Woke up and weighed myself again this morning... still sub 175 so that's good. I shouldn't weigh myself every day... but I'm kind of doing an experiment with watching my water & salt and seeing what kind of water I'm holding vs if my actual weight is different.
My scale has some cool features that are actually the same properties as those hand held body fat testers... you just have to stand on it barefoot. Thing is, I don't think it's very accurate. Today it said I'm still over 27% bodyfat... I'm thinking I'm around 21-22, but that's why I need to test several times a day throughout a week and take averages. See, with this kind of testing your hydration level can throw it off: if you're dehydrated, it says your BF% is higher than it really... so THIS is likely my problem most of the time because I don't drink enough water!!
You can read about body fat testing on a number of sites if you google it, but here are some links:
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
5 Test Methods compared
Various Testing Method ratings
I would really like to find somebody who has a pinch test caliper so that I can compare that reading to my hypothesis and what my scale is telling me.
Well... off to pick up some cheat day goodies to spend Sunday Funday at the pool... going to TRY to be as good as possible, but it's my planned indulgence day so that means HELLA cardio tomorrow and NTC.
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