Weigh in - week of Nov. 6

[Bikingmomof3]

I ignore the BMI and go by Body Fat %.

[kelownagirl]

Can you figure out body fat % without the calipers etc? I tried on a machine at the grocery store but I don't know how accurate it is... You punched in your info and held on to a handle while I ran a current or something thru your body. I've heard it's unreliable too...

I was down to 125.8 this morning. My goal was to lose 5 lbs in 1 month. I have one more week to lose the last .8 lb

[Bikingmomof3]

I have my body fat tested every few months. I also bought scale that tells me my weight, body fat %, % water, etc. So far it has been the same as the "professional" tests.

[kelownagirl]

I've seen those scales and wondered how accurate they are. Maybe I'll get one. What % body fat does an athlete have? How about a 46 year old, athlete wanna-be?

[Veronica]

I have 20%. Or at least that's what I had 3 years ago. So I can dream that now it's a little less than that.

I had mine done as part of a whole series of tests at a sports medicine facility. I'd like to go back and do teh testing again now.

V.

[Bikingmomof3]

I've seen those scales and wondered how accurate they are. Maybe I'll get one. What % body fat does an athlete have? How about a 46 year old, athlete wanna-be?

If you were to do a search you would see a wide variation, of course.
23-34 is roughly what is recommended as healthy in your age range.

Mine is 22, which is in a healthy range for my age. Now if I went by my BMI, I would be overweight. So I stear clear of scales, occassionally have my body fat % professionally checked to make certain my scale matches, and I go by how I feel and my clothing fits.

[emily_in_nc]

According to the BMI calculator, I am underweight and have a BMI of 18 point something (forgotten already). However, I can pinch large chunks of fat on my belly, upper thighs, hips, and I even have back fat. I am blessed (???) with teeny, tiny bird bones, though (you should see my wrists!!), so I am quite sure I have *more* fat than the calculator figures....so it can err in both directions!

On the plus side, motivated by Veronica's man push-up post, and never having done anything but girl push-ups in my life, I decided to give man push-ups a try in the gym yesterday. I did 10, and with pretty decent form if I do say so myself! I guess all the working out (including upper-body weight training) is paying off. Even if I am "underweight" but overfat!

Emily

[DeniseGoldberg]

The BMI calculator that was posted earlier in this thread seems to give the wrong answer from an underweight, normal weight, overweight standpoint. That is, the calculation is correct, but the words are wrong. I've seen several comments about this, plus on my own calculation it showed me as underweight but well within the normal weight standpoint from a BMI standpoint.

I've found this calculator from the CDC to give the correct verbal answer based on the BMI:
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/index.htm

And in spite of the fact that this calculator is hosted on a US government site, it does allow you to select English or metric measurements.