Online calculation of Body Fat percentage

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Cathlete
Has anyone ever used these? I tried the simple one at

http://www.am-i-fat.com/body_fat_percentage.html
You enter your sex, weight, and waist measurement.

and it says I am 28 percent fat.
I only weigh 125 (and I am 5 foot 7)so that is a mild surprise to me, I am an ectomorph at the very bottom of what Weightwatchers says is a healthy weight!

I don't have a huge ego problem...I think I do need to lean out a lot. But since I am a dress size 6, a lot of my friends see me in those small sized clothes and think I am nuts. But there is a lot of fat covering them thar muscles!

Just curious if anyone else has checked the accurace of the calculators like this? I tried the more complete one elsewhere on the page and it was even worse (31 percent!)

Anyone found these things to be accurate?
Thanks!
Jen
 
Funny...I got the EXACT same numbers as you. I'm 5'8 and 139, and I know I need to lean down too. I have a body fat scale which usually puts me between 28-30%, and I always (now I'm thinking somewhat
naively) thought it was erring on the "fat" side, because when I've
used that thingie that you hold in your hands straight out in front of you, it's come up around 23-24%. And of course, given the choice between those two numbers, who's going to opt for the "fatty" one?
But I guess I have to face the facts here. I'm fairly fit compared to the other 44-or-sos I know, but definitely lots of fanny/thigh flab that I hate. And I know my diet is definitely NOT "clean." After all, that's why I exercise in the first place. This may be totally the wrong thing to say on this forum, but if I can't say it here, then where? I'm a "live to eat" not the other way round. It is sort of
discouraging to get such disparate numbers, though. I guess the mirror tells the truth, and we know best of all, don't we?
 
Ain't it the truth...all of what you said! I had it done with Calipers at a chain gym a few years ago and when they told me 35 percent (I weighed more then, I was closer to post partum) and I was convinced they were scamming me to try and sell me one of their overpriced personal trainer packages. Perhaps they were not scamming me! (It was still overpriced). I am a small size as I said, but no way in God's green earth I'd show my midsection in a bikini. Unless I suck it in...let's just say it ain't pretty.

Yeah, it I am definitely at the hobby level when it comes to leaning out...I am amusing myself at trying to find different ways to lean out and improve...but don't wanna stress about it or forget to live.
 
Amen Sister.
I have the utmost admiration for the women on this site who really seem to have it together diet-wise. But I just can't envision living the rest of my life without (choose one or all): caffeine, chocolate, sugar in or on anything, good-quality French fries, or anything else I enjoy eating or drinking on an irregular and somewhat disciplined basis; I guess I am unwilling to make that sacrifice. Bad me.
 
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