My Exercise Story

Perfect Body Fat Scale for P90X – Health O Meter

January 10, 2010 by Shane

I was looking for a quick and easy way to measure my body fat and body mass index. During my research I found Health O Meter’s Body Fat Scale at Wal-mart. This scale met all my requirements:

1. Body fat measurement
2. Body Mass Index
3. Ability to save profiles to measure progress (great for P90X)
4. Good price
5. Back-lit display for easy reading.

The scale also measure hydration levels and bone mass. While researching, I was reading a lot about how different products measure body fat% and the discrepancies with the different procedures. The most accurate type of measurement is water tank method. Most others, like Health O Meter’s, send an electric current from one foot through the body to the other foot. The fat in your body provides resistance. This resistance slows the current and your body fat% is calculated on this. That is why it is important to make sure you enter your proper height when setting up your profile. To ensure accuracy of the body fat% count I went to a nutritionist to get a reading. I then used this scale. The two numbers were very close to one another (25.5%).

Overall I am happy with the scale. I have my profile setup and I continue to save my measurements every couple of days at the same time. If you are looking for a good scale to help keep track of your numbers for P90X I would recommend this one.