Body fat percentage is a proportional measurement used for determining how much of your overall weight is composed of fat. It is a better measurement of health than weight alone because it accounts for muscle mass. You can use your body fat percentage as a monitor of your weight loss progress. Furthermore, you can translate losses in body fat percentage to losses in pounds and even to how many calories you have burned.
Step 1
Subtract your current body fat percentage from your original body fat percentage using a calculator. For example, if you were at 29 percent body fat and are now at 24 percent, you would have lost 5 percent body fat.
Step 2
Multiply your answer from Step 1 by your original weight, before weight loss, to get total pounds lost. For example, if you lost 5 percent body fat and you originally weighed 200 lbs., you lost 10 pounds.
Step 3
Multiply you answer from Step 2 by 3,500 to get total calories burned. There are 3,500 calories in each pound of fat. For example if you lost 10 lbs., you burned 35,000 calories.
Tips and Warnings
- Consider investing in a heart rate monitor with an integrated calorie burn calculator that tracks and records the number of calories you burn when exercising.
Things You'll Need
- Calculator
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