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Fat Mass Detail from Repeat DXA Scan
12 Apr 2015, 15:51
Lean Body Mass Detail
06 Apr 2015, 08:26
Repeat DXA Scan
03 Apr 2015, 08:31
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Maintenance Mundanities
I'm in maintenance but still whittling down my body fat levels in order to achieve a reasonable body composition. I have very low muscle mass so, although I have a low scale weight and look slender, I have an unwelcome kinship with streaky bacon, except that the bacon has a more favourable fat:lean ratio.
Repeat DXA Scan
by SSure on 03 Apr 2015, 08:31
June 2013 I was 127lbs and 42% body fat
March 2014 119lbs 30.1% body fat
March 2015 102lbs 20.1% body fat
My stringent gym/workout/activities mean that I've managed to conserve my muscle mass remarkably well given the 17lbs weight difference in a year. Usual estimates are that during WLM, somewhere from 15-60% of drops in mass will be lean body mass (LBM) rather than body fat (BF).
I lost 300g of skeletal muscle which is:
i) within the repeat error range for a DXA
ii) much lower than would usually be expected
iii) the version I prefer is that this shows that my vanguard actions to retain my muscle mass are allowing me to hold station.
The downside of iii) is that it might indicate just how very hard I need to work to maintain my muscle mass and it would tend to confirm my suspicion that surgery would be a disaster for me because of the lengthy immobility and rehab.
I might post some more details at another point but, I would hope that one of the more widely applicable positive outcomes here is that I've seen some speculation that intermittent fasting might undercut protein metabolism and muscle retention but, even for someone with my Unique Snowflake considerations , it doesn't seem to have happened here (as yet).
Maintenance IF 4:3
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.
SINS - Simple Is the New Sustainable