BMI Scales

Kimegatron

Do you use them?

Kalikel

You mean an item that you step on? No.

Do I check my BMI? Yes.

Kimegatron

Yes, the scale! How do you check it without a scale? Do you think the scales are inaccurate? Mine is old and unreliable, so we just bought a new one today, the Taylor brand

Kimegatron

Never mind, lol, I just found a calculator online. It does have a water feature on it, so I was really interested in that, too!

Kalikel

If you scroll up and look at the blue bars, next to the "Community" one is "Apps." Click on Apps and then on the dark blue bar under it, click on BMI.

You can enter your info and get your BMI.

There are a gazillion BMI calculators online, too.

I don't know if the scales work. I suppose they would, if you entered your height. It's just basic math. I don't have a super-duper, souped-up, state of the art scale.

Kimegatron

The one we got was only $25.99. I figured, "Why the hell not?" Mine is so old, it's gross from just grossness. It has been jumbled around between moves to and from Germany, apartments, I can't imagine that anything about it is accurate. Most scales are like $20 anyways. Maybe I just got it for the giggles, ha ha!

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PAV8888

Kimegatron wrote: »

The one we got was only $25.99. I figured, "Why the hell not?" Mine is so old, it's gross from just grossness. It has been jumbled around between moves to and from Germany, apartments, I can't imagine that anything about it is accurate. Most scales are like $20 anyways. Maybe I just got it for the giggles, ha ha!

Yes, but we can quote you, you potty-mouth you, so go back and edit that second post, ASAP!

The measurement is pretty much so inaccurate that it is truly useless.

A lot of people like to say: 'but it gives me and indication that I am heading down'.

Your weight measurement does the exact same thing already, so in order for BF to be useful it has to somehow take things one step further correlate to actual fat vs non fat mass changes.

In another discussion we found out that the scales are "accurate" within 25%.
But not 25% like a normal person would assume.

Let's say that your scale says you are 30% BF. This means, apparently, that you can be anywhere from 17.5% to 42.5% BF in reality.

If the scale is accurate enough to let me know that i am somewhere between 17.5% BF and 42.5% BF.... yeah. I knew that already.

bpetrosky

BMI is too easy to calculate, having the function in the scale isn't necessary so it's one of the last features I'd even look for. BF% is nicer to have, but since the accuracy for that feature isn't good on consumer grade scales, the only thing I consider for that is the trend over a few weeks.

Kimegatron

Honestly the difference in scales raised my bmi to 8% so I definitely won't count on that. My question now is are the weight calculations correct on scales!? I weighed myself on my new scale which is 3 weeks from when I weighed myself on my supervisors(at work) scale. If her scale and mine are accurate, then I lost 10 pounds in 5 weeks. I won't really know until we all weigh in again at work but I'm really crossing my fingers

PAV8888

R u talking about bmi or body fat?
Bmi there are lots of calculators online.
Body fat scales are not accurate.
Similarly you can't compare weight across scales.

Please weigh yourself in the morning , after you use the bathroom, before eating or drinking anything, by preference nakid, using the same scale, in the same location/position (preferably flat non yielding surface).

Please record your weight in a trendline generating application or website to help you differentiate between real weight changes and water weight variations (see other thread)

Take care.

mirrim52

You are saying BMI but you are speaking as though you mean BF%.
BMI is just a ratio of height and weight.
Bio-impedance scales can give you an approx. BF%, but they can be waaayyyyy off.
Don't compare across scales. Pick one and stick with it under the same conditions all the time.

Kimegatron

Omg ha-ha yes I meant body fat. I don't know why I was saying bmi hahaha, that was dumb. Long week, trust me. I know when to weigh myself. We just have a contest at work for losing and I said I was hoping both scales were the same in measuring weight. I don't usually weigh myself at night, personally, because of everything that I ate, but I had just bought the new one and wanted to try it out. No big deal