What is your body fat percentage?

emptyplate
emptyplate Posts: 62
in Health and Weight Loss
i used this: http://exercise.about.com/library/blbodyfatcalculator.htm
and got 12.4% it's an estimate and theres no way i'm that skinny i was wondering what percents you guys were to give me a ball park?

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  • loztredders
    loztredders Posts: 142
    mine is about 24% according to an online calculator that had me take certain measurements, probably not very accurate - I think it's probably a little higher to be honest.
  • McBully4
    McBully4 Posts: 1,270 Member
    22.5
  • peachyxoxoxo
    peachyxoxoxo Posts: 1,178 Member
    30.7% according to that calculator, but I got 26.4% using a different one on a different website. It's probably closer to 30%.
  • Muscles_Curves
    Muscles_Curves Posts: 385 Member
    Mine is 37.4 so Im WAY over. I had a Body Metrix report done at CrossFit. It was only 20 dollars.
  • hongruss
    hongruss Posts: 389 Member
    13.3% from an online 4 point tape measurement calculator, I have had sub 10% with callipers but not sure how accurrate I am with them, as if I am sub 10% my abs, etc should be showing more clearly, so I guess 13% is about right :(

    Russ
  • emptyplate
    emptyplate Posts: 62
    Thanks, i was just wondering how accurate this was. i mean obiovusly it isn't going to be the same as a proper exmaination with those 'c' things but yeah
  • Lesley2901
    Lesley2901 Posts: 372 Member
    I wish I knew! I have used a few of the online calculators and have had results ranging from around 24% down to 19%. If anyone can tell me how to get a reasonably accurate result I would be grateful.
  • JoLo27
    JoLo27 Posts: 54 Member
    The online calculator says 28.4% but my bathroom scales say 33%.

    I'd be happier if the online calculator was right! How can I find out for sure?

    I'm 167cm tall and weigh 134lbs but am very "soft"!
  • beckylawrence70
    beckylawrence70 Posts: 752 Member
    I think I'm under 20% body fat.
  • MrsWilsoncroft
    MrsWilsoncroft Posts: 968 Member
    My home scales work out your body fat and last week mine was 32% when i was weighing 137lbs
    x
  • janemem
    janemem Posts: 575 Member
    Using the calculator in your link I'm 16.7%. On another calculator I am 24.5% and another has be at 18.8% so who knows??!
  • lemasney
    lemasney Posts: 67 Member
    i used this: http://exercise.about.com/library/blbodyfatcalculator.htm
    and got 12.4% it's an estimate and theres no way i'm that skinny i was wondering what percents you guys were to give me a ball park?

    I use a impedance scale (fitbit aria) and mine is currently 27%, and it is consistent. I'm aiming for 17%, but it slow going -- much slower than my weight. I lose about 1/2 percent a month.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    38.5% According to the machine at the gym.

    42.9% According to the link you posted

    So no idea really :ohwell: Think I will go by the one at the gym. I will use it once a month from now on and see what happens.
  • Tara_Janel
    Tara_Janel Posts: 48
    29.1% that seems high though.
  • emptyplate
    emptyplate Posts: 62
    Yeah they are all different. I don't think mine can be that low yet i did another and it had mine as 24 point something percent which is literally double. i have no idea which is right
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    24% apparently. I used to care about all those numbers :P
  • alp1990
    alp1990 Posts: 56
    Yours all seem quite low... I'm 5ft5, I weighed myself using a friends fancy scales a few years back when I was around 180lbs and had 40% body fat. I'm only 5 lbs lighter at the moment so I don't imagine its dropped that low. I would say invest in something that can actually measure your body fat percentage and not the online calculators?
  • Sheila_Ann
    Sheila_Ann Posts: 365 Member
    i used this: http://exercise.about.com/library/blbodyfatcalculator.htm
    and got 12.4% it's an estimate and theres no way i'm that skinny i was wondering what percents you guys were to give me a ball park?

    I use a impedance scale (fitbit aria) and mine is currently 27%, and it is consistent. I'm aiming for 17%, but it slow going -- much slower than my weight. I lose about 1/2 percent a month.

    How good is the fitbit aria? I have the fitbit.

    My personal trainer does my body fat % and I'm currently at 22.95. My goal is to be at 20 and I was at 30%. i wish I had taken my measurements before I started to lose weight.

    good luck!
  • LittleTrish
    LittleTrish Posts: 27 Member
    Im at 32.6% so way over, Im supposed to be around 20-25% to be in the healthy range :(
  • GadgetGuy2
    GadgetGuy2 Posts: 291 Member
    My scale said 17.6% this morning. However, my wife's scale usually shows higher. Both calculate %body fat and BMI from the impedence to an electrical potential (you have to be bare footed to make electrical contact).

    Thus, not really sure what my %body fat is, but it has been going down with my weight from the same scale, so at least it is internally consistent.

    I'm getting close to not being able to find any of that jiggly stuff around my middle....and my weight (relative to High School graduation) is equivalent now. So I guess somewhere around 17% or slightly more is my target. It's been 2.5 years getting to this point.
  • jppd47
    jppd47 Posts: 737 Member
    that site I'm 13.4%

    theres three here
    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/

    The three there range me from 9 to 13 to 15. A quick caliper to the midsection puts me at 11. This electronic device I have puts me at 9

    I guess there all close enough though.
  • htmlgirl
    htmlgirl Posts: 314 Member
    According to that site: 20.8%
    According to my scale: 18.6%

    I've been using the same scale to track body fat % and it's been going down (from 23.3% a couple months after I started). My target is around 17-18%
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    Yours all seem quite low... I'm 5ft5, I weighed myself using a friends fancy scales a few years back when I was around 180lbs and had 40% body fat. I'm only 5 lbs lighter at the moment so I don't imagine its dropped that low. I would say invest in something that can actually measure your body fat percentage and not the online calculators?

    Pretty sure that fancy scale was wrong.
  • Muscles_Curves
    Muscles_Curves Posts: 385 Member
    Yours all seem quite low... I'm 5ft5, I weighed myself using a friends fancy scales a few years back when I was around 180lbs and had 40% body fat. I'm only 5 lbs lighter at the moment so I don't imagine its dropped that low. I would say invest in something that can actually measure your body fat percentage and not the online calculators?

    I had a Body Metrix test done.... it works like an ultrsound so Im pretty sure its accurate.
  • missySwanker
    missySwanker Posts: 3
    I worked for a magazine where we tested various body fat monitors for accuracy and then published the results.

    First I was sent up to the Adidas headquarters where they did a VO2 Max test and a whole heap of other tests including getting my fat percentage. 

    Then with that more accurate result I used every bio impedance monitor on the market and a calliper test in the local gym. The results varied from 17% to about 26% with the most accurate result coming from the Tanita scales. My actual percentage at that time was 23%. At that time I was 120lb

    I still have the Tanita scale and used your link and got an estimate of 29% which is 7% out on my current percentage. I'm currently 5foot2 and 141lb and 36% body fat (far too sedentary for a few years).
  • black_sabbath
    black_sabbath Posts: 52
    I'm 5 foot 4, 153lbs (10 stone 13), and mine calculates at 33 %
  • amiramira
    amiramira Posts: 4 Member
    That online link put me at 30.3% body fat. My scale says I'm at 18.4%.

    I'm 5'6" and currently 115 pounds. While I am more on the not so muscular side, I think that online calculator put me a bit too high.
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,466 Member
    My scales last measured me at 57%. The calculator only gives me 46.2%.
  • AZDizzy
    AZDizzy Posts: 434 Member
    My scale and the military body fat calculator both say 37.5%...hopefully that number will drop with some real hard work!
  • gertudejekyl
    gertudejekyl Posts: 386 Member
    Tanita scale says 36% this morning.. a new low. Yay.:flowerforyou:

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