Congratulations, Dante!

Thanks for the kind words guys..<3

nsk1951 wrote: »

I've never seen a doctor report chart like the one Dante shared. It's got great info on it that I wish was also available from our doctors here in the USA. ... Of course, I could not make out most of it except for the BM! part!

This is a readout page from a BIA I did at my doctors'. It is very useful (together with DEXA scans) for getting a ballpark figure about your body composition, and more importantly to compare results across time.

I'm very lucky because I work in health and have free access to this stuff.

@nsk1951 and @Yoolypr my friend depending on where you're located a body composition dexa scan probably can be had near the $100 level. One of the first google hits seems to confirm this: https://dexascan.com/locations/

Now, Dante has had several scans in a row showing his wonderful progression. They appear to have been done on a multipoint bia machine as opposed to being dxa scans. You would expect bia to be less expensive but the sales pitch 🙀by the gym or weight management provider may make it less so 🤷🏻‍♂️ and multiple scans = multiple Ben Franklins 😬🤣

To your benefit body composition changes would be slow while weight stable so it could be a not too expensive thing to run through one or two. Mind you, though neat it won't drastically improve your life! 😹 Bonus points on a dexa scan by adjusting their settings they can easily plus sell a gold standard bone density scan as a twofer.... if the operator is sufficiently qualified to do so in that jurisdiction (where I'm at she would have had to be a radiologist for the one but not the other)

@Dante_80, a reminder, because it took me a while to figure this out, that the scan differentiates bone, fat tissue and non fat tissue. non fat tissue, of course, includes much more than just muscle and is expected to go down with weight loss. You've actually done an amazing job minimizing non fat mass loss. Tbh unless counteracted by active strength training I would expect some further lean mass to be lost while weight stable as your insides continue to re-adjust to the disappearance of excess fat reserves while slowly getting rid of now useless supporting stuff 😜

I had a Dexa scan back when I was 64 years old at a gym. I also had one this past summer that was strictly to see what my bone density was. That one was done at the radiology clinic.

PAV8888 wrote: »

nsk1951 wrote: »

I had a Dexa scan back when I was 64 years old at a gym. I also had one this past summer that was strictly to see what my bone density was. That one was done at the radiology clinic.

Sounds about right/as expected They ARE interesting to look at. But beyond that... I am not sure that they do add much... and that's coming from someone who paid for a good six or seven!

Well .. the Dexa Scan I got 13 years ago was because the gym was doing it as part of their fitness program at a reduced rate to measure your body lean vs fat content. They were big into hi-intensity exercise and weight training. I didn't go with them because they were too expensive. The one I had this past year was my doctors desire to see the bone density in my major joints ... the ones that old women often break if their bones are weak from osteoporosis that often times makes them bed bound. Fortunately, my bones are strong.

Oh, for sure, I agree that it's interesting to know what the fat/lean composition is, but it's not a necessity at all. When I had mine done, I knew I was too much fat and not enough lean on my body ... the mirror and my clothes size, measurements told me that. And, back when I was a slender woman, all I ever needed to use to know if there was getting to be too much padding was the age-old pinch method. But still ... it was, as I told myself back then, an investment in myself to know where I stood. I was just then getting into all the TDEE, BMI, RMD stuff and thought that this was new technology that might help me to continue eating closer to how much I wanted to and still shed some excess weight. Ta-Da .. I'm still trying!

So post holiday reckoning today! I’m up a few pounds but luckily not as bad as I feared. Back to logging everything and not touching the leftover Christmas treats. Hubby will take care of everything that isn’t nailed down.

Good for you, Yooly. Being mindful is on my mind also. I'm going to apply a schedule to my eating - going to go by the clock.

That is a shame, Yooly. Hope it doesn't weigh your spirits down too much today.

That is one benefit to not weighing yourself Which is where I'm at these days. Thinking I might do a weigh in February 1. What I'm doing now feels like it is mostly working. Some stressful days lately - but NO binging. A few days over my desired calorie count, but nothing crazy. So I won't mess with that by throwing the scale into the mix.

Trying to get a grip on the slowly creeping uptick in weight. Much of this is driven by a slowed metabolism induced by meds that also cause fatigue.

I’m going to work on trying to eat on a stricter schedule when possible. Obviously there will be days when that isn’t possible.

I want to try to have a twelve hour non-eating period daily. The point is to give my body a food free rest. This is based on NO scientific study or medical advice. Just a gut feeling that I might get more in touch with “real” hunger.

I’m good with regimentation and routine. So who knows?