    Of course it's ok.

    If you're not happy with your body, it's also ok to work out and modify that body fat %.

    And, some methods of determining body fat are very unreliable.
  • Harlowe1
    Harlowe1 Posts: 27
    it does bother me A LOT.

    my waist is 22 inches and hips 39.
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    What JW said above. Sure it's ok. If it's not what you want, though, you can change it. Unless you're pretty short, at that weight I'd probably focus on dropping inches instead of pounds, which probably means strength training. You can reduce your BF% by adding muscle, not just by dropping fat, and the inches will still go down.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    it does bother me A LOT.

    my waist is 22 inches and hips 39.
    ^This says nothing about your bodyfat...You need to figure out your bodyfat, not your inches.
  • Harlowe1
    Harlowe1 Posts: 27
    forgot to mention,Im 5'3.
  • endoftheside
    endoftheside Posts: 568 Member
    I am amazed that your bodyfat could actually be that high with a 22 inch waist! How were you calculating bodyfat %?
  • Harlowe1
    Harlowe1 Posts: 27
    my friend is dietician, was visiting her office and for some reason decided to weigh myself.


    have giant calves,thats not genetic. they are soft and "hangy",not muscular.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    my friend is dietician, was visiting her office and for some reason decided to weigh myself.


    have giant calves,thats not genetic. they are soft and "hangy",not muscular.
    Weight doesn't tell you your body fat. Hangy doesn't tell you your percentage either
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