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Have you have pledged to get fit and lose weight in 2011?

If you have then you are far from alone, in fact it is estimated that millions of people are hitting the gym and eating healthily in a bid to beat the Christmas bulge.

Making changes to your lifestyle and losing weight can boost your confidence and has huge benefits for your overall health. Adopting a safe and sensible long-term approach also helps ensure that weight loss is permanent.

Realistic goal setting is one of the best ways to achieve your weight loss targets and is widely accepted to be much more successful than crash dieting or diet fads. 

Another fantastic way of making your new healthy approach a success is to invest in a body fat monitor.

Measuring your body fat percentage is the most effective way of determining how much weight your need to lose.  You can develop a clearer idea of how much weight you need to lose, accurately monitor your progress and gauge the success of your weight loss routine.

Many body fat monitors also allow you to measure your body mass index or BMI. This is an index used by health professionals to determine a person’s ideal weight in regard to their height.

fitnessASSIST offer a range of quality body fat monitors from market leading brands including Tanita and Omron.

The Omron BF306 is a handheld body fat analyser that is extremely user-friendly and highly accurate. The BF306 can be used to measure body mass index, body fat percentage and more.

Results are quick and precise and features include a built-in memory and graphical interpretations of readings.

Individuals requiring more detailed results should consider the Tanita BC-601 body composition monitor.

Measurements taken include body fat percentage, total body water percentage, bone mineral mass, visceral fat and muscle mass. Readings are automatically stored on an SD Card and data be downloaded onto your computer.

Separate healthy ranges for adults and children make this the ideal family monitor. The BC-601 also offers an athlete mode and the extra large LCD colour display is easy-to-read.

The Tanita BC-571 TouchScreen Innerscan monitor is an advanced health and fitness monitor that provides accurate and comprehensive readings.

Results are cross-referenced with a user’s gender, age, height and weight and measurements taken include body fat percentage, body water percentage, basal metabolic rate, physique rating and visceral fat rating.

Offering healthy ranges for adults and children, four memory settings, an athlete mode and a guest mode, the Tanita BC-571 uses Innerscan technology which is based on the same advanced technology found in Tanita professional body composition analysers.

Body fat monitors are an extremely shrewd investment for anybody who is serious about improving their health and achieving their weight loss targets.

View the full range of fitnessASSIST body fat and body composition monitors now.