OHbaby! Forums : does anyone.. https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:25:37 +0000 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:22:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=28413 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[does anyone.. : Ive got those scales too .. (im...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759995&title=does-anyone#759995 Author: lilfatty
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Posted: 29 August 2009 at 9:22am

Ive got those scales too .. (im also a pt in a previous life) they give different readings in one day!! So nope I wouldnt worry about it .. its just awesome your training ]]> Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:22:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759995&title=does-anyone#759995 <![CDATA[does anyone.. : yeah they used the scales on me...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759941&title=does-anyone#759941 Author: chonni
Subject: 28413
Posted: 29 August 2009 at 7:46am

yeah they used the scales on me and i wasint dehidrated he told me to go in again the next day to do it again to make sure he got it right and its still the same =)    ]]> Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:46:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759941&title=does-anyone#759941 <![CDATA[does anyone.. : I used to go to the gym and was...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759915&title=does-anyone#759915 Author: Blankney94
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Posted: 29 August 2009 at 12:39am

I used to go to the gym and was right into this body fat % thing.  There are a couple of things that can make it inaccurate.

One thing is dehydration - ie if you go out and get plastered the night before getting your fat % done, it will appear to come in light because you are actually dehydrated.  Also you have to make sure you use the exact same set of scales to measure each time, as there are variances between makes/models of scales.

I was about 25% when I started at the gym and got down to about 20% (that was my goal).  I'd hate to think what I am now!!!

]]> Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:39:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759915&title=does-anyone#759915 <![CDATA[does anyone.. : Ah LF unless they are not using...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759883&title=does-anyone#759883 Author: MrsH
Subject: 28413
Posted: 28 August 2009 at 10:26pm

Ah LF unless they are not using the calipers but the Tanita (sp?) Body Comp machine..... that does it all for you........]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:26:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759883&title=does-anyone#759883 <![CDATA[does anyone.. : That is a pretty big jump for...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759740&title=does-anyone#759740 Author: lilfatty
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Posted: 28 August 2009 at 8:33pm

That is a pretty big jump for a relatively short amount of time.

The only thing is, body fat tests are really only "accurate" when done by the same person as each person will pinch and measure a site slightly differently (although its the same sites), even then you are going to get small variations as its not the most scientific way to measure body fat percentage.

Another factor could be that a range of totals is in one percentage group, then another range of totals is in another percentage group .. eg 50-60 might be 22% and 70-80 might be 24% so you might have just been one point into 27.5% and you might be one point into 23.2% so the drop might be less than it actually looks on paper (if you know what I mean)

What you could do is just look at the number at each site to give you an overall impression of how you are doing, or take note of the total of all sites .. as long as that number is going down all is good.

Just use it as a guide .. not gospel.

If you are REALLY interested in your true body fat percentage, you can find out by doing underwater weighing, they have labs you can go too.]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:33:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759740&title=does-anyone#759740 <![CDATA[does anyone.. : im a personal trainer and i would...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759739&title=does-anyone#759739 Author: monikah
Subject: 28413
Posted: 28 August 2009 at 8:33pm

im a personal trainer and i would say not to worry about it to tell the truth. dotn expect it to keep going down like that but id just be stoked you got such a good head start.]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:33:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759739&title=does-anyone#759739 <![CDATA[does anyone.. : measure there body fat % wen i...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759707&title=does-anyone#759707 Author: chonni
Subject: 28413
Posted: 28 August 2009 at 8:02pm

measure there body fat % wen i started the gym it was 27.5% which was ok but a lil bit hight for someone my age (all the burger king haha) now only 3.5weeks later its 23.2% the personal trainer thought that the last time they mita put in the wrong hight but i just checked and everythings exaclty the same was that a bad jump down in % or ok im eating better then i was but still a lil fatty food =) i run for 40 mins 3-4 times a week. just the way he made it sound is like it was too fast to lose that much but he didint say much more about it..

if you do measure this how much is yours? and how fast did it go down?>]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:02:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28413&PID=759707&title=does-anyone#759707