Reddit reviews Omron Bf306 Body Composition Monitor

There are as many ways to lose weight as there are religions.

In my experience starting small and building your way up is a better way to make a lifestyle change (such as changing your diet from eating things which make you feel good to healthy foods) than just going cold turkey and relying on willpower to get you through it.

E.g. my story, I read The 4 Hour Body. I became determined for the first time in my life to lose weight. What did I do? I did what the author advised first. Make one simple change. Just change your breakfast. In my case I changed my breakfast to be slow carb compliant (no white carbs) and to have more protein.

Not only did this have physiological effects (blunting my insulin levels and reducing hunger pangs) but it also was easy to stick to, and I saw some tiny results in 2 weeks. From there I was motivated to change to the diet wholesale, to this day I stick with it unless I'm poor or going through a very stressful period.

So start small first, then incrementally change your behaviour. It's always advised to people who want to start running, for them to start taking a 5 minute walk. Before they know it they're walking for 30 minutes in a week, they buy running shoes in 2 weeks, and they're running in a month.

Additionally:

• Take regular measurements. I suggest to measure bodyfat and diameter measurements instead of your weight. As fat is so light you'll barely see the difference on the scales. You can use callipers or a Bio-impedance device like this one. Use a tape measure like this one so your not dancing like a headless chicken. Measue your waist, around your biceps, around thighs. Add it up. Record it in a spreadsheet or a journal. Now notice that number come down after a while and use that to motivate you. What gets measured gets managed.
  
  
• Get an accountability partner. Better yet raise the stakes so that not following your plan of diet will lead to financial loss or complete embarassment. They're groups online which all decide to lose weight or gain muscle and take horribly embarassing before photos. If they don't reach their goals, or not stick with the plan according to their partner, then those photos get posted to your facebook and twitter profiles. If that doesn't do it for you, promise to donate money to some evil organisation you detest, if your accountability partner sees you slide.
  
  Good luck. Losing weight is a lifestyle change. And it's a lifestyle change you won't regret. Soon you'll be wondering how the heck you could enjoy that sweet snack everyday as opposed to just your cheat days.

As I said, I use that term loosely, the method of measuring it wasn't the best in my opinion.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Omron-BF306-Body-Composition-Monitor/dp/B000178RVG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408371824&sr=8-1&keywords=body+fat+percentage+monitor

This is what I used to measure it and the reviews are up and down, a lot of them stating it over shoots your BF% and isn't reliable.

Personally from how I look I would say I'm 18-20%.