OK, just got back from my Bod Pod. WOW! What an eye-opening experience. Before I went, I had a caliper measurement done and I did my Omron this morning, so I had those two measurements to compare with the Bod Pod. All along, I have been thinking that both of those measurement methods were not very accurate. Because knowing my BF% is more important to me than the scale number, I decided the Bod Pod was the way to go.
When I got there, I explained to the Dr at the university why I was there and showed him my other readings (from the calipers and the Omron) and told him I wanted to know how accurate different methods were, and to finally know the RIGHT percentage. He went on to explain that I would probably be surprised by my reading and that it most likely would be quite a bit higher than I thought. Most people using the methods I had used are getting percentages that are WAY low. He said he's seen both methods be off by 10 percentage points.
Here are mine.....I was a bit shocked!
Calipers 26.5%
Omron 27.5%
BodPod 32.5%!
Yikes! I'm not happy about it, but at least now I know an accurate number and I am going to go back every 3 months to check it and totally forget about the Omron and the calipers.
If you've got a Bod Pod in your area, you should do it. For me, it was eye-opening, educational, and I'm glad I did it.
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