A note on the diet and measurement.

Clearly, I can't explain the diet in any detail. For that you need to read the book. However, for you to understand the way I'm eating, you need to know two basic features of the diet.

1. Measure stuff frequently.
2. You diet for 6 days and eat *anything* on the 7th day. Day 7 is a carb loading day. You can pretty much pick this idea up from various supporting forums out there, such as "4 hour people", but I think that it is worth saying.

As far as measuring goes, I bought a new set of scales that measures weight, body fat, visceral fat and BMI. I got the Omron BF508, although there are others out there that do similar things.

I have no complaints about the one I bought, but I know others do have, mainly because of the way it displays weight. It displays in either kilograms or pounds, not in stones.

Now I don't have a problem with using pounds, mainly because I don't have a problem dividing by 14 to get stones if I need them, and having done this on and off for a few years, pounds are for me the better way to think about weight. It's far more linear, I also get a decimal value for parts of pounds when weighing, its easier to graph. The attachment to stones for weighing yourself is simply historical - the way you've always done it - and the way your parents taught you to weigh yourself.

I say, change it up and do it differently - you'll like it in the end. For the kilogram folk, it's all nonsense anyway.

So, if you are looking for a set of scales that provide body fat measurements, the Omron BF508 works for me. If you want to take a look at the manual to see how it works or how complex it is (which it really isn't), the manual is here.

E.