Body fat percentage

If you buy the Garmin Index Scale, it measures and records it for you

Yes, I see that, but I don’t want to buy one. I already have a scale that measures body fat percentage

1188083 said:

I already have a scale that measures body fat percentage

You can either enter it manually, or use a 3rd party app for the automation. Some scales can be synced to GC through MyFitnessPal, and there is also another more universal paid app for syncing scales data to diverse platforms, GC including. I do not use it, and do not remember its name, but I do not think it would be difficult to google it, if nobody peeks in here and posts the link to it.

As for the manual entry, you can import the Body Fat % with a simple CSV file in Garmin Connect Web at https://connect.garmin.com/modern/import-data. 

This is a sample CSV file:

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

There can be multiple lines of data, but the first 2 header lines appear just once. 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.

1188083 said:

but the body fat doesn't seem to be displayed properly

Not sure what you mean. On my side the body fat % displays exactly like I enter it.

1188083 said:

now i have to weight records for each day...

Again, I do not understand what you mean, but you can enter a new value whenever you want, no need to do it daily.

1188083 said:

I'd still very much prefer having the option of input the body fat percentage when I add the weight in

As I wrote, you can do it by entering the weight and the body fat into the CSV file, and import it. Or you can use MyFintessPal, which will sync it to Garmin. Many scales can interface with MFP directly, though if you prefer, you can enter it manually too.

Thanks, trux,

trux said:

Not sure what you mean. On my side the body fat % displays exactly like I enter it.

The graph only showed the value for one entry of the body fat %; all of the other dates for which I imported the body fat % values were not displayed in the graphs, even though I could see the values in the table in Garmin Connect.

trux said:

Again, I do not understand what you mean, but you can enter a new value whenever you want, no need to do it daily.

Apologies, typo on my side. I meant that after the import, I have two rows of values for each day, as if I'd recorded measurements twice per day. No the end of the world.

trux said:

As I wrote, you can do it by entering the weight and the body fat into the CSV file, and import it. Or you can use MyFintessPal, which will sync it to Garmin. Many scales can interface with MFP directly, though if you prefer, you can enter it manually too.

thanks again for the suggestions. I don't want to install a different app. I already have a scale that does what I need and I am already manually recording one body measurement value (weight) in my Garmin Connect app, so I just want to be able to add one more value (the %) at the same time.

1188083 said:

I just want to be able to add one more value (the %) at the same time.

Yes, I know that you want it, but unfortunately your only options are either importing the data with a CSV file, or using a 3rd party app. Garmin Connect app supports only their own devices, and it is unlikely to change.

1188083 said:

The graph only showed the value for one entry of the body fat %; all of the other dates for which I imported the body fat % values were not displayed in the graphs, even though I could see the values in the table in Garmin Connect.

BTW, that seems to work all right, on my side: