Anyone use bodyfat scales?

[killersheep]

You can't really get an accurate reading from those, you need to get into one of those dunk tanks.

Ultimately though, it's just a number and not a good metric to use. Go for how you feel. You know your diet and exercise regimen why do you need a number to go along with it?

[Kev]

Yeah I guessed the number itself was never accurate, I just figured the changes recorded were. I didnt care if my initial say 20.5% reading was exactly right as long as the changes were plotted consistenly.

Now I don't think they are as there is no way my body composition has changed so drastically that the percentage of bodyfat has gone up to 18% in two weeks.

I think I shall try changing the batteries tonight and if that doesn't fix it I will just stop weighing myself.

Waste of time imo.

[killersheep]

Yeah I guessed the number itself was never accurate, I just figured the changes recorded were. I didnt care if my initial say 20.5% reading was exactly right as long as the changes were plotted consistenly.

Now I don't think they are as there is no way my body composition has changed so drastically that the percentage of bodyfat has gone up to 18% in two weeks.

I think I shall try changing the batteries tonight and if that doesn't fix it I will just stop weighing myself.

Waste of time imo.

It is a waste of time honestly. What you are doing is good work, doing all the right things with steady exercise and diet, you are getting good results that you notice. The only thing wrong in this equation is a piece of faulty electronics, ditch it.....problem solved.

[Dark Lord Al]

supermodels would be my guess

[Youngblood]

bodyfat scales are generally shit.

[Master]

They are inaccurate, the one I got says mine was about 10, at work when we were examined it was 15.

[AdamGB]

The ones that I use cost between £900-£1200 and even they can be off by up to 3%

Thats even assuming that you recreate identical conditions when doing the test as everything from room, your clothes, how active your metabolism is, stomach content and hydration etc will affect the impedance of the current the machine sends.

I've had readings of 3% which I know is BS... More like 7-8