Weight And Body Fat - Conair Weight Watchers Instructions For Use Manual

Weight and Body Fat

How does it work?
While body fat can be
is bioelectrical impedance. This indirect
a safe and very low
The electrical current flows more quickly
through bone and fat. The scale measures the speed of the current. Based on this
number, the scale estimates body fat
it
Is accurate?
Measurements of body
and different methods of estimating body fat yield very different results
different scales give different resulls,
very different body
vary because:
• Weight loss tends
in body water content. Because
in the body, results can vary considerably from day to
• Hydration status
water for the electrical current
fat result. In the same way, If you measure your body
flu id, it may appear that body
• Skin temperature
weather when skin
• As with weight, when your goal
trends over time
• Results may not be accurate for persons
an elevated body temperature, diabetes or other health condit ions.
What you need
• Percent body fat refers to
weight and multiplied by
• During weight loss, percent body fat doesn't appear
as expected because
same time (for a more detailed explanation, see
• Weight loss in the
is normal.
• To minimize the
strength training,
Why do I lose weight but my body fat
Most body fat monitors show body
monitor shows you not on ly a percentage
pounds (in fact, this
Why is that important? When you lose weight
body fat) and denominator (total
a body fat percentage,
200 pounds and have 40% body
20 pounds, but the body fat has only
16 pounds of fat
do not see the percentage change quickly as you are
absolute number of body fat pounds lost. Remember, to minimize the loss of
lean t issue, include regular physical
weight-loss plan.
measured in
electrical current
fat tend to
fat estimates. Even with the same scale
to produce substantial, continuous, and unpredictable changes
affects body fat
to
fat
can have an influence also. Measuring body fat in warm humid
is moist w ill yield a different result than
is
than to use individual daily
to know!
the number of pounds of fat divided by your
100.
total weight
form of body fat and
loss of lean tissue,
in your weight -loss
is the measurement you see after your weight
body
the number can be
fat
a very significant
many ways, the method used in your scale
method of determining body fat starts when
is sent through the lower half of the body.
through water and muscie than
using a mUlti-step,
fluctuate a lot more than
different body fat analyzers can provide
body fat analysis is determined by water content
results. If you've
flow through. This may
Is lower than it 'real ly is.
to change body composition it is better
resu lts.
under the age of 16, or persons with
loss and total body fat are
next
lean tissue (muscle)
include regu lar physical activity, especially
plan.
percentage
fat as a percentage
but the actual
, both
weight) go down, so when
small. For example, a person may weigh
80 pounds of
dropped 4% to 36%. That 4% of body
amount! So do not be overly concerned if you
activity, especially strength training
mathematical
simple weigh ing,
the numbers
day.
Just worked out,
result in a
fat after drinking a
if skin is
to be reduced as quickly
decreasing
section).
is common, and
doesn't change much?
only. This body fat
number of body
is
the numerator (pounds of
it's
body fat) . He/She loses
losing weight: monitor the
it will
formula .
. Just as
will
there is less
higher body
lot of
cold and dry.
to track
total body
at the
fat
displayed).
calculated as
fat was
, in your