body fat percent confusion o_0

ok, so i had a scheduled appointment today at 12pm for my body fat % test. before i came in i had half a turkey sandwich (the deli meat was stacked high), three cups of coffee, and a lot of water.

i new my weight would be thrown off. yesterday on my own scale i read 144 lbs (dang holiday food...) and when i got on there biometric scale it said i was 148!

alright, so the machine said i had a bfp of 27. then we did the pinch test and that said 19.9 (we will round it to 20).

the physical trainer said that we will come to the conclusion that im around 23% body fat since i had so much fluid in my system we will just use the median of the two.

i use the free military gym on base and i dont think the trainers who work there are exactly top notch. so i dont know what to think. i am not flabby at all, im in good shape and it would suck to think that my body fat is closer to 27%... but i want the honest truth!

Using the BF test machines is tricky.  You have to take readings daily for about a week to get a good idea.  They can be thrown off by how much fluids you're consuming, like your trainer said.