March/April Weight Management Challenge

[goldfinch]

I think hydration may effect bodpod results. Body fat is partly water. Muscle is partly water. Bones are partly water. Water is in everything. That said, there is more water in muscle than in fat. For example, a person who has a fat percentage of 40% will have less water weight than a person who has a fat percentage of 20% but who is the same weight.



Factors that may affect accuracy of the Bod Pod

Hydration status and increases in muscle temperature can adversely affect calculation results
Also, it is imperative to breath normal, remain still, and keep hands in lap while being assessed by the Bod Pod (any slight movement or change in breathing pattern may affect results) http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwfit/bodycomp.html

[Catrin]

I think hydration may effect bodpod results. Body fat is partly water. Muscle is partly water. Bones are partly water. Water is in everything. That said, there is more water in muscle than in fat. For example, a person who has a fat percentage of 40% will have less water weight than a person who has a fat percentage of 20% but who is the same weight.



Factors that may affect accuracy of the Bod Pod

Hydration status and increases in muscle temperature can adversely affect calculation results
Also, it is imperative to breath normal, remain still, and keep hands in lap while being assessed by the Bod Pod (any slight movement or change in breathing pattern may affect results) http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwfit/bodycomp.html

Ahhhhh, so if I were partially dehydrated (this happens more often than I care to admit), then this might well have skewed the results a bit. Interesting - and I've been searching the internet for this kind of information. I was told not to have anything by mouth for 3 hours prior to the test so I didn't . Thanks!

[emily_in_nc]

107.5

We were traveling 4 days this past week (Tu-Fri) and ate tons of yummy food, so I'm not too upset about that. Still really wanting to get to 105 by the end of May as I'm traveling to North Carolina to see my folks on June 3, and I know my mom will be food pushing to the extreme!

[Tri Girl]

163
Not as much as I'd hoped for, but it's 3 lbs less than I started out at and I'll take it. I'm hoping that this time, if I lose SLOWLY that it will actually stay off. I'm happy with 1.5 lbs a month. Maybe that way it won't come back like it ALWAYS has.
And if I keep it up, 1.5 lbs a month adds up; by the end of the year I can be 12 lbs lighter.

I have noticed my clothes are getting looser from all the strength training, so even if the scale isn't dropping much, the proof is in the waistband.

[Catrin]

Bod Pod revisited...our coach asked me to re-do the test this morning and I did. We did it at the same time as the original, and I had on the exact same clothing. I couldn't compare all of the results until tonight as I had to get to the office and didn't have time for him to dig through the computer.

I already knew from this morning that I actually lost 4% of my body fat - didn't gain 3 lbs body fat after all. I also gained a bit over 3 pounds of muscle from the original. That is more like it!

We are unsure what happened Friday, a new person conducted the test, that may or may not be related, perhaps the calibration was slightly off. Considering I feel better and stronger than before (and can certainly do quite a lot more) the results from this test makes more sense.

So....never mind. Obviously the new diet/calorie guidelines are working for me - though I am still going to tweak timing...

For the next challenge I will pick a maintenance weight, that seems wiser at this point than trying to "lose" while trying to build muscle. Competing goals...

[goldfinch]

Good news Catrin! These results make a lot more sense, given that you were feeling good and felt no loss of strength.

[Crankin]

105.8
Not sure why I am up a bit. I was very happy with the fact that I weighed only 106.2 after my weekend away last Monday and I quickly went down to 105. I have been trying to eat more vegetarian meals, to get my LDL down, but I am feeling it limits me. It's not that I don't like tofu and beans, but I also like to eat a wide variety of foods and it's hard to eat semi-Paleo and veggie. I have been eating chicken and fish a bit, but I think I am going to add some other red meats back in 1-2 days a week. When I don't have that, I eat more whole wheat pasta and bread..