Worried - Muscle or Fat Loss?

ThermoDust
ThermoDust Posts: 33 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Recently I started to use the FitBit Alta Scale to track my progress. I am look at body fat percentage more now as I get closer to my goal. My concern is I am seeing my Body Fat % go up and weight go down since the first weigh-in to today. I started at 220ish and now I am 210ish but my body fat has gone up. Am I loosing fat or muscle?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Body fat scales are notoriously inaccurate so I wouldn't worry about it, especially if you're doing what you can to preserve muscle (protein intake and good lifting program).
  • ThermoDust
    ThermoDust Posts: 33 Member
    I'm open to your opinion. On days I strength train I take in 210-225 grams of protein, about 1600 calories. On general HIIT carido I take in 185 grams of protein and about 1400 calories.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Sounds like you're not eating enough calories.
  • ThermoDust
    ThermoDust Posts: 33 Member
    edited April 2016
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