Calculate your BMI and post the results.

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: Fausto
I have one of these.

It's not super-duper accurate in an absolute sense, but it's great for tracking fat loss over time. Certainly better than BMI.

Fausto - which model do you have? I've been meaning to pick one up. Is there really a large diff. b/t the $40 and the $60/80 models?

Don't waste your money.
http://www.accumeasurefitness....ducts/fitness2000.html

Pick one up for <$10 on ebay, it'll be cheaper and much more accurate.

I dunno about that. Calipers are a better measure overall than those scales, yes, but not necessarily in this instance. It's tough to do a skinfold test on yourself to begin with, and beyond that, you need quite a bit of practice in order to be accurate with calipers...especially if you're going to be comparing bodyfat % measurements taken at different times.

Honestly, if you're just trying to track change over time by yourself, that scale would be a better (and easier) choice. Just have the skinfold thickness test done every few months by a personal trainer.

Edit: and no, BMI is not accurate for athletes, or very health-conscious, in-shape individuals. Even the doctors that came up with and use it will tell you that. It's just a quick way to get a ballpark estimate of where someone lies in relation to "ideal" weight for their height. But seeing as how it doesn't necessarily take individual differences in frame size into account, it's not going to be the most accurate measure, no.

 

Mine is 19.0. I'm 5'09", and I actually typed "5" and "09" into the fields, and I got a much higher BMI than I should...don't put any leading zeroes in there!

 

[Grakatt]

18.7

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: Fausto
I have one of these.

It's not super-duper accurate in an absolute sense, but it's great for tracking fat loss over time. Certainly better than BMI.

More entertaining, certainly. I tore my right biceps femoris just before Christmas last year and after my leg had swelled to monstrous proportions from all the internal bleeding and edema, my Tanita scale pronounced that my body fat percentage had dropped from 7.1% (pre-injury) all the way down to 1.4% (post-injury).

Fastest way to drop your bodyfat percentage that I've ever seen.

(BMI 22.5 at the moment)

 

[LongCoolMother]

19.4

 

[StageLeft]

24.8, which is a hair from overweight zone, though my bodyfat is about 12% right now, so BMI can eat my rotten arse out

 

[nCred]

18.0
Too thin.

 

[SilentRavens]

18.7 (6' 1" and 142 lb.)

Edit: Probably not very accurate though, I do a lot of biking, and I also happen to have the teenager's metabolism.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
24.8, which is a hair from overweight zone, though my bodyfat is about 12% right now, so BMI can eat my rotten arse out

With or without soy sauce? lol

 

[tommigsr]

23.3

 

[DAGTA]

As others have said, those charts used to calculate BMI based on height and weight are crap. According to most of those charts (I can't get the link in the first post to load), I'm in the 28% range. I own a scale that measures body fat (approx) by using electrical impulses sent through the feet. I just checked, and according to my scale, I'm 22% fat. That's a big difference from the 28% most charts claim.