The Tanita Body Composition Analyzer

Since I admiteed to the world yesterday that I'm trying to lose weight, I went ahead and stepped on the fancy schmancy scale that the UAB EatRight clinic uses to track weight loss.  The Tanita Bosy Composition Analyzer provides a detailed body composition analysis which includes weight, impedance, body fat %, body mass index, fat mass, fat-free mass  and a few other fun data points. 

For those who don't know, I work for the School of Health Professions (SHP) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).  Part of the SHP is a healthy lifestyle and weight loss clinic called UAB EatRight .  I work closely with some of their clinicians as part of my job, so in return they let me hop on their fancy schmancy scale.  My plan is to weight in on that scale every two weeks.  I still weigh in at home on Sunday's and record my weight, but this will give me more indicators.

Here are my results.

Body Type:  Standard
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Height: 5ft. 7.0 inches
Weight:  XXX
BMI:    27.6
BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) 1605 Calories
Impedance: 449
Fat% 34.3%
Fat MAss 60.5lbs
FFM: 115 lbs
TBW:  84.5

Desirable ranges: 
Fat % 22-33%
Fat Mass 30.5-57.01 lbs