What's your body fat %?

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  • amymarie8709
    amymarie8709 Posts: 329 Member
    My trainer used the Omron on me to calculate it. When I first started it was around 35%. Last week it was 29.7% at 151.4#. Probably lower now. I've been hitting the gym pretty hard lately! :)


    I just checked it online and it said 26.1% . So there's 3.6% difference.
  • smileycelerystick
    smileycelerystick Posts: 15
    The scales in Boots say my body fat is 35.9! hoping to fix this with the 30 day shred



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  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
    Here is a free site to check body fat
    Here:
    http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html

    Mine is 17% - down from 33%

    thanks for sharing this!
  • amandavictoria80
    amandavictoria80 Posts: 734 Member
    You can check your body fat here for free:
    http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html

    Thanks! This site is very accurate. Same % as my scale. :)
  • TuDominicano
    TuDominicano Posts: 120 Member
    Pretty bad. Cardii up and watch ur food intake.
  • micmac327
    micmac327 Posts: 128
    Here is a free site to check body fat
    Here:
    http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html

    Mine is 17% - down from 33%

    Great website. Thanks! It says my BF% is 27%, but my scale says it's 29.5%. Which do you think is more accurate?
  • audddyy
    audddyy Posts: 21
    WOW so many variations. I want to get an accurate reading now. I just use my scale and it tells me 18%, yet sometimes it's 19 or 20 it's tempramental I think!
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
    My bodyfat is 13%.
  • holeshottdr
    holeshottdr Posts: 364 Member
    Mine is currently 10-11%. I'll be dropping into the single digits for the summer.
  • robinogue
    robinogue Posts: 1,117 Member
    I'm 5'3, weight: 119.7, BMI 21%, BF 26.2 % :sad: that's my goal I'd like to be somewhere between 24-25%
  • key1238
    key1238 Posts: 16 Member
    Mine is 27.5 with the omron handheld. Women who are not body builders or figure competitors should be in the range of 18-26. But I am far from my goal weight so I am looking to gain more lean body mass as I lose weight.
  • J_Remps
    J_Remps Posts: 12 Member
    I wouldn't trust a website.

    I work at a center with a DEXA machine (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) that measure bone mineral density as well as body composition, where the fat is located, what % etc.

    Scientific psychic.com says I am 21% body fat.
    DEXA scan showed last time that I was (unfortunately) 26% body fat.

    I am 5'8" and 139 pounds (medium frame).
  • georgiaTRIs
    georgiaTRIs Posts: 229 Member
    Mine is down to 24% finally. Goal is 20-21% and be healthy
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    Recent body compistion scan at a medical clinic put me at 26% down from 34%(my estimated over a year ago). My goal was 25% so guess I need to pump a bit more iron LOL
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    Currently around 28%, tring to get to around 25 or a little lower.
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    I wouldn't trust a website.

    I work at a center with a DEXA machine (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) that measure bone mineral density as well as body composition, where the fat is located, what % etc.

    Scientific psychic.com says I am 21% body fat.
    DEXA scan showed last time that I was (unfortunately) 26% body fat.

    I am 5'8" and 139 pounds (medium frame).

    I am 5'7" and was at 145 when I had mine done at 26% - those machines are the way to go.
  • ViSabbi
    ViSabbi Posts: 120 Member
    Way to freak me out...

    With the US Navy formula: 50.2%
    With the YMCA formula: 32.16%

    If I were really composed of 50% fat, I'd be much bigger than that IMO. Thanks US Navy for scaring the heck out of me! :P
  • ViSabbi
    ViSabbi Posts: 120 Member
    Damn, everybody is saying that this http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html is accurate...then I'm really 50.2%?! I'm gonna cry...I may weight 180 at 5'2 but no really? 50%?! Everyone tells me I don't look like someone of 180 at all. O.o
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    Here is a free site to check body fat
    Here:
    http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html

    Mine is 17% - down from 33%

    Great website. Thanks! It says my BF% is 27%, but my scale says it's 29.5%. Which do you think is more accurate?
    I'd just go with the lower number....:drinker:
  • Emilia6909
    Emilia6909 Posts: 309 Member
    42% :grumble:

    Will be 21 % soon! :wink:
  • Emilia6909
    Emilia6909 Posts: 309 Member
    Damn, everybody is saying that this http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html is accurate...then I'm really 50.2%?! I'm gonna cry...I may weight 180 at 5'2 but no really? 50%?! Everyone tells me I don't look like someone of 180 at all. O.o

    Not sure about doing it online, but I would recommend you pay a visit to biokineticist for accurate information. Worth it!! :wink:
  • piari
    piari Posts: 50 Member
    According to the machine at my gym, I'm at 18%.

    EDIT - The website above gives me 16.8% though. Which is right, then?
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,900 Member
    Here is a free site to check body fat
    Here:
    http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html

    Mine is 17% - down from 33%

    I used the hand held analyzer at my gym and it gives me a 26% one day then the next 30% then the next 24% I hate that!
    4 or 5 months ago I got it measured at my docs where he put sticky pads with wires on my foot and my hand and I don't remember where else. At that time I was @ 24%, using the website it said I am @ 20% now. I hope it is rite, that would make me very happy as I have been working really hard to increase my LBM.
  • BigDaddy822
    BigDaddy822 Posts: 99
    Oh
  • BigDaddy822
    BigDaddy822 Posts: 99
    I am at 11-12% I want to get down to 5 or 6%

    competing?

    Oh maybe if I get the time. Really I just want to look good for summer!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I have no idea, but I'm happy with my progress, so that's all that counts. ScientificPsychic has me at about 19% now... if I plug in my starting stats, I would have been 33%.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    26.9% from that website.

    I wouldn't mind getting down to 20%, but not too much lower.
  • davecreed
    davecreed Posts: 151 Member
    last time i did it it was 14% but ive since gone down...id say 12% maybe....i don't wanna say lower than that cause i store a bit of chub in my *kitten* lower back even though my stomach is leaner....i was 24% body fat in my before pictures. thats my "natural" body fat percentage if i don't exercise and eat better.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    Women should be 25% or below to be considered in normal range. Men should be 15% or below to be considered normal range. My body fat is currently 14.9% and I get it tested monthly by a trainer at my gym. Most personal trainers can measure your skin folds and calculate it for you. There are some home devices as well.
    That is incorrect.
    A healthy range for women under 40 is 21-33% and a healthy range for men under 40 is 8-19%
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    I'm right around 23% (that's basically in the middle of what the scale, calipers, and measurements put me at, since all have a margin of error of up to a few % points). At my heaviest, I was close to 56%.
  • davecreed
    davecreed Posts: 151 Member
    not trying to be negative...but just an FYI....guys always seem to do this...but if you cant see your abs...your over 16% body fat....unless the only place you store in your mid section...its possible you have lots of water retention...but lol...id say get hooked up to some electrodes....not the paddle kind...like the 4+ point electrode body fat analyzer, cause there are def. some errors on body fat % (im only talking to the guys...i used to do body fat measuring at a gym and guys always says their 10, 12, 14....and they end up being 18, 20, 22) again, not trying to be negative, just pointing out that I can see for sure that there a lot of inaccurate numbers and its a good idea to have an accurate body fat % to better monitor your progress...not trying to be a **** or anything.
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