Fat loss

JayZ1488
JayZ1488 Posts: 258 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
If I’m in a calorie deficit and lose about 1lb a week. Roughly how much of that is body fat.

I started at 230 and am now 220 and went from 26%-25%

I’m confused how I’ve lost 10 lbs in about 2 months and only 1% of fat? What’s the rest then muscle?

I work out 5-6 days a week at 2 hours a day. An hour cardio, 45 minutes weights and core, 15 mins stretch

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    There will always be a mixed-loss. Lean tissue and fat.

    With that said, where are you getting these body-fat "estimates?" If it's from one of those bioimpedence scales, they are notoriously inaccurate, so do some research about them. Water fluctuations can be huge and can show up on those erroneous readings.
  • JayZ1488
    JayZ1488 Posts: 258 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    There will always be a mixed-loss. Lean tissue and fat.

    With that said, where are you getting these body-fat "estimates?" If it's from one of those bioimpedence scales, they are notoriously inaccurate, so do some research about them. Water fluctuations can be huge and can show up on those erroneous readings.

    It’s a hand held divide from La fitness
  • JayZ1488
    JayZ1488 Posts: 258 Member
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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    JayZ1488 wrote: »
    cmriverside wrote: »
    There will always be a mixed-loss. Lean tissue and fat.

    With that said, where are you getting these body-fat "estimates?" If it's from one of those bioimpedence scales, they are notoriously inaccurate, so do some research about them. Water fluctuations can be huge and can show up on those erroneous readings.

    It’s a hand held divide from La fitness

    It's not accurately giving fat loss.


    Dexa scan or BodPod is the only reliable way.


    Does it really matter your exact body fat? I'm guessing no, until you get very lean or unless you're training for a specific body comp.


    Just do some resistance (weights) work and keep losing pounds. I wouldn't spend any time at all considering the results from this device. They're gimmicks.
  • JayZ1488
    JayZ1488 Posts: 258 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    JayZ1488 wrote: »
    cmriverside wrote: »
    There will always be a mixed-loss. Lean tissue and fat.

    With that said, where are you getting these body-fat "estimates?" If it's from one of those bioimpedence scales, they are notoriously inaccurate, so do some research about them. Water fluctuations can be huge and can show up on those erroneous readings.

    It’s a hand held divide from La fitness

    It's not accurately giving fat loss.


    Dexa scan or BodPod is the only reliable way.


    Does it really matter your exact body fat? I'm guessing no, until you get very lean or unless you're training for a specific body comp.


    Just do some resistance (weights) work and keep losing pounds. I wouldn't spend any time at all considering the results from this device. They're gimmicks.

    I appreciate the help. Yes It does matter. I want to be about 15% and I’m trying to understand how much I lose. I started my journey at 240, and am now 220 which I’m proud of but I just see a smaller fat guy more or less. Sure my pants fit better but I look exactly the same as I did just a different number on the scale. Also I do weight training 4 days a week
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,631 Member
    Now, whatever level of muscularity you have, there's sort of a fat blanket still hiding it. The fat sits on top of the muscle layer, mostly.

    When I started losing weight, I'd already been very active for over a decade, so had some muscle/strength. (Not *huge* mass because I was nearly 60 y/o, F, and not lifting lots - but some.) Still, I looked like a bloopy blob, because I had around 50 pounds of fat wrapped around the outside of my body.

    As I gradually lost weight, and reached goal, some kinda cute li'l ol' lady muscles started to show up, after the fat layer got vaporized. They weren't new - I hadn't increased exercise - they'd been there all along.

    Whatever muscle you have, it's hidden by fat, anywhere you still have fat. Keep losing (slowly, to avoid losing useful muscle tissue), keep lifting, eat nutritiously, and it'll show up eventually.

    If you reach goal weight and the right visual level of fat loss, but still don't have the level of muscularity you want, keep lifting and get good nutrition.

    This stuff takes patience.

    Nothing about getting better numerical estimates of body composition will speed up the process. 🤷‍♀️

    Hang in there!
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    JayZ1488 wrote: »
    cmriverside wrote: »
    JayZ1488 wrote: »
    cmriverside wrote: »
    There will always be a mixed-loss. Lean tissue and fat.

    With that said, where are you getting these body-fat "estimates?" If it's from one of those bioimpedence scales, they are notoriously inaccurate, so do some research about them. Water fluctuations can be huge and can show up on those erroneous readings.

    It’s a hand held divide from La fitness

    It's not accurately giving fat loss.


    Dexa scan or BodPod is the only reliable way.


    Does it really matter your exact body fat? I'm guessing no, until you get very lean or unless you're training for a specific body comp.


    Just do some resistance (weights) work and keep losing pounds. I wouldn't spend any time at all considering the results from this device. They're gimmicks.

    I appreciate the help. Yes It does matter. I want to be about 15% and I’m trying to understand how much I lose. I started my journey at 240, and am now 220 which I’m proud of but I just see a smaller fat guy more or less. Sure my pants fit better but I look exactly the same as I did just a different number on the scale. Also I do weight training 4 days a week

    While you are losing the last 20 you will see far more change in shape and definition compared to the first 20.
    Suggest using a tape measure and taking periodic pictures as in the earlier stages of weight loss changes are very subtle and seeing yourself in the mirror everyday means you are unlikely to notice them.

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