Do boobs affect body fat %

stephanieturner0122 wrote: »

As you probably know, body fat over 23% is considered overweight. If you body fat measurements were done using calipers, then your boobs weren't factored in. If your trainer told you to bring it down, I'd trust that he or she knows what they're talking about. If you were lean except for your boobs, he or she would see that.

This is not true. As you know.


OP - you should always ask your trainer to explain anything like this they are telling you. 1. I hate the wording your trainer used "You'll want to get that down" -- how do they know what you want. You said that you think you look fine. That's pretty crappy IMO. 2. Your body fat% is fine.

On the subject of body fat% and breasts - you have both breast tissue and fat in your breasts and if you lose body fat, some of it will inevitably be from your breasts (this is all individual to eat woman though)....I lost 2 cup sizes by losing ~35lbs and my breasts are a significantly different shape now. Did your trainer talk with you about that? Or is it a man...and he has no clue. Or doesn't care..... etc.

Everyone holds fat differently.

I remember getting measured by my gym some years back. They said my legs were 12% BF, while my gut was 25+%.

Edited: wow old post revived...

Anecdotal... When I was very fit and lean, from racing and such. I was 105 pounds at 5'1 with 32DDD. My boobs didn't go go away relative to my body size (band changed, but cup size remained). Anyway, the fancy machines had me at 26-28% BF, but when I was measured with calipers I was at 16-18% BF. Results will vary, but yes for me my boobs threw off the electronic BF% measurements. If you are really concerned about BF% (I was curious, because the numbers didn't make sense) find a good physical therapist or athletic trainer to measure you with calipers.

Good luck!