Burning Muscle and Not Fat. HELP! PLEASE!
BishoBOY
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This Monday, I weighed myself at 161.5 lbs and today I weigh 158.8 lbs; body fat percentage stayed at %12.5. I lift weights, do bodyweight cardio, prioritize protein, and limit junk food intake. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. Can someone help me?
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You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake17
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Could be fluctuations in water. Even a tanita scale or inbody machine will have the slightest inaccuracy. mon-thurs isnt a big time to see muscle loss difference. Our muscles store water so maybe you have a little depleted along with glycogen and that's why you BF hasnt dropped. Ive went from 262-257 in 4 days with my BF going up by .2% but in a few weeks I was doing the same thing and i ended up going down in BF%.1
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
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quiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
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NickyGee2015 wrote: »Could be fluctuations in water. Even a tanita scale or inbody machine will have the slightest inaccuracy. mon-thurs isnt a big time to see muscle loss difference. Our muscles store water so maybe you have a little depleted along with glycogen and that's why you BF hasnt dropped. Ive went from 262-257 in 4 days with my BF going up by .2% but in a few weeks I was doing the same thing and i ended up going down in BF%.
There's no way you've lost more than 3 lbs of ANYTHING over 3 days than hydration and food in process.3 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistakequiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
That^^Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
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Assuming you're using some sort of BF measuring home device, you'll want to use it to watch your general trend, not for specific numbers. As others have noted, these devices are not terrifically accurate and can be effected by a number of things unrelated to your actual body fat %. Try to measure under as similar conditions as possible each time, and don't let yourself get hung up on any particular number or short-term fluctuation.1
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistakequiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
That^^Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
That^^
^^exactly^^
^ What they said.
And continued ^^^ haha1 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
This 100%1 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistakequiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
That^^Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
That^^
^^exactly^^
^ What they said.
And continued ^^^ haha
Feed the like/woo machine.1 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistakequiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
That^^Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
That^^
^^exactly^^
^ What they said.
And continued ^^^ haha
Feed the like/woo machine.
Who is woo'ing in here, anyway? Someone who doesn't know woo = bad on this site, apparently.1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistakequiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
That^^Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »You're relying on a machine that is inaccurate in reporting bf%... That's your mistake
That^^
^^exactly^^
^ What they said.
And continued ^^^ haha
Feed the like/woo machine.
Who is woo'ing in here, anyway? Someone who doesn't know woo = bad on this site, apparently.
Or they do but don't actually have any useful information to pass on. Aside from what they leaned on doctor oz1
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