If have a big meal in your system and you step on one of those scales, will your fat percentage be affected by all the food in your body? Will your percentage be higher, lower, or will it not matter?
The reason I'm asking is because I slept over my friend's house the other day and we ate a lot the night before, and the next morning, before going to the bathroom, I stepped on the scale and it said 15 % body fat. Is that correct?
2007-11-23 03:07:31 · 4 answers · asked by daisy 5 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
at 15% body fat any women would have a visable 6-pack with out having to flex the abdominal muscles. competitive female bodybuilders and fitness competitors compete at around 10-11% body fat
consumer scales that use bioelectrical impedance to measure body fat are not even close to being accurate. those scales are effected by hydration levels in the body. if you want an accurate measurement of your body fat get some skin fold calipers off the Internet for $10 and learn how to take accurate body fat readings.
http://www.heartratemonitorsusa.com/Pages/CALIPERS/fitness-2000.html
2007-11-23 03:24:33 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, the scale has to be set up for you with your height, age and gender. If you step on the scale and it's set for a 6ft male, it won't be accurate.
15% body fat for a female is considered to be extremely lean, typical of athletes. Do you have a six pack and lots of muscle definition? If not, then your body fat percentage is probably not 15%, most females that are a healthy weight but not particularly muscular will have a body fat percentage somewhere in the 20's.
2007-11-23 12:27:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scales that register body fat percentage are not very accurate. I know because I have one. I can weigh myself at any given time, then go drink 32 oz. of water and come back and weigh myself again, and the weight will be almost the same but the body fat percentage goes up. Conversely, if I weigh myself and then spend half an hour on the treadmill and then weigh myself again, the body fat percentage goes way down (by as much as 2%). So now I just use it to weigh myself and I measure my fat loss progress by measuring around my waist and neck with a seamstress tape.
2007-11-23 11:23:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no ,, never correct
2007-11-23 11:15:40 · answer #4 · answered by paw4838 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋