Reddit mentions of Care Touch Skinfold Body Fat Caliper Set, Measure Tape Included

> Currently stagnating when it comes to actual weight loss, but I'm more than making up for it in muscle gain. I need to get a scale that measures fat percentages to get actual number for progress, but needless to say, I'm gaining muscle and losing fat.

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I've had good success plugging my measurements into the US Navy Body Fat Calculator, using a retractable tape measure for consistent measurements. Then I cross check my results against a body fat photo guide and it's pretty accurate.

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>Having been exercising regularly for over a month now, I'm starting to see a boost in energy levels and general sense of well-being. I actually FEEL more like myself again. I feel like I'm more naturally social right now as well, with the better moods and energy levels. Also, I'm starting to understand the feeling people talk about when they are looking forward to their workout.

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Awesome!

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>One more goal that I have is to stop reading social media and learn to just appreciate boredom again. I feel like my wife and I always pull out our phones when a lull in the conversation occurs. It pretty much happens with everyone my age and I'd like to be able to develop more skill in idle conversation.

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One thing that helped my wife and I a few years ago is a digital fast: I would come home and put my phone on the charger in the bedroom for the evening. We would eat dinner, and instead of sitting down to watch a screen after that, we put the TV in the garage for 1 month. So we forced ourselves to find other things to do besides veg in front of a screen. It GREATLY reduced our TV watching, and we watch very little TV to this day. But it was weird at first.

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>Spiritual: Made some progress here this week. I actually went to Sunday school and church this past weekend while my wife worked. Introduced myself to a few people and enjoyed going. I'm usually hard pressed to work up the motivation to go when I'm by myself, but I intend to keep the habit of regular attendance going.

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Excellent! The more you go, the easier it gets and the more comfortable you become around others in that kind of setting.

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>She'll ask me to go get her something, usually some water, and I usually will just look at her, raise an eyebrow, and ask if her legs stopped working. She was the only daughter of a father that I could only describe as "whipped." Her mother is actually crazy and its so weird watching my in-laws just step on eggshells around her just to keep from setting her off. So I do wonder if these things that I am identifying as "s-tests" are really just my wife asking for things she feels entitled to because that's how her father acted around her mother. I still refuse to give in. I need to learn to be less blunt in my refusals though, because she does get annoyed with me about it.

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This is good, you're teaching her normal behavior and retraining her patterns and habits into something healthy. As far as bluntness, you're thinking is correct here as well. 1 Peter 3:7 says, "Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers."

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>Hoping to learn how to play golf this weekend. Curious to get some feedback on this: I will be learning from my wife. She used to play golf in high school, and actually learned how to play from a coach on the PGA tour. She was actually pretty good, and got a few scholarship offers to go play golf in college, but decided she would rather go to a larger school instead. So would it be a beta move to have your wife teach you a new skill?

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I don't see it as a "beta move" to learn something fun from your wife since she has that knowledge. You could make it into a fun time for both of you, and it's a great opportunity for flirting and being suggestive. Tell her to wear a sexy outfit to the course, and have fun with it. Of course there will opportunities to tell her to "grab your balls" as well :) Just don't fall into the caddy role - if you think there's a chance that may happen, plan ahead and just pay for a couple of caddies before heading out. You don't want to be carrying her bag around the course while she's teaching you - THAT would be bad beta imo.

Handy and cheap way to track your progress--

https://www.amazon.com/Care-Touch-Skinfold-Caliper-Included/dp/B01BMY8ONM

Here is the mobile version of your link

Care Touch Skinfold Body Fat Caliper Set, Care Touch Measure Tape Included https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BMY8ONM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_OFW-Ab1E5ZPSK

You're welcome.

If you want to track BF at home, I'd use the one-site clicker-style plastic calipers. https://www.amazon.com/Care-Touch-Skinfold-Caliper-Included/dp/B01BMY8ONM is a great example, but you can pay 5 bucks more for the name brand Accu-Measure if you want.

They have a slider that stays in place once you let go after the click, so you don't need to worry about trying to read while you measure: Just use equal finger pressure on all the finger grooves and you'll get the right measurement. These are basically as accurate and precise as more expensive ones, and you only need to use one measuring site.

Just watch Youtube videos on how to measure a skinfold at the Suprailiac site.

They aren't quite as precise as my Harpenden calipers, which are $350 dollars, but I do this professionally and clients want to know they're getting measured with the exact same caliper that was used for all the research that made the data tables.

They are accurate to within 0.2mm, which is a great selling point but honestly from a practical perspective it doesn't matter.

What matters is measuring the same way, at the same spot, with the same calipers, done by the same person every time.

That's what lets you see consistent trends, and that is how you should use BF measurements.

Sorry what I was saying is eating b/w 800 - 1000 calories.

Next appointment I will s/w doctor about approved exercises.

One more question if you don't mind, are calipers such as these accurate in measuring body fat? I use the gym in my townhouse complex so we don't have the machine to measure.

I wanted to purchase a scale that measures body fat percentage but most of them said not to use them if you have metal implants and I worried about my total hip and using them.

Thanks again