Women that are lean, under 14%--how do you do it???

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  • spoiledpuppies
    spoiledpuppies Posts: 675 Member
    I think it really just comes down to eating less/losing fat.

    I'm 43, 5'5" and lost weight to below my actual goal, with the plan of then building muscle. It's worked pretty well. At my lowest weight, a DEXA scan put me at 15% BF, and a BIA scale put me at 11% BF (on the same day). Since then--for about 7 months--I've been using a BIA scale every week. My last check put me at 7% BF. Based on the difference 7 months ago, I figure this puts me around 11% BF on a DEXA today. (I go in for another scan in a week.) In those 7 months, I've been lifting weights to build lean mass. I've gained a handful of pounds, while dropping BF%. So the gain seems to be pretty much all muscle per the BIA scale, which is fantastic.

    My husband is working with my trainer now too. He's supposed to get to 15% BF before the trainer will have him start lifting seriously. (The trainer says that he'll need to eat at an excess to build muscle, and until he gets to 15% BF, his body will be too proposed to store the extra calories as fat.)

    Just one perspective.

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