Body Fat Percentage Calculator

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  • ccnjc4e
    ccnjc4e Posts: 142 Member
    Mine says:

    You have 29% body fat.

    You have 69.6 Pounds of fat and 170.4 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).

    Really? I don't really know. So since I am trying to lose weight, can I even get down to 160?
  • billgiersberg
    billgiersberg Posts: 163
    bumping....
  • hbart500
    hbart500 Posts: 243 Member
    bump for later
  • EpiGaiaRepens
    EpiGaiaRepens Posts: 824 Member
    bumpidity-bump!!!!
  • huntindawg1962
    huntindawg1962 Posts: 277 Member
    Nope - not too accurate at all in my case - very flattering, but not accurate.

    I am still snickering at the whole of your first paragraph though :) - seems that one blew by everyone. (the very first post that started this thread on page 1)
  • Aphreal
    Aphreal Posts: 103
    You have 32% body fat. Hey i am happy to be average instead of what I used to be! This means I need to loose 10% body fat and that just doesn't overwhelm me :)
  • Aphreal
    Aphreal Posts: 103
    Mine says 18.1% but that just seems too low based on my appearance. I think I'm more around 22%, but I do have some loose skin due to being so heavy for so long, so it's possible that it is lower than I think it should be.

    Regardless, it's a good tool to gauge progress over time.

    My loose skin used to be pretty bad, yours will tighten over time
    :flowerforyou:

    Depends on genetics :) My skin was stretched beyond what it could manage and it would split and bleed. It never did tighten up. Like a rubberband with broken strands. I had it repaired along with damage ab muscles.
  • Mishi1369
    Mishi1369 Posts: 37
    bump
  • BarbWhite09
    BarbWhite09 Posts: 1,128 Member
    Says I have 24.5% body fat. Oops.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    cool link. i tried it out and it was quite accurate for me.

    "How Accurate Is This Body Fat Test?

    This tape-measure test is used to estimate your percent body fat. It is usually quite accurate-- so if a man got 17 percent from this test, he could expect his true percent body fat to be anywhere between 15 and 19 percent.

    For some people, however, the results of the tape measure test may not come so close to their true percent body fat. People who are very, very fit can get numbers 3 to 5 percent higher than their true percent body fat. Because they don't have a lot of fat inside their muscles, very fit people may be lower in body fat than this tape measure test indicates.

    Conversely, if a person is skinny but not fit, this body fat test may yield a number 3 to 5 percent lower than his or her true percent body fat. Though they look thin, unfit skinny people really have more than the usual amount of fat inside their muscles, which you can't see from the outside.

    So, what's the bottom line? For many people, this tape measure test is quite accurate, it puts you in control, it can be done frequently and it costs nothing.

    The most valuable aspect is that you can test yourself and you can see change over time."

    this is through a FAQ link on the page at the end of the test. it's the best thing i've found without having to go pay a doctor. it was only off by 2% for me. it's not gospel, folks!

    Thanks for posting that. I've always been rather skeptical of the tape measure BF tests. Then again, all the methods that we can do at home are prone to error.
  • serabee5
    serabee5 Posts: 89
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  • vwlgirl
    vwlgirl Posts: 40 Member
    It says that mine is 26.8%. My question is, what is good? What is not so good!!!!
  • sdleeper
    sdleeper Posts: 9 Member
    Sorry to disappoint, but It is not accurate. I actually went and had mine tested today. I am 39...weigh 183...and the real test says that I am 25.6% Body Fat.

    The website said this...

    You have 16.7% body fat.

    You have 30.5 Pounds of fat and 152.5 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).

    I actually have 47 lbs of fat and 136.2 lbs of Lean Body Mass.
  • SiobhanDelaney
    SiobhanDelaney Posts: 32 Member
    You have 21% body fat.

    You have 11.6 Kilograms of fat and 43.4 Kilograms of lean (muscle, bone, body water).


    Again i'm happy ish but don't know how much body fat i should have. Mm.. Using the pinch of salt that was suggested!
  • RoanneRed
    RoanneRed Posts: 429 Member
    Every couple of weeks I use the 3 measurement calculators on this site then average them:
    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/
  • Sister_Someone
    Sister_Someone Posts: 567 Member
    C'mon, no way this is accurate. For me it says "You have 16.2% body fat. You have 10 Kilograms of fat and 52 Kilograms of lean (muscle, bone, body water)."

    Based on how I look, there's no way on Earth I'll believe that I only have 16.2% body fat. I'd look like a model at that percentage!
  • thefuzz1290
    thefuzz1290 Posts: 777 Member
    Mine registered way under. I'm near 25% bf, not 15% like it says.
  • worldhurdler
    worldhurdler Posts: 153 Member
    Heh, I seem to be on the flip-side of most people. The two sites listed are giving me +23%, when calipers gave me 20% and hand-held-thingy gave 19%. I played around with it and it has a lot to do with my hip measurement - which I'd have to lose a lot of weight before that thing moves. It's the last place on my body that fat is willing to relenquish. Overall - eh. I'll keep my other methods =)
  • RachelLovesHockey
    RachelLovesHockey Posts: 37
    bump for later
    thanks for posting
  • Krohnie
    Krohnie Posts: 286 Member
    checking it out at home vs my scale
  • onedayillbamilf
    onedayillbamilf Posts: 662 Member
    Met a new friend last night, and we started talking. He lamented that there was no way he could be 37% body fat. So I hauled myself out of bed and googled. (gosh, I love google!)
    This is what I found.

    http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/home-body-fat-test-2774-143.html?ic=2202

    Please tell me what you think, and for the love of fitness and nutrition, please use actual measurements. Guesstimating isn't accurate.

    (by the way, mine said 19.2, rounding up to 19.8% for operator error, this is about where I I thought I was based on how I look and feel)

    Did said friend you met last night climb out of the bed with you to Google? Or did he just lay there and wait for you to get back? If it's the second one, you should go find a new friend tonight.
  • JodaNord
    JodaNord Posts: 496 Member
    Mine says 18.5% which i dont think is right, i will have to re-read my measurements at home and try again, and the other site said 22.4% which is more realistic!

    The goal is between 18-20% when i reach my goal...
  • Alexagetsfit
    Alexagetsfit Posts: 313 Member
    bump
  • lexximan
    lexximan Posts: 322 Member
    bump
  • dschavers
    dschavers Posts: 55 Member
    Bump
  • luvsherhubby
    luvsherhubby Posts: 135 Member
    I think this was wrong for me. I have a rathe rlarge tummy. I am about 35 lbs overweight- in the obeese catagory of bmi. My hips are 40 thigh is 23 inch calf 15.75 and wrist 6, im 21. it said You have 20.9% body fat. You have 35.1 Pounds of fat and 132.9 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).

    on the fat precentage chart that would put me UNDER the normal fat precentage! Um Im pretty overweight and it aint muscle weight either!

    Women

    Age Underfat Healthy Range Overweight Obese
    20-40 yrs Under 21% 21-33% 33-39% Over 39%
    41-60 yrs Under 23% 23-35% 35-40% Over 40%
    61-79 yrs Under 24% 24-36% 36-42% Over 42%
  • mwest11
    mwest11 Posts: 89 Member
    Hmmm... the website said i was 17.7% and then I used an Omron bioimpedence fat analyzer that said I was 25%... I have no clue where I am at now.
  • 2fit4fat
    2fit4fat Posts: 559 Member
    Bump for ater
  • insatiable_need
    insatiable_need Posts: 127 Member
    I really wish I could trust this and know for sure. This calculator and another one I used, both say 21% but that seems insanely low considering my Omron HBF-514C scale says I have 41% body fat (which is a HUGE difference) ...
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    Thanks. I like that one much better than the one I was using.
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