My Body Fat

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bornelious Joined: Apr 08 Posts: 7	quote Posted: 04 May 2008, 15:32 http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/home-body-fat-test-2774-143.html
keaven Joined: May 08 Posts: 5	quote Posted: 09 May 2008, 10:08 Body fat percentage is a MUCH better way to track progress than the (what I think is) stupid Body Mass Index (BMI) scale. BMI takes your weight and your height, and assigns you to a category.. not taking into account that muscle is 5 times as dense as fat. You have have lost 5 pounds of fat, and gained 7 pounds of muscle.. you look leaner, your clothes fit better, yet BMI is telling you you're still overwight. So wrong. Anyway.. that being said, I tried out the link above... and it scored me at 8.8% body fat. Soooo.... i'm not sure how accurate a test this really is. Granted, I don't have a tape-measure handy and used the string-mark-and-measure method.. so my numbers might be a little off, but i can't believe they're off enough to give me an 8.8% !!

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