Those who have been reading with me awhile know that I got an awesome scale back in july that is very accurate and also has a body fat scale. Back in July it said 47%…I redid it periodically, but told myself awhile back I wasn’t going to do for awhile. Well, I stepped on there this morning and my body fat was 38.5%. Yay :) That makes me feel good.

Ok, so here’s the breakdown on body fat:

Description Women Men
Essential fat 12–15% 2–5%
Athletes 16–20% 6–13%
Fitness 21–24% 14–17%
Acceptable 25–31% 18–25%
Obese 32%+ 25%+

Great, so I’m still obese, but not as obese. And I have one pound until my BMI won’t be considered in the obese range as well. Of course I know that body fat scales are not always as accurate as other methods, but it’s nice to have some sign of progress. I suppose if I got down to 24% that I would be on cloud 9.

I found this oldie but good while I was searching for my body fat percentage in my old entries. Let’s revisit this shall we? :)

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