Weight Reading - Nov 3, 2008
November 4th, 2008
Today, Tim and I went swimming at Temple Cowley pools for the first time. We also ended up getting on a machine that spits out weight, bmi, and body fat on a little sheet of paper. Currently, the machine and I are not getting along very well..
Nov 3, 2008
Weight: 11st13lb or 76.2kg or 168lbs
Height: 5′ 4.9″ (I don’t think this is accurate because I know I’m nearly 5′7″) (edit: apparently it was accurate.. last time I measured my height I was taller by at least an inch and a half)
B.M.I. 28.0 (Overweight)
Body Fat: 33.5%
Body Fat Mass: 25.5kg
Both Tim and I will be doing this again in a month, so hopefully that reading will be better :P
Also, I laughed out loud when I saw this. Ohmigod. I can only imagine if Winnie ever did something like that.. in fact, I’m surprised she never managed it.
November 4th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Don’t take these machines to heart. If you drink more water before a reading, you register as having more lean mass (i.e. less fat) because of the different resistance to the current. So it could’ve been because you were dehydrated!!
It’s really hard to predict body fat based on these machines. A more accurate and cheaper way to assess yourself would be waist to hip ratio. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/weights-poids/vitalit/apple_pear-pomme_poire-eng.php
P.S. You got shorter? What is that about??