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Is there a way to manually enter body fat percentage data point into the Garmin Connect app?

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over 1 year ago

I’m trying to find a way to enter body fat percentage into the app - I have a higher muscle mass than average and I assume that this will drastically affect the resting and active calorie consumption.  

  • 0 3 months ago in reply to trux

    I understand. 
    The only reason I tried it is because it is in the screenshot of the example on the Garmin site.

  • 0 2 months ago

    For people with Home Assistant there is an integration to Garmin Connect. This means that you can collect all kinds of data from any smart device and put it through automatically to Garmin Connect (with or without your own calculations).
    https://github.com/cyberjunky/home-assistant-garmin_connect

  • 0 24 days ago

    The upload of my .csv file is succesful, but the Weigh-ins aren't updated. can anybody tell me what's not working?

  • 0 24 days ago in reply to 8479438
    8479438 said:
    can anybody tell me what's not working?

    Hard to tell without seeing the data, but one possibility is that you chose the wrong date format, and the data landed under a different date than you expected. Another possibility is that you are trying to upload more than a single weight-ins per day. 

  • 0 23 days ago in reply to trux

    Here's my .csv:

     

    It only uploads successfully for me when putting the values in quotation marks. Is the upload still working for you? If yes, please post your data format.

  • 0 23 days ago in reply to 8479438
    8479438 said:
    It only uploads successfully for me when putting the values in quotation marks.

    When you use decimal commas, quotes are mandatory. If you use decimal dots, you do not need the quotes.

    8479438 said:
    Is the upload still working for you? If yes, please post your data format.

    Yes, it still works, and the data format is still the same as posted on the first page of this thread:

    Body
Date,Weight,BMI,Fat
"2022-11-03","71.6","22.6","14.4"

    You are missing the BMI column - it is mandatory. When added, and the right options selected, your data imports fine

    Use a plain-text editor such as Notepad for creating the file. Do not use any rich-text editors like Word or Wordpad. And avoid Excel!

  • 0 22 days ago in reply to trux

    Thx trux, I got it working. Do you know the name of the headers for Muscle Mass, Bone and Water?

  • 0 22 days ago in reply to 8479438
    8479438 said:
    Do you know the name of the headers for Muscle Mass, Bone and Water?

    Unfortunately it cannot be imported with the CSV file. Probably the only way to get it in is using Garmin's own Index scale. Possibly, connecting the scale to MyFintessPal (or entering the data there manually) and syncing it from there with Garmin Connect could do the trick too, but I am not quite sure MFP syncs anything else than the weight to Garmin Connect.

  • 0 1 day ago in reply to trux

    I have access to a Body Composition scale, but the one that uses your hands as well. Once a month I measure and use your method to upload to Garmin.

    I noticed that it makes a huge difference in the Fitness Age calculation.

    When I use only weight, my fitness age is higher (older) than when I use weight plus body fat. The reason for this is that my body fat is below average for my age (M60). 
    At the end fitness age is just a number, nothing you can really do with it, but good to know that Garmin thinks I’m in good shape for my age Blush