Body Fat Percentage Calculator

Keeping track of your body fat percentage is a much more useful assessment tool than the scale or the tape measure, especially if you're exercising regularly to lose weight. It is simply the percentage of your body weight that consists of fat. Once you know that, you also know the approximate weight of your lean mass (muscle, blood, tissue, etc.) and the approximate weight of your fat.

Here's a calculator that should give you a pretty good idea of where you stand, fat wise. It's not as accurate as some of the more high-tech methods such as hydrostatic weighing and using skinfold calipers, but it should be pretty close. If you're interested in lowering your body fat, I highly recommend bookmarking this page and checking your stats twice a month or so.

Below the calculator are charts that give basic guidelines for men and women, which can be very useful in setting realistic goals. Please keep in mind that becoming TOO lean is just as unhealthy as becoming overweight, so if you're a regular person, it's probably wisest to shoot for a number in the "ideal" or "average" category, depending on your current status.

Select Sex         Your body fat percentage=>   Your lean weight is =>   You have of fat on your body

	Women	Men
Minimum amount to stay alive - (this is not a healthy range for most people)	10-12%	2-4%
Lean - mainly found with serious athletes	14-20%	6-13%
Ideal - indicates a good level of fitness - a healthy range for most people to shoot for	21-24%	14-17%
Average - most people fall somewhere into this category	25-31%	18-25%
Overweight or obese	32% plus	25% plus

Now that you know your LEAN WEIGHT, you can easily figure out how much protein you need each day. CLICK HERE (remember your lean weight amount!) >>

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