Body Measurement vs Scale

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Mikee469
Mikee469 Posts: 28 Member
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What app does everyone use to track measurements?

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  • jkbear40
    jkbear40 Posts: 37 Member
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    My Fitness Pal
  • QueenBee2018
    QueenBee2018 Posts: 196 Member
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    Happy scale
  • CinqueFit
    CinqueFit Posts: 19 Member
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    Progress Body Tracker is pretty good
  • Styggian
    Styggian Posts: 465 Member
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    MFP but I think my measuring for neck, waist and hips is not accurate as I can get different reading when I use tape measure on myself, so now I just use the first reading no matter how much it varies from the previous week. I have an old pair of pants, if they fit me I know that my maintenance is going ok :)
  • SakaVu
    SakaVu Posts: 1 Member
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    Jefitt
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
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    Sadly, I'm old school. I prefer it though. I have an old basic anatomy chart tacked a dry erase board, I write my measurements on there. When I take new measurements I get a joy out of erasing the old ones.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
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    Spreadsheet.

    And then use the formula's for BF% estimate.
    They ask for specific location - the narrowest or widest, so pretty easy.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
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    Excel spreadsheet. I take measurements (and progress pics) the first of every month using a Myotape and skinfold calipers. Always first thing in the morning, before eating/drinking anything or working out, to make conditions as identical as possible.

    For weighing, I weigh every morning first thing after going to the bathroom and before eating/drinking anything, and my wi-fi scale uploads automatically to MFP, Garmin Connect, Apple Health, Trendweight.com (web) and Happy Scale (iOS app).
  • PAFC84
    PAFC84 Posts: 1,871 Member
    edited May 2018
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    Styggian wrote: »
    MFP but I think my measuring for neck, waist and hips is not accurate as I can get different reading when I use tape measure on myself, so now I just use the first reading no matter how much it varies from the previous week. I have an old pair of pants, if they fit me I know that my maintenance is going ok :)

    Are you taking your measurements from the same place each time, I.e take measure covering the belly button or Adam's apple?

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