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Post by Guest Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:14 am

If your weight goes down by a couple of pounds but your body fat increases by 1%, what does it mean? Bad scale or you lost only water?

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:21 am

it means nothing happened within the margin of experimental error. couple of pounds is nothing. my weight swings by that much in a twenty four hour period.
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Post by Guest Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:34 am

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:it means nothing happened within the margin of experimental error. couple of pounds is nothing. my weight swings by that much in a twenty four hour period.
This is the weight taken at the same time under same conditions. So the swing factor during the day is taken care of. Not counting it.

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Post by Bittu Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:02 am

The scale is measuring your weight. What is measuring your body fat?

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Post by goodcitizn Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:08 am

My wife has these calipers. I think mine was around 20%based on that. Not the best way to measure I'm told.

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Post by Guest Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:24 am

Bittu wrote:The scale is measuring your weight. What is measuring your body fat?
The same scale.

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Post by Guest Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:19 am

goodcitizn wrote:My wife has these calipers. I think mine was around 20%based on that. Not the best way to measure I'm told.
sounds good. based on this chart, I am obese @ 33%, was 35% 2-3 weeks ago Shocked . Most of the last decade, I have been 31-32%, lowest being 26% 3-4 years ago.
 
http://www.builtlean.com/2010/08/03/ideal-body-fat-percentage-chart/ 
 
Body fat % Ideal-Body-Fat-Percentage-Chart1
 
 
This one places me in the border of the healthy range @ 33%, but nearly overweight:
 
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/library/blbodyfatcharts.htm
 
AgeUnderfatHealthy RangeOverweightObese
20-40 yrsUnder 21%21-33%33-39%Over 39%
41-60 yrsUnder 23%23-35%35-40%Over 40%
61-79 yrsUnder 24%24-36%36-42%Over 42%

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Post by Bittu Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:44 am

Vidya Bagchi wrote:
Bittu wrote:The scale is measuring your weight. What is measuring your body fat?
The same scale.
You should already know that this measurement isn't accurate.

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Post by Guest Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:46 am

Bittu wrote:
Vidya Bagchi wrote:
Bittu wrote:The scale is measuring your weight. What is measuring your body fat?
The same scale.
You should already know that this measurement isn't accurate.
Anything at-home out there that us close to accurate?

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Post by Bittu Fri Aug 16, 2013 12:04 pm

Vidya Bagchi wrote:
Bittu wrote:
Vidya Bagchi wrote:
Bittu wrote:The scale is measuring your weight. What is measuring your body fat?
The same scale.
You should already know that this measurement isn't accurate.
Anything at-home out there that us close to accurate?
Yes the scale accurately measures your weight. You have plenty to lose so just focus on that. Forget about body fat percentage. Stop wasting time over things that don't matter at this point in time.

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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Fri Aug 16, 2013 12:56 pm

Vidya Bagchi wrote:
Bittu wrote:
Vidya Bagchi wrote:
Bittu wrote:The scale is measuring your weight. What is measuring your body fat?
The same scale.
You should already know that this measurement isn't accurate.
Anything at-home out there that us close to accurate?
Age also matters in these calculations.

You are not fat anymore, only when your D says so (Jatnis can put his on a banner and hang it on their walls).

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