Body Fat scales. Horribly inaccurate?

[jbstorey]

Can i ask about people's experience with body fat scales? I just had my 2nd measurement taken after a month of hard work in terms of exercise and diet.

I went from 18.5% to 18.3%. I was very disappointed with this, but I told myself what is most important is the improvement you actually see in the mirror, and I am over the moon with the difference i can see already, even after only a month.

I'm on a 16 week personal transformation challenge, which im trying to get the biggest change I can get in this relative short period. I'm in a calorie deficit, weights 3 times a week and cardio twice. Then the plan after christmas to go into a slow long bulk, I'm probably thinking about a year, to put on a good amount of lean muscle.

I will post my pictures from before and after my 16 week transformation challenge when it ends.

I'm just interested in peoples experiences with body fat scales

[biggoron]

They aren't very accurate. The best way to measure is Dexa or BodPod. Even those can be off a couple percent.

[Wankelpt]

Lets say That I can gain/lose 6% during the same day according to those bodyfat scales...