Water as percentage of weight

jbrinda1
jbrinda1 Posts: 153 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
What percentage of weight should be water? Before I started ensuring that I was getting enough water, my Tanita scale frequently read about 53%. This morning it was 58% and 11% BF. I assume that is good, but no idea what normal is.

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  • LastSixtySix
    LastSixtySix Posts: 352 Member
    Biologically, humans are about 70% water, so says my biology prof. There is such a thing as ingesting too much water, however, so be careful. You don't want water poisoning as its name implies it can kill you as it throws the chemical balance in your body waaaayyy off.

    Check this out: http://www.waterinfo.org/resources/water-facts
  • medicrenee
    medicrenee Posts: 58 Member
    Female Body Water Chart

    Body Fat % Body Water %
    4-20% 58-70%
    21-29% 52-58%
    30-32% 49-52%
    33%+ 37-49%


    Male Body Water Chart

    Body Fat % Body Water %
    4-14% 63-70%
    15-21% 57-63%
    22-24% 55-57%
    25%+ 37-55%
  • dwurth2
    dwurth2 Posts: 39 Member
    I just bought a Tanita scale a few weeks ago, and the info that came with it said healthy water weight range for women was 45-60%, and for men it's 50-65%.
  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    thx for those numbers. when i was in the store yesterday i tried out a scale in the store and it said water % etc and i didn't know what was " normal"..... it makes more sense now!
  • jbrinda1
    jbrinda1 Posts: 153 Member
    Thanks guys. Last Spring, I got analyzed on an InBody 230 machine, and my weight was roughly what it is now 207. Water % was 64.7%, Body Fat 11.7%. Skeletal muscle mass was high, close to 130% of normal. Of course my BMI and weight for my height (6'2") by themselves would say I'm 20 lbs overweight, but I am more concerened with bodyfat. I still would like to lose weight to run faster and reduce the wear and tear on my joints and soft tissues. My scale may be off on the water weight, though using the athlete setting, the bodyfat percentage was almost spot on, just a bit under to the analysis. And I've used a caliper to measure myself, also getting similar results, within .5%. I am going to see if I can get bodyfat analysis at the Y, just for comparison.
  • jbrinda1
    jbrinda1 Posts: 153 Member
    Funny timing. Saw this today:

    http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/4-health-rules-break-today-160000576.html
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