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purple hayes
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 Posted: 12/02/02 - 09:24 Post subject: Products you refuse to buy
What are some of the things you refuse to buy?
I've had my eye on one of those Tanita body fat scales but I refuse to buy one for our house because our teenage daughter would obsess over her % and it would just give me one more thing to log every day.
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keltic63
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 09:27 Post subject: Re: Products you refuse to buy
| purple hayes wrote: | What are some of the things you refuse to buy?
I've had my eye on one of those Tanita body fat scales but I refuse to buy one for our house because our teenage daughter would obsess over her % and it would just give me one more thing to log every day. |
I have one and it's not very accurate. it can give me wildly different readings in a matter of a few minutes. pre-shower/post shower are always way different. I don't even use the bodyfat feature anymore.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 09:31 Post subject: Re: Products you refuse to buy
| keltic63 wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | What are some of the things you refuse to buy?
I've had my eye on one of those Tanita body fat scales but I refuse to buy one for our house because our teenage daughter would obsess over her % and it would just give me one more thing to log every day. |
I have one and it's not very accurate. it can give me wildly different readings in a matter of a few minutes. pre-shower/post shower are always way different. I don't even use the bodyfat feature anymore. |
Wanna sell it?  
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shelflifers
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 11:00 Post subject:
PH, make sure you thoroughly read keltic's review on this outstanding product...
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runnergurl36
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 12:13 Post subject:
Thanks for the info on the scale. I was going to buy one this weekend.
You saved me some money. Thank you.
Vanessa
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copteacher
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 12:22 Post subject:
i have one and love it
it is very accurate
another scale we had was showing me 5 pounds lighter
i like it because of the dual mode
athlete and non athlete
what a difference it makes when modes are switched (as far as fat percentage)
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purple hayes
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 12:23 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | what a difference it makes when modes are switched (as far as fat percentage) |
So you leave it on the one that makes you feel thinner?
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akern
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 12:26 Post subject:
How do those things work?
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 12:27 Post subject:
measures the amount of water i believe in the body using an electrical current....fat stores more water thus more water=more fat
my bf is always higher by a few points in the morning when i wake up because i am dehydrated
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 13:13 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | How do those things work? |
Not very well and not very accurate. Electrical impedence as a whole doesn't do a very accurate job of measuring body density, from which you can determine your body fat percentage.
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flarunner
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 13:15 Post subject:
As for products I refuse to buy. How 'bout cigarettes.
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 13:32 Post subject:
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Cigarettes
Anything with liver in it
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 13:35 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | measures the amount of water i believe in the body using an electrical current....fat stores more water thus more water=more fat
my bf is always higher by a few points in the morning when i wake up because i am dehydrated |
It should be lower in the morning then according to your theory!
less water = less fat
It works by electrical impedence, like flarunner said. The electrical signal can get through water and muscle but not fat so it measures the amount it cannot get through.
You can see why this would leave room for a large error margin.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 13:40 Post subject:
I don't know about you all but I'm TOTALLY not giggling everytime I read the word 'impedence'...
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akern
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Posted: 12/02/02 - 13:48 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | | I don't know about you all but I'm TOTALLY not giggling everytime I read the word 'impedence'... |
Brings back bad memories, yes?
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