So in Febuary, my mom bought me one of the Curves scales. I lost the directions to it. I'm just wondering what the stuff is that comes up after my weight.
I figured some of it, if you can help, it'd be great:
f=49.2% I am guessing fat on my body?
cal=3435 Calories I am burning?
M=29.6% Muscle maybe?
w=40.3% Water weight?
b=I forgot the number here. I actually forgot what the letter was until I remember thinking, boooobs? I think it is b at least.
Don't you just hate getting a new toy and then losing the instructions???!!!! Hopefully someone at 3FC's has that scale and will be able to help you out. I do remember looking at it when I was looking for a new bath scale and from what I remember it also measures your bone mass and hydration level along with weight and body fat.
Perhaps it has something to do with bone mass, but I highly doubt that those numbers have any real meaning. Most things like body fat percent, bone mass, muscle mass require more elaborate measurement than a scale can give.
I hope someone with a Curves scale will enlighten us.... in the meantime, keep looking for those directions....
There is no scale that will measure bone density--at least, not as far as I know...
I hope someone with a Curves scale will enlighten us.... in the meantime, keep looking for those directions....
I know it's not the answer. But I can only think about the times when I tell my mom, "You know, if I didn't have boobs, I'm sure it'd knock off a good 5-10 pounds." Lol. But I was pretty pleased with myself for being in a joking mood on the scale.
I honestly am sure they don't exist anymore. I got the scale in Febuary. Only touched it once or twice. Then, I moved quickly. That's between all the oppurtunities it had to be thrown away. *bangs head on wall*
Most likely you have a BF% scale that works by shooting a small electrical current up through your feet, right? So it measures the amount of time it takes for that small amt of current to go through you and hit the scale again. The amount of time it takes can determine the ratios of certain types of substances in your body.
Mine doesn't distinguish bone and muscle, though, since they are both "lean body mass". It gives me a % BF and a % Water. The remaining is % lean body mass. But it does work!
According to an Ebay listing for a similar Curves scale, the numbers are bone mass, weight, body fat, and hydration, but I see nothing about calories.
I reread your post and yes, I agree, I'm not going to relay on these but I'm just curious. I usually don't even stay on the scale long enough to see the numbers. I guess with the shock of loosing when I wasn't eating right I stood on too long.
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Most likely you have a BF% scale that works by shooting a small electrical current up through your feet, right? So it measures the amount of time it takes for that small amt of current to go through you and hit the scale again. The amount of time it takes can determine the ratios of certain types of substances in your body.
I really do not know. I do remember I get wrong readings if I wear socks. I know my first time I stepped on it, it said 175. HAHA. Socks could have been preventing the current, I guess. After that, it still gave me wrong readings until I went to tile surface and that's when it was accurate(and I weighed far more than I wanted).
Curves Scale questions?
