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@tgrubin61 I went back 2 weeks later and it was 4% lower so I honestly don’t know about that - seems like a huge swing.

@meldrum I didn’t use insurance, but they are usually eligible for HSA, FSA or HRA accounts. At the suggestion of my physical therapist and personal trainer I just bought a 2 pack for like $85 to do a baseline and progress comparison.

@ivans Thank you - this is exactly what I'm saying. Quote from your article: "I knew the research well enough to anticipate differences, but it’s still pretty weird to tell someone that you just “measured their body-fat” twice in the span of ten minutes, and the values differ by 8-10 percentage...

@beachgirl78 Yeah. That’s what I do at home with the scale every day, and I’m tracking calories as well. My personal trainer and physical therapist thought it’d be helpful for me to get a DEXA scan in addition to circumference measurements, so this was meant to be my base, but if this is how...

@nick105 But it is extremely personal. I'm a real person.

@rustylover49 No, I wanted to learn if other people (especially women) also had inaccurate results for body fat with DEXA (like this article points out): https://www.strongerbyscience.com/research-spotlight-changes-in-body-composition/ "I knew the research well enough to anticipate...

@nick105 Thank you for the shockingly rude comment - hopefully you read my Edit 2 note.

@theodorus700 I guess the question is then, what is the definition of "grossly inaccurate" to you? For me, 6% off isn't really acceptable. I just read about someone who visited on DEXA scan place and then didn’t believe the results so got another one elsewhere and it was 12% lower for body...

@dawn16 maybe - but with the visual charts you sent and others like it, I feel like honestly I should be around 30% BF with DEXA (25% with other measurement methods)....not 36%! which does seem far off (to me) - mainly because it kinda defeats the purpose of getting scans to track progress if...

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@cosimnot Maybe for men

@jvant Thanks, around 30% was what I was expecting. I am going back on Nov 30 for another one to test out my theory.

Hi everyone! First post in this group - I am starting again on a fitness journey and I do strength training/HIIT 3x a week. Right now I'm 5'9", 155.5lbs. I figured I would get a DEXA scan to track progress and body composition more accurately. My smart scale tells me I'm 25% body fat, and I know...