XenoReiji
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- Posted: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 18:10:55 +0000
So I often time see people obsessing over what they see on the scale. Most fail to realize that scales are really only useful when you are extremely overweight. Even then they will deceive you eventually. So it has been three months since my last body fat test and I am going to share the results.
So back on 6/29/2013 I went in for body fat testing. Then my weight was 236.2 lbs, yeah I am not small. With body fat testing you get a lot of extra information, such as lean muscle mass and actual fat mass. The numbers for those are Lean Mass was 156.3 lbs and fat mass was 79.9 lbs. Rounding me off at 34.7% fat. A lot larger than I was expecting, but I knew I was not small to begin with.
Fast forward to today, I went in for my 3 month after test. So first thing I did was get on the scale.... ~drum roll~ my weight is now 244.2 lbs gonk I went up nearly 8 lbs. Now if I was just a scale addict, at this point I would start freaking out. I have been passable with my diet. I work out 5 days a week, I drink as much water as possible. All of these things, yet I managed to gain weight. However, then came the body fat testing portion of the day. I jump in get tested and find out that my lean muscle mass is UP!!! It is now 159.5 lbs. My fat weight is up to 84.7 lbs. Which rounds out my overall body fat percentage to 34.7%.
So lets sit down and take a look at the numbers (I hope this comes out looking nice. sweatdrop )
Weight 236.2 -> 244.2 -> + 8lbs
Lean Mass 156.3 -> 159.5 -> +3.2 lbs
Fat Mass 79.9 -> 84.7 -> +4.8 lbs
Fat Percentage 33.8% -> 34.7% -> +0.9%
So overall if you really look at these numbers, my weight gain is not a bad thing. If anything my weight gain is damn near impressive. It is absurdly hard to add on lean muscle mass to your body. In a short 3 month period I added over 3 lbs. That is huge, true I added fat as well, but that is going to happen when you build muscle as well. So even though I gained weight, I would call this past regiment a success.
So yeah, if I had just seen the scale for this entire process. I would have never known that I am actually gaining muscle. The scale provides a simple and easy solution for seeing how much you weigh. However, at the end of the day when you start plateauing or gaining weight the scale will not show you the truth about your health. So every needs to get off the scale and start using a more informative system for tracking fitness, that is all
So back on 6/29/2013 I went in for body fat testing. Then my weight was 236.2 lbs, yeah I am not small. With body fat testing you get a lot of extra information, such as lean muscle mass and actual fat mass. The numbers for those are Lean Mass was 156.3 lbs and fat mass was 79.9 lbs. Rounding me off at 34.7% fat. A lot larger than I was expecting, but I knew I was not small to begin with.
Fast forward to today, I went in for my 3 month after test. So first thing I did was get on the scale.... ~drum roll~ my weight is now 244.2 lbs gonk I went up nearly 8 lbs. Now if I was just a scale addict, at this point I would start freaking out. I have been passable with my diet. I work out 5 days a week, I drink as much water as possible. All of these things, yet I managed to gain weight. However, then came the body fat testing portion of the day. I jump in get tested and find out that my lean muscle mass is UP!!! It is now 159.5 lbs. My fat weight is up to 84.7 lbs. Which rounds out my overall body fat percentage to 34.7%.
So lets sit down and take a look at the numbers (I hope this comes out looking nice. sweatdrop )
Weight 236.2 -> 244.2 -> + 8lbs
Lean Mass 156.3 -> 159.5 -> +3.2 lbs
Fat Mass 79.9 -> 84.7 -> +4.8 lbs
Fat Percentage 33.8% -> 34.7% -> +0.9%
So overall if you really look at these numbers, my weight gain is not a bad thing. If anything my weight gain is damn near impressive. It is absurdly hard to add on lean muscle mass to your body. In a short 3 month period I added over 3 lbs. That is huge, true I added fat as well, but that is going to happen when you build muscle as well. So even though I gained weight, I would call this past regiment a success.
So yeah, if I had just seen the scale for this entire process. I would have never known that I am actually gaining muscle. The scale provides a simple and easy solution for seeing how much you weigh. However, at the end of the day when you start plateauing or gaining weight the scale will not show you the truth about your health. So every needs to get off the scale and start using a more informative system for tracking fitness, that is all