Should I be happy with my weight?

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Am 5ft5 and 11st 6lbs.

My BMI is 26.6

Ive lost a lot of weight and have naturally settled here.

Nothing I do makes me lose more (and if I do lose a few lbs it creeps back up to around 11.6)

I am alright with how I look in general but I am still very round of belly (that could be due to excess skin too)

Should I just accept this as my weight?

My goal was always to me a 'normal BMI/<25'
26.6 is overweight still.

Even if the scales are a bit out in absolute terms, they'll successfully track any fat loss. Where the weight is on your body shouldn't matter since it's putting a microvoltage through your body from one foot to the other. (So OH tells me.)

If he's knowledgeable in the area can you ask him how 6 stone could be just 6% of my body fat?

There's got to be something wrong?

It's saying minus for weight and BMI

And that I've gained 10% body fat?!

This weightlossnis just from when I bought these scales, not my whole journey

Only way to get an accurate body fat reading is with fat callipers and someone who knows how to use them properly. Don't get caught up by what the scales are saying.

Those sorts of scales are notoriously inaccurate.

Have you been followed up after your surgery? They’d be a better source of information about how you’re doing. Losing 5stone is seriously impressive.

I've lost closer to 8 now!

They didn't take a body fat measurement so wouldn't be any point in contacting them about that.

What sort of exercise have you been doing ?

They didn't take a body fat measurement so wouldn't be any point in contacting them about that.

I didn’t mean to contact them.
I just meant that if you had an appointment for follow up to check on how you’re doing, that would be a good place to share your concerns.
Having gone back and spotted your surgery was 2020, I’m thinking that’s not likely now.

What’s your waist measurement? That’s the one thing that really would cause me to act in your position. Not often unreliable body fat scales.

I'm a similar height and weight to you OP. I'm not massive, but I'd like to be a little slimmer. Congratulations on your weight loss. Regardless of your BMI being 24, 25 or 26, you have done so much to improve your health. 8 stone weight loss in a year or two is massive. The excess may be skin rather than fat. Perhaps you should see your GP or bariatric surgeon for a check up, and professional opinion on your weight?

OP well done with your weight loss.

Once years ago I had a chat with a dr who thought (her own opinion) was that anyone more than a couple of stone overweight had some kind of disordered eating. My own highly unscientific view is that she's probably right.

Therefore I think anyone who has lost more than that like you have is bloody ace as they have had to overcome more than just creating a calorie deficit, they have had to deal with the mental health/wellbeing aspect too.

My point here is that you have already done a huge amount to improve your health outcomes. If you are fit and active and if your waist/height measurement is within healthy realms then and you are thriving then that's great regardless of a number on the scales.

Very very few people don't have something they do which is inadvertently detrimental to their physical/mental health (smoking/drinking/too much stress/too little sleep). Looking at those studies above, bmi 24.5 vs bmi 26 (which is probably less than half a stone at your height) will make little difference.

Funnily enough, I got a chance to use an identical set while on holiday abroad, and they were spot on what my home scales said.
They must engineer in an identical inaccuracy to each set. Pretty neat trick!

How do you know that the measurement given by those scales was a true reflection of your body fat percentage @paulajon ? If you measure something using two identically flawed methods, you may well get the same inaccurate result.

You don’t have to spend a lot of time on google reading about whether these scales give reliable results or not.

I never claimed they were absolutely accurate. My point is that, however inaccurate they may be, they will reasonably (given what they cost) track the loss of your body fat during general weight weight reduction.
And, if you can't see how unlikely it is that two random sets of scales of the same manufacture would be identically inaccurate (rather than reasonably calibrated) then I can't help further.

I never claimed they were absolutely accurate. My point is that, however inaccurate they may be, they will reasonably (given what they cost) track the loss of your body fat during general weight weight reduction.

You didn’t say that or even imply or anything like it in your last post. If you’re making a point, it’s usually helpful to say what it is.