is it normal to get food noise at week 20
is it normal to get food noise at week 20. Posting the boring middle of the process, because the internet is full of the start and the end and nothing else. Some lean mass loss accompanies weight loss in any deficit. Resistance training and adequate protein intake are the two interventions with the best evidence for…
DEXA has a meaningful coefficient of variation, and it differs between machines and protocols. Comparing scans from different clinics adds a systematic offset that is invisible on the report.
Reminder that nobody here is prescribing training and the sidebar says so.
lean mass loss during weight loss is expected, the question is how much
do not compare your composition to a trial average
Push back: strength dropping in a deficit is not the same as lean mass loss. Related, not identical.
Two scans on the same machine 20 months apart. Lean mass held better than I expected and the lifts told the same story for free.
a single DEXA is a number, two is a comparison, three is a trend
the scale cannot distinguish tissue types and never could
That protein figure is grams per day, not grams per kilogram. Different claim entirely.
strength retention is a decent proxy and it is free