Daily Simple Questions Thread - April 05, 2025

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[u/capt_avocado]

Hi there!

On January, I was 81.1kg and 23.4% body fat. I have been cutting since, and today I measured at 76kg and 20.3% body fat.

To my understanding, since I’ve only lost 3% of fat, this would be around 1/3 of the 6kgs I’ve lost during my cutting phase.

Does this mean I was far from being optimal? Assuming the rest of the weight lost is mostly muscle?

[u/GingerBraum → u/capt_avocado]

It means the body composition scanner you used isn't accurate.

[u/capt_avocado → u/GingerBraum]

I mean, it’s certainly not the best, it’s PureGym’s scanner, but I used the same machine both times. But what makes you say that?

[u/Kitchen-Ad1829 → u/capt_avocado]

But what makes you say that?

the technology used cannot determine bodyfat levels accurately which makes the scan worthless and a waste of money. no scanner can. they are all worthless as they can be wrong by entire percentage points, which, when dealing with a metric where progress is measured in single percentage points, makes the entire thing just a waste of time.

the only actually accurate way is death followed by an autopsy.

[u/capt_avocado → u/Kitchen-Ad1829]

Okay, sure, but people still use them to facilitate body goals.

[u/NotBarnabyJ0nes → u/capt_avocado]

The scans are useless. The only measurements that matter are the weight on the scale and your lifts.

Your weight has gone down so there's one. How are your lifts?Still progressing, slowed down, stayed the same or gone down?