Body Fat hasn't changed even though I'm on a defecit

[Kryox]

Hey, just like to start out to thank you for any help/advice you can give me.

So my gym has a boditrax machine(I cant post urls but it should turn up on google) which gives you a measurement of your bodyfat % which is meant to be relativly accurate (although anecdotal there's a guy there gets his fat done at the hospital and he says its pretty close).

I've never had my bodyfat checked out but from my before pictures in april I've estimated I was around 30-35% body fat at 107kg. I first tested my fat 6 weeks ago and it gave me the result of 20.3% at 91kg, after getting this result I decided I could push a bit harder on the weight loss and cut my calorie intake from 2200 down to 1900.

I went and tested my bodyfat again today and it gave me the result of 20.8% at 87kg, so on 300 less calories a day my bodyfat has gone up even though I've also seen strength gains? Is this just an inaccuracy in the machine or is my body in some kind of survival mode and is conserving fat(I heard this somewhere it sounds a lot like broscience to me but I figured I'd ask).

I am a student so a lot of my diet is around what I can afford so my micro nutrient intake may be pretty poor but it is as follows:

Breakfast:

I don't eat breakfast

Lunch:
Total: P:76.2 C:52.3 F:26.0 Cal:777.6

415g Heinz Baked Beans P:19.50 C:51.88 F0.83
240g Tuna P:56.40 C:0 F1.44
30g Mayonaise: P:0.33 C:0.39 F:23.7

Post Workout:
Total: P97.2 C:43.5 Fat17.7 Cal:725

3 Scoop(~90g) Optimum Nutrition Whey: P:72.0 C:9.90 F:5.10
700ml Semi Skimmed Milk: P:25.2 C:33.6 F:12.6

Dinner:
Total: P:51.5 C:45.3 F:0.1 Cal:387.3

500ml ***e Greek Yogurt: P51.5 C:20.0 F:0
30g Clear Honey: P:0.03 C:25.29 F:0.12

Day Totals: P:225 C:141.1 F:43.8 Cals: 1889.9

I go to the gym every day and my program is as follows:

Push:

Bench Press: 5x5@90kg
Close Grip Bench: 4x12@60kg
Overhead Press: 5x5@55kg
Seated Hexbar Tricep Extension: 4x12@30.5kg

Pull:

Deadlift: 1x5@175kg
Bent Over Rows: 5x5@90kg
Barbell Curls: 4x12@35kg
Seated Incline Hammer Curls: 4x12@14kg (I got this from a bradley martyn video, they're kind of hammer curls but you twist at the top to engage your bicep)

Legs:
Back Squats: 5x5@155kg
Good Mornings: 4x12@60kg
Calve Raises: 4x12@80kg
Front Squats: 4x12@60kg

Abs/Cardio:
30 mins HIIT (30 second on 45 sec off)
Abs are done as a circuit with the following exercises until failure
Hanging Leg raises
Crunches
Plank

As far as supplements go I take the following:
Morning: 1 Multivitamin, 1000mg cod liver oil and 1 Nutrex Lipo-6
Night: 1 Nutrex Lipo-6

I do not drink and I do not cheat I am very very driven to get my weight down due to some things in my personal life.

Thanks a lot for reading and I would really appreciate any help you can give, I know I'm probably doing something very stupid but I've tried to give as much information as possible.

[cmacken]

The biggest mistake you are making is trusting the readings you are getting from your body fat calculator. They are extremely inaccurate. You should rely on the scale and the mirror for feedback on your progress. As long as you are losing weight at a steady pace (ie 1 lb. per week) and you are training well (P/P/L is a solid program, although I would head over to the Workout program section and read up on program balancing) then don’t worry about what it says on the machine.

[Kryox]

Ok thanks a lot. I was kinda sure I should just ignore what the machine was telling me I just wanted to find out if I was doing something glaringly stupid sooner rather than later. I'll head over to the workout section and check that out thankyou.

[Mrpb]

Yep those machines are very inaccurate.

If you're losing weight and getting stronger in the ~5-12 range you're moving in the right direction.

You can also measure your waist circumference. It's a good indicator for fat loss.

[87keikei87]

Ok thanks a lot. I was kinda sure I should just ignore what the machine was telling me I just wanted to find out if I was doing something glaringly stupid sooner rather than later. I'll head over to the workout section and check that out thankyou.

what does the mirror ''say'' though ?

[gbullock32]

what does the mirror ''say'' though ?

Snow White is the fairest maiden in the land.

[loganhart]

I'll never understand the fascination people have with their bf% figure.

Who cares?

Mirror and/or scale is the way to go.

[dest0]

Snow White is the fairest maiden in the land.

Spilled my coffee out......Thanks =/

[gbullock32]

Spilled my coffee out......Thanks =/

The set-up made it too easy.

[Kryox]

what does the mirror ''say'' though ?

When I look in the mirror I think I look a lot leaner but I thought that maybe it could just be a mental thing. I'm a bit of a sucker for measuring things with metrics so I kind of blindly followed the machine. Guess I'll stick with what the mirrors telling me next time!