What is the ideal body fat percentage for you?

[Anonymous]

I am 4'10 and 114 lbs. My Body fat percentage is 24.5.

I have a slight belly and can lose 10 lbs.

I wish I were at 22 body fat percentage

[Anonymous]

No. Just no.

[Anonymous]

You might not lose in the belly, you’d probably just get flatter boobs.

[Anonymous]

No idea what my body fat percentage is or what my “ideal” is.

But I’m a heathy weight with good muscle tone. That is fine by me. I don’t need to dig up any more data

[Anonymous]

How many threads do you need?

Counseling might be better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No idea what my body fat percentage is or what my “ideal” is.

But I’m a heathy weight with good muscle tone. That is fine by me. I don’t need to dig up any more data

+1
Why introduce another metric? Focus on eating fewer calories and exercising (30 minutes cardio and lift weights 3x a week). Learn about nutrition.

[Anonymous]

18-20 percent because it is what I can maintain reasonably without crazy dieting or working out. Strength training being way more important than cardio for me.

[Anonymous]

Don't know, don't need to know. I'm fine with my weight and fitness level.

[Anonymous]

30%

[Anonymous]

I don’t know my body fat percentage. My ideal BMI is 19.5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 4'10 and 114 lbs. My Body fat percentage is 24.5.

I have a slight belly and can lose 10 lbs.

I wish I were at 22 body fat percentage

You don't. If you had that height and weight and body fat percentage, strangers would be coming up to you and commenting on your muscles. Unless you have a regular, heavy lifting program or are doing some other significant strength training, it is more likely your body fat percentage is over 30% rather than under 25%. To get to 22% by only losing 10 lbs, you would need to also be lifting heavy in a serious way. And you would be visibly muscular at that size. To get to 22% body fat without strength training, you're looking at needing to lose 20-25 lbs. But getting to 22% body fat is totally unnecessary from a health perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 4'10 and 114 lbs. My Body fat percentage is 24.5.

I have a slight belly and can lose 10 lbs.

I wish I were at 22 body fat percentage

You don't. If you had that height and weight and body fat percentage, strangers would be coming up to you and commenting on your muscles. Unless you have a regular, heavy lifting program or are doing some other significant strength training, it is more likely your body fat percentage is over 30% rather than under 25%. To get to 22% by only losing 10 lbs, you would need to also be lifting heavy in a serious way. And you would be visibly muscular at that size. To get to 22% body fat without strength training, you're looking at needing to lose 20-25 lbs. But getting to 22% body fat is totally unnecessary from a health perspective.

This. Most people have no idea of what body fat percentages look like. As a guy at 22% body fat, I still have visible abs and at 16% a couple of years ago I looked about like the 15% image below and people would ask me if I was below 10%.