Surely this can't be right... (body fat levels)

[BigSnacks]

When I started, at 260lbs, I was at/around 30% body fat. This is the number my Tanita scale gave me. To check the accuracy, I taped myself and used several calculations (military, YMCA, etc) to come to the same result: 30%. Ok.

Now I'm at 227 and my scale still hangs around 28-29%, so I just taped myself and, sure enough, I'm at 29%.

How can that be?

260 @ 30% = 182 LBM / 78 BF
227 @ 29% = 161.2 LBM / 65.8 BF

I hadn't been working out prior to weighing/measuring myself at 260 and now that I've put on some muscle since then, so why is my LBM *decreasing*? Of the 33lbs I've lost so far, more than a third of it was lean mass?

It would make sense if I had bulked up and then went on a cut and lost some lean mass, but I would think that, despite my calorie deficit, I'd be packing *on* lean mass since I had added a non-existent workout regime.

Argh....!

[metroins]

Ignore Tanita scale. Your LBM is honestly around 160 not 182, the scale was off at the beginning, it's hard to tell at 30%+ BF. Keep cutting and use the mirror to judge. Once you hit about 190 you'll start seeing daily results in the mirror.

[cyco85]

The initial measurement was off. No big deal, you are what you are now. Even if some formula said you were 15% BF and you still looked bad in the mirror, would it matter? Just keep cutting till you look good bro. That day is soon!