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FluffyChix    17,415

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20 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Motivation if/when the scale doesn't cooperate

First time IFers , this still is good info for us too.

I just love this guy! Thanks for sharing and talking me off the ledge. LOL!!

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GreenTealael    25,414

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Weight has increased (expecting that this week)163-ish today ,was 167 yesterday lol -can't trust scales but i used a Walmart scale (well opened a fancy one and used it lol- don't judge me) to calculate my body fat which is 27.6%

Anyone know what's a reliable ideal body fat calculator? Can seem to find one on the web that doesn't contradict another...

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Matt Z    4,139

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13 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Weight has increased (expecting that this week)163-ish today ,was 167 yesterday lol -can't trust scales but i used a Walmart scale (well opened a fancy one and used it lol- don't judge me) to calculate my body fat which is 27.6%

Anyone know what's a reliable ideal body fat calculator? Can seem to find one on the web that doesn't contradict another...

This one seems accurate as it requires tape measurements as well.
https://www.calculator.net/body-fat-calculator.html

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GreenTealael    25,414

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1 hour ago, Matt Z said:

This one seems accurate as it requires tape measurements as well.
https://www.calculator.net/body-fat-calculator.html

I tried that one and a few others, I think the scale I used runs on the YMCA modified body fat calculator (this one is Naval, there are about 4 additional calculator types?) They all give a range of answers... Sometimes I'm obese, overweight and healthy. Don't know which one should matter the most... Of course I want to pick it overweight because it matches my BMI but IDK...

What system is everyone else using?

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FluffyChix    17,415

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15 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

I tried that one and a few others, I think the scale I used runs on the YMCA modified body fat calculator (this one is Naval, there are about 4 additional calculator types?) They all give a range of answers... Sometimes I'm obese, overweight and healthy. Don't know which one should matter the most... Of course I want to pick it overweight because it matches my BMI but IDK...

What system is everyone else using?

I haven't been using one. My docs office is some professional grade Tanita with a print out and they use that. But hell's maybe I need to run and do mine now?!! Do you have the link for the YMCA one as well as this? (Haven't clicked the link yet--thanks @Matt Z!)

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24 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

I tried that one and a few others, I think the scale I used runs on the YMCA modified body fat calculator (this one is Naval, there are about 4 additional calculator types?) They all give a range of answers... Sometimes I'm obese, overweight and healthy. Don't know which one should matter the most... Of course I want to pick it overweight because it matches my BMI but IDK...

What system is everyone else using?

The Hell!!!

It says at 159.2lbs and 5'4", 56, female, 13" neck, 31" waist, 41" hip, that my body fat % is 59.8% and that I'm in the obese category still???? ALL kinds of crying over here, cuz I think my doc's office is like 33% fat maybe? :( :57_cry::57_cry: @GreenTealael what are your numbers that you are using please and what does it show for BF?

SHEW!!!! DFU Error!!!! So apparently, if they ask for feet, they expect you to express your measurements in feet/inches (so strange)!!! So I re-input stuff in those terms and it comes out about what my doc's office shows: 32.7%, still in the obese range to be sure, but not as sad as 60% fat! That's a WHOLE lot of fat after all this hard work! LOL.

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25 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

The Hell!!!

It says at 159.2lbs and 5'4", 56, female, 13" neck, 31" waist, 41" hip, that my body fat % is 59.8% and that I'm in the obese category still???? ALL kinds of crying over here, cuz I think my doc's office is like 33% fat maybe? :( :57_cry::57_cry: @GreenTealael what are your numbers that you are using please and what does it show for BF?

SHEW!!!! DFU Error!!!! So apparently, if they ask for feet, they expect you to express your measurements in feet/inches (so strange)!!! So I re-input stuff in those terms and it comes out about what my doc's office shows: 32.7%, still in the obese range to be sure, but not as sad as 60% fat! That's a WHOLE lot of fat after all this hard work! LOL.

The scale I used said 27% which lined up with the YMCA modified calculator, not the Naval one which says "give up" lol

I used this site also which had all of the calculators.

https://damnripped.com/body-fat-calculator/

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FluffyChix    17,415

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5 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

The scale I used said 27% which lined up with the YMCA modified calculator, not the Naval one which says "give up" lol

I used this site also which had all of the calculators.

https://damnripped.com/body-fat-calculator/

wait, so you use calipers???

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31 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

wait, so you use calipers???

I don't have calipers. Do you think I can use a monkey wrench and then measure the distance between the jaws? :P

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36 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Measuring tape, there is an option to choose which method in one of the boxes

Oh doh! I missed the measuring tape selection! So they measure the waist 2 inches above the belly button and I have been tracking mine at the belly button. 2" above is actually the curve or smallest part of my waist.

Ok, so here's my print out: (click to enlarge)

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All of these numbers seem pretty preposterous if you ask me. Maybe I'm just measuring incorrectly?! It's easier to accept the USNavy one or the BMI one, that it is for me to believe any of the other ones. Meh...

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10 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

I don't have calipers. Do you think I can use a monkey wrench and then measure the distance between the jaws? :P

Im going to try a protractor and graphing calculator,

No better yet and Sexton and periscope lol

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2 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Im going to try a protractor and graphing calculator,

No better yet and Sexton and periscope lol

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35 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Measuring tape, there is an option to choose which method in one of the boxes

Bahahahaha you guys slay me! :lol::lol::lol::395_shaved_ice::257_dromedary_camel:

Thank for the "fun with flags exercise" this morning! :)

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