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Originally Posted by inferno camaro
How do you measure body fat?
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My hubby loves his Body Scale! It measures all kinds of stuff, like Body Fat %, Bone Density, Water, and Muscle Mass in pounds, plus of course your weight. The key with a scale is to weigh yourself first thing in the morning. Hubby writes down and averages his numbers monthly, then by six months, and finally yearly averages.
His scale is made by Taylor, but there are a gazillion makers/models out there, Amazon, Walmart etc. You don't need a hi end model, under $40 on sale is plenty good. You have to plu-in a few numbers, age, sex, height, and activity level. Are they dead-on, probably not, but it will be consistent day after day if you're, no good if one morning you write down your numbers before breakfast and the next day wait till before going to bed. Key is like with anything in life, you got to be consistent.
Lastly, it gives you the number of calories it takes to maintain your current weight, and then the number of calories you should consume at your ideal weight, which is based mostly on Body Fat %!
My hubby for example needs to consume approximately 3,300 calories a day for his ideal weight! The more muscle the body has the more calories it needs to consume/maintain. Protein in every meal! Plus all you can eat veggies and fruit! NO PROCESSED FOODS - EVER!!!