Aargh! Gained a kilo!

[Mark Parrott]

Weighed myself this morning & I've put on a kilo (2.2lb)! Very miffed. Haven't changed my diet. Still within BMI limits, just.

 

[Northerner]

My weight can fluctuate by as much as a kilo on a day-to-day basis - don't panic Mark! 😱 🙂 Probably toned muscle 😉

 

[Jonsi]

you wouldn't notice a kilo on me ...

 

[Owen]

you wouldn't notice a kilo on me ...

In my case it is called potential muscle

 

[Martin Canty]

Think water retention, I find that it's very common if I have a more carby day than usual

 

[Matt Cycle]

I'll have it.

 

[Martin Canty]

It bugs me that at the Dr.'s I have to use their scales rather than them take my word for it...... Though I'm not about to go down the route of stripping to my birthday suit & proclaiming "There, see.... I am 170lb!!!" particularly as the scales are in the corridor

 

[AndBreathe]

The span of my weight variance is about 1.5kg, so just under a kilo either way. I could now even tell you what I will be next day, simply depending upon what I have eaten. I'll be on up tomorrow as I've just eaten my body weight in brocolli.

On that basis I call my weight utterly stable.

Retaining or losing can depend of what we've eaten, any dehydration and a million and one other thing that doesn't mean actually gaining fat. I found watching my body composition on the body monitoring scales fascinating along the way. Anyone; especially anyone looking to change their weight or body composition, who can stretch to a decent set of this style of scale, is likely to learn a fair bit

 

[Mark Parrott]

My scales are suppose to show percentage of body fat, but I think that function is broken.

 

[Owen]

I have speaking scales, all they do its complain

 

[Jonsi]

My speaking scales just say "Gerroff!", "one at a time please, One at a time" and "No Coach Parties!" 🙄

 

[Marsbartoastie]

Ooh...it's annoying when that happens. It's not so bad if you feel you deserve it, but when you've been 'good' it's the last thing you need. I was moaning the other day because my scales gave me an extra 6lb one morning. Bah!

 

[AndBreathe]

My scales are suppose to show percentage of body fat, but I think that function is broken.

I don't know which scales you have, but mine can work in two ways.

If I turn them on, and step on, they will calculate my weight only. To do this, I don't have to select my personal profile, if I don't want to. This is what I do most mornings.

Alternatively, I can turn them on, select my personal profile on the hand grasp/display unit. I then step on, and hold the hand grasps in front of my body until it finishes it's measurements; at which time it will display my weight. I can then scroll through the other measurements for fat, muscle, visceral fat and BRM.

I only use the latter about once a week, just to keep an eye on the visceral fat score. If that starts drifting, I will have to consider I would tackle that somewhat important stat.

Mark - Erm,............ Have you read the instructions for your scales?








OK. I'll get my coat.

 

[Radders]

I bought a body fat analyser from Lloyd's chemist but I don't trust it. I think it just does a calculation based on weight, height, age etc because when I lost weight its readings were always consistent with 100% of the weight loss being fat. Since I was doing lots of exercise I am sure I must have increased muscle but it didn't register.
How can a scale tell you visceral fat as opposed to the other sort?

 

[AndBreathe]

I bought a body fat analyser from Lloyd's chemist but I don't trust it. I think it just does a calculation based on weight, height, age etc because when I lost weight its readings were always consistent with 100% of the weight loss being fat. Since I was doing lots of exercise I am sure I must have increased muscle but it didn't register.
How can a scale tell you visceral fat as opposed to the other sort?

It's supposedly by electrical impedance; hence the hand grasps, to "measure" from more locations than just the feet.

 

[Mark Parrott]

I did read the instructions many years ago when I bought it.🙂 Mine uses electrical impedance through feet only, but the top of the scales keeps falling off, so think it's got damaged somehow. Just shows an error.

 

[Marsbartoastie]

Nice try Mark, but you're a bloke and we all know that blokes don't read instruction manuals...they just 'wing it'

 

[Mark Parrott]

I must admit to only reffering to instruction manuals as a last resort.

 

[Jonsi]

I bought a body fat analyser from Lloyd's chemist but I don't trust it.

Mrs Jonsi is my body fat analyser.... She looks at my body and says 'boy, are you fat!'
Does that count? 😛

 

[Radders]

It's supposedly by electrical impedance; hence the hand grasps, to "measure" from more locations than just the feet.

I just don't see how visceral fat would be any different from the other sort in terms of the electrical path between your hands and feet?