Body in scan results

[Anonymous]

How accurate are these? Joined new gym and it was completely free to do and go over with the trainer afterwards. What’s the average body fat percentage for women? I googled and it’s all over the place. Anybody care to share results? My resting metabolic rate was 1500. I eat a lot though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How accurate are these? Joined new gym and it was completely free to do and go over with the trainer afterwards. What’s the average body fat percentage for women? I googled and it’s all over the place. Anybody care to share results? My resting metabolic rate was 1500. I eat a lot though.

That is because the BRM they give you is what you burn if you do absolutely nothing in a coma and does not account for any movement. 1500 is pretty typical.

[Anonymous]

This finally helped me get over my BMI issues. My BMI was close to and hovering around 24/25 depending on water gain, period cycle. I’m tall and lean looking and yet always felt borderline overweight at doctors because of the BMI and my weight and was fixated on the fact that people who seemed haveoer looking to me had bmi in 21/22 range. Turns out, I’m only 22 percent fat and the majority lean body mass. My trainer said what matters is the body fat, not weight or BMI. I’m 5’8 and 155 but 122 of that is lean muscle. I’m not afraid the the number any more! Just putting that out there for the haters that comment people with higher BMI are overweight all the time

[Anonymous]

Not sure how accurate or helpful they are, but they serve one purpose and that is to sell you personal training classes. So in my opinion, they are just a marketing ploy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure how accurate or helpful they are, but they serve one purpose and that is to sell you personal training classes. So in my opinion, they are just a marketing ploy.

I disagree. I think it is good to know your percent body fat because things like BMI alone don't tell the whole story. I do think they need to be done multiple time to be accurate as they can fluctuate based on hydration levels and trends over time matter more than single data points.

[Anonymous]

I’ve done a few and don’t think they’re terribly accurate but useful to see trends. Body fat loss and muscle build. Just straight statistics aren’t really accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This finally helped me get over my BMI issues. My BMI was close to and hovering around 24/25 depending on water gain, period cycle. I’m tall and lean looking and yet always felt borderline overweight at doctors because of the BMI and my weight and was fixated on the fact that people who seemed haveoer looking to me had bmi in 21/22 range. Turns out, I’m only 22 percent fat and the majority lean body mass. My trainer said what matters is the body fat, not weight or BMI. I’m 5’8 and 155 but 122 of that is lean muscle. I’m not afraid the the number any more! Just putting that out there for the haters that comment people with higher BMI are overweight all the time

I have a story that goes the other way. My BMI is 22 but I average 30% body fat, much higher in the belly, lower in the limbs. So I know how important it is for me to lift or focus on fat loss, not weight loss.