For three months, I weighed myself every morning and took body measurements every Sunday. I used a caliper, a tape measure, and a scale that probably lies to me about hydration levels.

The goal wasn't to get ripped. It was to understand whether any of these measurements actually mean something day to day.

The Problem With Most Health Calculators

Most body fat calculators fall into one of two camps:

Too simple — plug in height and weight, get a BMI number that tells you nothing about your actual composition.