body fat!

Who knows theres? and would you share?

good link: http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm  

Was at 41% in the beginning of August...now at 35%

I started at 35%, now at 18.5%.

im 21%

ok..... I'm going to ask the question a lot of people have been meaning to....

*takes deep breath* Is there a way to calculate fat % without seeing a doctor???

*and relaxes*

Thank you :) :) :)

lol i go to TESCO 24hours.... it has a bodyfat/BMI/weight+height calcultaor machine :D

hey go to this website to do it yourself, http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/home -body-fat-test-2774-143.html
all you need is your current weight, age, height, waist, hip, forearm, and wrist size, inut them numbers in with each according step and they calculate your body fat and tells you right when your done. Here is mine as of right now, and Im trying to get to 8 percent at least.

Im 21, 5 foot 11 at 170 pounds with 34 in. Waist, 35 in. Hips, 6.5 in. Wrist, and 11 in. Forearm
You have document.write(bodyFat);12.5% body fat.

You have document.write(fatWeight);20.4 document.write(weightUnit);Pounds of fat and document.write(leanWeight);149.6 document.write(weightUnit);Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).

     Hmm that website is pretty accurate from what I see, I got a result of 9% which is almost the exact same thing as my caliper and tanita scale tests give me.  Although measureing the dip at your wrist is hard to get exact it still is a surprising test.

Wow! I'm only 25.4%! That's actually a little better than I would have thought, considering I still have 23 lbs to go.

...Okkk... according to that site:

You have 19.8% body fat.

You have 24.5 Pounds of fat and 104.5 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).

...wow and i thought it was 21%!!

Wow.  This calculator estimates me at 24.4%  My home BMI scale has me at 35.6%  I wonder which one I should trust.  Typically, the BMI calculators on the web estimate me MUCH lower than my scale.  Does anyone know which one to trust?  Anyone notice a similar problem?

The best way to test body fat is the water test followed by the electric test which is the ones the scales use. After that is the one with the calipers using measurements. And yeah... I am not using the technical terms for the types of tests haha but I think you know what I mean.

If you are getting tested on a scale and then see a different score in those web tests, I would definately trust the scale.

yo...does this mean if I used a actual BMI scale that you mentioned, would it say I have a higher body fat percentage...or lower...???

Oh dear god, it said I had 48% and I was like, WHAT??? So I went back and re-entered the values figuring maybe it didn't like the decimal point so I'll round off...nope, 48.5% now...so I went back AGAIN, wondering what the hell was wrong...and noticed where it said 'hips', I'd put my height.

*lightbulb*

Now it says 20%. That I can cope with!

I was at 22%, now I'm at 18.5%. :)

papasmurf1985 I have a scale at home that measures body fat, and the website underestimated my score when compared to the scale. Han also got a lower number at that website. But terrier says he got about the same value. Perhaps it only underestimates for the girls =P

I don't know... One thing I noticed is that it doesnt ask for the waist measurement, at least for girls. Perhaps it assumes the whole female-pear shape, male-apple. However, not all girls carry their fat on their hips, so that might be a reason for different values.

Yeah I just checked it and it does ask for the waist measurement for men. So that is perhaps an error they have. They do not take in account body fat in the mid section for women.

I guess you papasmurf1985 as being a guy may be getting a more accurate number.

alright thanx, I appreciate the explanation lunamagae.

I average 16.5-17%. It is slowly dropping though! Yay! I aim for around a 15% average.

What can you do if you cannot take your measurements? Or how can you take them if you have a mother completely against you doing anything of the sort? ^^;;;

that test is highly off. it said i was 15% body fat. which i wish was true. but no. i go and get a health anaylisis every few months from the health center at my school and my body fat is up more abour 21-23%

too bad.

at 10% trying to get it at 7