TAYLOR Body Fat Analyzer & Scale ?

[Niblet]

Xtexan brought up a great point about body fat analyzers... I bought a fairly cheap one from a Walmart.... Any thoughts on how accurate this thing is ? I'm 5'2'' and I weigh 117.5 lbs. (about 5 or 6 too heavy I think) My analyzer says that my fat % is 33 % !!! I find that hard to believe. I do light weights, I work hard at a school caffeteria, I do barn chores and gardening plus cardio.... Is it possible that 33 % of me is fat !?!? Ugggg ! I really don't get too hung up on this gaget thank goodness but I do rely on a tape measure and the way my clothes are fitting... After 23 days of not drinking I've lost 3.5 lbs... Hopefully the sloppy fat that alcohol layered on my body... I will be checking out the fat analyzer that Xtexan suggested though.... Thanks and have a healthy great day for yourself.

[lushy]

I think the accuracy rate of those home scales is very unreliable. I have one as well and while I have weight to lose I just cannot believe my body fat is as high as it says......

[AAthlete]

Thought you might find this useful (and I agree that those scales only give you a very rough ballpark number):

The American Council on Exercise has categorized ranges of body fat percentages as follows:

Description------Women--------Men

Athletes -------- 16–20% ----- 6–13%
Fitness --------- 21–24% ----- 14–17%
Acceptable ----- 25–31% -----18–25%
Obese ----------- 32%+ -------25%+

[lushy]

You have now ruined my day AA. Thanks!!! I am going to throw out my scale right now!

[Niblet]

Lushy You're so Dang Cute !!! Wind up your arm real hard before letting go of that scale to burn a few extra calories !! Tee!!! Heeee!!!

[trixietrack]

no !!! more worries. I am athletic but I have this little fatty belly that makes me nuts. If I used that fat measuring gadget, I would probably pass out from the reading

[goingsobermum]

I've had a shock in the past with a fat analyser. Remember it is a tool to help you realise you have work to do if you want to change. There is no point buying a gadget then throwing it out because it doesn't say what you want it to. Some of the analyser scales have different settings for athletic or sedentary people.

[nancy]

Do you belong to a gym? Mine does the fat analyzer test.

I was in the overlly fatty range. i don't look that bad though. I am about 15 pounds overweight.

[Lorelei]

If the scale uses an electrical pulse to measure body fat the total percentage includes water weight as well. My scale at home says that I am 41% fat but when I got my fat measured at the gym I was 37%. I still have plenty of work to do but I know I will get to 25%.

-Lorelei

[Newyear]

I got one at Target and have used one at my gym. The one from Target (much cheaper than the gym one) said I was about 32-34% fat. The one at the gym said 27-28%.
Now when I started at the gym the same device said I was at 33.8% fat and after working out for 5 months it has slowly gone down. The one from Target(just recently purchased) gives me a different reading each time I use it and I question the accuracy...so I threw it out!

Lisa