Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Diet Update & Product Review: Omron HBF-500 Scale

I'm still on the "Don't Drink So Stinkin' Much Mt. Dew Diet." When I wrote about it in April I was encouraged that I dropped below 140 for the first time in years. This morning I weighed in at 136. I would now be hard pressed to record a weight above 140 at any time of the day.

We think Landen threw our scale onto the kitchen floor because it fell apart. So, we bought a new scale from Amazon, the ultra-sleek Omron HBF-500. It was $64. It seems to be more consistent and accurate than our cheap old scale. It is a scale that also has "full body sensing technology." It does what it is advertised to do. Here's how it is advertised.

Want to know more about your fitness level and overall health? The Omron HBF-500 Body Composition Monitor with Scale is a big step in the right direction. The device offers highly accurate full body sensing technology, and monitors your weight, body fat, and visceral fat for healthy weight loss. You can even use this highly sensitive measuring device to monitor your skeletal muscle and resting metabolism to keep weight off. Meanwhile, a memory display helps you track your progress.

The weight display measures weight up to 300 pounds in .2-pound increments, while body fat percentage can be measured from 5 to 60 percent in .1 percent increments. Meanwhile, skeletal muscle percentage is measured from 5 to 50 percent, also in .1 increments. Visceral fat classifications are available, too; the device will tell you if your visceral fat levels are normal or high.

One of the keys to weight loss and management is tracking your body mass index, or BMI. The HBF-500 rates your BMI from 7.0 to 90.0 in .1 increments. BMI is classified at three levels: underweight, normal, overweight, and obese. You can also assess your resting metabolism; the device measures your resting calorie consumption from 385 to 5000 kcal in .1 kcal increments. All of the measurements taken by the HBF-500 can be stored in memory for later comparison with your current statistics and goals. The device can display information from up to three months prior to the current day.

My body fat percentage of 21.4% is still in the "high" category.

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