Which scales to weigh in with?

[Muttley1900]

As I get nearer to target and start thinking about maintaining one of the things I've started to do is more resistance / weights gym work. This is for two reasons 1) more muscle gives higher metabolism and 2) now I've lost most of my excess weight I think it is time to start toning up a little.

Now, what I understand is the more muscle I have the heavier I could get. I know people say 'muscle weighs heavier than fat' and I understand that to mean a cubic inch of muscle would weigh more than a cubic inch of body fat.

So my question is, should I change the scales we have and get some that also give me watery/muscle/fat percentage readings (or some combination of those) and if so, which ones do you use and would you recommend them?

Also, I've been researching "ideal" body fat percentages but there seem to be a a couple of different charts (ACE and Jackson & Pollock) - again, if you use one which one do you use?

Or maybe I should not change the scales and carry on using the BMI score?

 

[Ruthiep]

I would have never thought to spend as much money as my scales cost (£119 on amazon), but my kids bought them for me as a gift and I totally love them. They are super duper accurate, measure BMI AND fat, and best thing, they are wirelessly enabled and send your data to your PC and phone app to be displayed as a graph. They're by Withings (www.withings.com) Most other scales I've bought vary hugely in the weight they display, which I find very annoying.

 

[wannabeminime]

I have these and they're fine! x

Salter 9028 Razor Ultra Slim Technology Electronic Glass Bathroom Scale Silver: Amazon.co.uk: Health & Beauty

 

[Muttley1900]

They are super duper accurate, measure BMI AND fat, and best thing, they are wirelessly enabled and send your data to your PC and phone app to be displayed as a graph. They're by Withings (www.withings.com)

Ah right - they do look good and I use their BP monitor, so I prob have the software already on my computer.

Do they get annoying though, recording your weight every time you get on them - or can you set it to say only record the one you want (e.g. every Sunday morning) - or would you have to delete the recordings you don't want?

 

[Muttley1900]

I have these and they're fine! x

Salter 9028 Razor Ultra Slim Technology Electronic Glass Bathroom Scale Silver: Amazon.co.uk: Health & Beauty

Yes, they look nice and have some good reviews, but I may have missed the bit about either BMI or Fat percentage measurements too. Do they do that as well or is it "just" weight they measure?

 

[wannabeminime]

Yes, they look nice and have some good reviews, but I may have missed the bit about either BMI or Fat percentage measurements too. Do they do that as well or is it "just" weight they measure?

haha oops, they're just scales!

 

[chrisa]

What bout just using Boots scales they measure your body fat and bmi and weight and print it out for ya x

 

[Muttley1900]

What bout just using Boots scales they measure your body fat and bmi and weight and print it out for ya x

I do my weigh-in in the nood - they've banned me from my local Boots.

 

[Yvessa]

I do my weigh-in in the nood - they've banned me from my local Boots.

lol

 

[chrisa]

I do my weigh-in in the nood - they've banned me from my local Boots.

wE COULD ALWAYS SELL TICKETS FOR CHARITY HAHAXX
:flirt2:

 

[Muttley1900]

wE COULD ALWAYS SELL TICKETS FOR CHARITY HAHAXX
:flirt2:

Haha, very funny

And what will it be - first price 1 ticket - second prize 2 tickets?

 

[chrisa]

Magnifying glass 1st prize and binnoculars 2nd prize, oouch!! x

 

[Muttley1900]

Magnifying glass 1st prize and binnoculars 2nd prize, oouch!! x

Well as long as they don't get to use the tweezers...

 

[Muttley1900]

Well I didn't splash out the £120 on the wifi connected ones that Ruthiep's very generous family got her - but I did get a set this weekend that also shows fat and water %. The Salter Body Analyser Scale - Model 9114 SV3R.

This currently tells me that I have 21.6% fat - which is interesting to know - and looking at the Jackson & Pollock Ideal Body Fat Percentage chart for men for my age range I am in the "ideal" band (bands are: lean, ideal, average and above average). Which is all very reassuring.

Now to type in the info into myfitnesspal so I remember to monitor it change as I do more weight / resistance exercise.