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Mrs Sunny wrote:Months ago I bought a scale which can also show water in %, bone mass in %, estimated fitness age, protein in %, BMR, visceral fat, skeletal muscle in %, body fat in % and calculated BMI. I'm quite new to the Starch Solution and already can see that my weight is slowly dropping, but I'm somehow concerned about my body fat since it's slowly rising.
Is this an effect of changing my diet? (I did a diet rich in protein before)
As a numbers guy, I own a body fat scale. I know it is not accurate but I also know it is consistent and reliable. So, I don't believe the number I see is accurate, but I know if there is any long term trend up or down, that is most likely is accurate. For me, it is more fun then anything else.
At Pritikin, we owned a state of the art DEXA, the new gold standard. For fun, I ran several test on myself within minutes of each other, and several test within a week, with out changing exercise or food and there was quite a variance, even outside of the +/- 3% accuracy you often hear.
JeffN wrote:While some individuals, especially those who like numbers, may choose to focus on these things, we do not recommend them, especially to the newcomer and especially to somebody posting for their first time. It is just not the focus of our program.
The single most important concept to someone trying to lose weight and or maintain it, is calorie density.
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