Well, I told you guys a while back that I was thinking of getting a new scale! In fact, it is more than a scale, it is a Body Composition Monitor! This device measures the following:
- Weight
- BMI
- Body Fat Percentage
- Visceral Fat
- Muscle Mass
- Muscle Quality
- Muscle Score
- Physique Rating
- Bone Mass
- BMR
- Metabolic Age
- Total Body Water
I find a lot of these measurements to be quite helpful in determining just how I am doing on my journey to better health. I can’t even imagine that you can buy a product for use at home that will measure all of these things! It would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.
I got my scale from a local company called First Philippine Scale, but if you are not in the Philippines, why not check out Amazon, they have the RD-953, and Amazon always seems to give excellent service.
Well, my Tanita RD-953 arrived today! It took about 3 weeks for it to be shipped here, but I hope it was well worth the wait (or should I say “weight”?).
So, today, I was anxious to unbox the scale, but I also wanted to share the experience with you, so I made a video of the unboxing, and gave some other information about the scale on the video too. Have a look:
I have always believed that having the right tools to do the job that you are trying to do is very important. I consider this Tanita Body Composition Monitor to be a tool that will help me achieve my goal of better health in the future. I also think it will be motivational to me to know exactly where I stand in terms of weight loss.
I hope you enjoyed the video.
Glad your happy with it but don’t take the numbers as gospel. It only measures conductivity for a small current sent thru your body and makes a best guess estimate of the numbers since it also knows your weight. I have one that is very similar and did a lot of Googling on the subject to learn this.
Yes, I understand that of course. Things vary, and measurements are relative. I never expected that the numbers would always be exact. I also did a lot of research on how this all works before making a purchase. 🙂
I thought you would have, you seem to keep yourself informed.
LOL, I am kind of anal over the top about doing research on such things. 🙂
Bob, I admire you for your efforts and success to improve your heart health. I had a body composition analysis at my heart attack and stroke prevention Dr. using an InBody 570. I strongly believe in using the latest tools to take a pro-active approach to heart health. I will message you with a pamphlet my provider prepared that will explain his methods of assessment. I cannot seem to post a pdf here.
Hi Mike – Thank you very much for your support and encouragement! I will check out those PDF files that you sent! I saw they are on my FB Messenger! Thanks.