Weigh in confusion - please help!

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danrhodes
danrhodes Posts: 25 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi,

I have used MFP for a number of years on and off, mostly back in 2012 when I lost around 3st.

I have put back on a bit of the weight and am back on here now to loose it again which is great.

I started back on the 18th so just over a week, I have had my first weigh in today and although my weight has stayed pretty much the same my body fat percentage has gone down from 25.9% (23.1kg body fat) to 23.7% (21.2Kg body fat). The results just look confusing, any idea why this would be, could the extra weight be water weight, as i seem to have lost fat weight but stayed the same weight overall????xbt8onz4bsrt.jpg


Cheers

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  • laurenm0304
    laurenm0304 Posts: 10 Member
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    According to that, you've lost height too.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
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    What's your goal height?
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
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    These types of machines are not accurate in regards to bodyfat percentages. Completely disregard the reading.
  • IRISH47474
    IRISH47474 Posts: 3 Member
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    Body fat can fluctuate wildly based on what you have eaten, last time you worked out, etc. Ignore small changes and only pay attention to trends over a longer period of time (at least 3 months.) Your height changed as well so that could make a slight difference.
  • sllm1
    sllm1 Posts: 2,114 Member
    edited April 2016
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    Body fat doesn't "fluctuate wildly," but the results obtained from these devices does.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
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    your height is wrong in one of them..... that would make all the difference to BF and BMI readings...
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    laurenm0304 wrote: »
    According to that, you've lost height too.

    Lost?
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
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    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    laurenm0304 wrote: »
    According to that, you've lost height too.

    Lost?

    It's difficult to tell if the 27th of the month is before or after the 18th of the same month in the same year. That part wasn't clarified.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
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    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    laurenm0304 wrote: »
    According to that, you've lost height too.

    Lost?

    Haircut?
  • maeggggan
    maeggggan Posts: 71 Member
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    your height is different on the 2 one
  • danrhodes
    danrhodes Posts: 25 Member
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    Hi, i don't know whats going on then, i must have grown 1cm in a week and stayed the same weight despite running or walking daily and keeping a close eye on my calorie intake. Ah well its a marathon not a sprint, ill weigh in again next week and see what happens.

    Cheers People :smiley:

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