Weekender
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Day 16 of the Newcastle diet, averaging 400g a day weight loss and well on track.
My measuring obsession is starting to fade. This seems typical.
I was thinking of upgrading my smart scales as the ritual repositioning of my feet 30+ times in the morning to get the biometric data (particularly body fat) to work was losing it's appeal.
Body fat is an important measure, as it is the visceral fat the diet is targeting and you lose this in tandem with subcutaneous (gut) fat. I want to get in the normal range (Spoiler alert - the answer is 'a man needs a maximum 37 waist")
Researching smart scales, I learned that "The most accurate readings were off by about 21%, while the least accurate were off by about 34%".
They work by a small electrical current running up through your leg and across your pelvis, measuring the amount of resistance from body fat. Then, the sensors in the scale measure the level of resistance that the current met as it travels back through your other leg
Formulas are then used this to calculate: Fat-Free Body Weight, BMI, Body Fat, Skeletal Muscles, Subcutaneous Fat, Visceral Fat, Body Water, Muscle Mass, Bone Mass, Protein, BMR .All from a current through your leg!
I was concerned because I have stick like arms and legs, I make Kermit look pumped. I worried: 'perhaps the formulas aren't accurate for a gut on sticks like me?'
![1623339473366.png 1623339473366.png](http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/data/attachments/17/17167-a6215964c5106e0bd0cbcc6fc84fdd5d.jpg?hash=piFZZMUQbg)
The scales calculated a body fat of 24.1% - high but not in the danger zone
![1623339678363.png 1623339678363.png](http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/data/attachments/17/17168-d711b5a176056ee1b727b772cc86197d.jpg?hash=1xG1oXYFbu)
Using an online calculator I got 27.9% . Obese. A very different result.
![1623339881052.png 1623339881052.png](http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/data/attachments/17/17169-ac0fe07b57ff4f6a709c4e829d233eb1.jpg?hash=rA_ge1f_T2)
So I will stick to a tape measure - I need to lose 5" around my waist
![1623340018297.png 1623340018297.png](http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/data/attachments/17/17170-072970549bce5c027c6c9fb140472985.jpg?hash=BylwVJvOXA)
My measuring obsession is starting to fade. This seems typical.
I was thinking of upgrading my smart scales as the ritual repositioning of my feet 30+ times in the morning to get the biometric data (particularly body fat) to work was losing it's appeal.
Body fat is an important measure, as it is the visceral fat the diet is targeting and you lose this in tandem with subcutaneous (gut) fat. I want to get in the normal range (Spoiler alert - the answer is 'a man needs a maximum 37 waist")
Researching smart scales, I learned that "The most accurate readings were off by about 21%, while the least accurate were off by about 34%".
They work by a small electrical current running up through your leg and across your pelvis, measuring the amount of resistance from body fat. Then, the sensors in the scale measure the level of resistance that the current met as it travels back through your other leg
Formulas are then used this to calculate: Fat-Free Body Weight, BMI, Body Fat, Skeletal Muscles, Subcutaneous Fat, Visceral Fat, Body Water, Muscle Mass, Bone Mass, Protein, BMR .All from a current through your leg!
I was concerned because I have stick like arms and legs, I make Kermit look pumped. I worried: 'perhaps the formulas aren't accurate for a gut on sticks like me?'
![1623339473366.png 1623339473366.png](http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/data/attachments/17/17167-a6215964c5106e0bd0cbcc6fc84fdd5d.jpg?hash=piFZZMUQbg)
The scales calculated a body fat of 24.1% - high but not in the danger zone
![1623339678363.png 1623339678363.png](http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/data/attachments/17/17168-d711b5a176056ee1b727b772cc86197d.jpg?hash=1xG1oXYFbu)
Using an online calculator I got 27.9% . Obese. A very different result.
![1623339881052.png 1623339881052.png](http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/data/attachments/17/17169-ac0fe07b57ff4f6a709c4e829d233eb1.jpg?hash=rA_ge1f_T2)
So I will stick to a tape measure - I need to lose 5" around my waist
![1623340018297.png 1623340018297.png](http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/data/attachments/17/17170-072970549bce5c027c6c9fb140472985.jpg?hash=BylwVJvOXA)
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