People tell me I'm not overweight. But I hate to admit that I'm heavier than I look.
Need to get another dexa scan and find my old one!
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Fat Mass Detail from Repeat DXA Scan
12 Apr 2015, 15:51
Lean Body Mass Detail
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Repeat DXA Scan
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No. 105lbs is not "fantastic"
by SSure on 15 Jan 2015, 13:52
I almost cried in frustration and it was difficult to put back a response that did not sound depressing. And I had to do this despite my belief that people need to know what to expect in maintenance (e.g., puppies, rainbows, and a smooth path for some; an initial smooth path of several months/years for others, following by stoicism and relentless vigilance).
105lbs is absurd but what I can manage. I would far rather weigh another 25lbs or more if the majority of that were lean body mass because it would make it so much easier to manage my health as I age. More skeletal muscle would give me some much needed metabolic flexibility and hugely reduce my risk of metabolic syndrome related disorders (CVD, diabetes II etc.).
I think if I dug out some of my clothes from before the accident - before this loss of muscle mass - they'd fit me - clothes from when I had about another 30lbs of lean body mass and muscle.
This is more of a downer than I mean it to be. I'm grateful to have been able to work out something that works for me despite the news of the sarcopenia and the loss of LBM. Despite the erosion of my muscle quality (my strength training weights are decreasing - I used to use 30kg dumbbells for bicep curls, now I struggle to finish 3x 12 of 5kg weights; my leg weights are down to 1/3rd of their former levels).
But - there is such an obsession with scale weight when it's amongst the least important proxies for our current and continued health. And it doesn't matter how often some of us say that - the lure of the tiny number is just too strong and promoted by so many media outlets.
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Dexa scan reports that I have low skeletal muscle mass and I'm categorised as sarcopenic, despite my age and fitness activities: body composition changed from 42% body fat at 127lbs to 20% at 103lbs.
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