tried protein for 24 weeks. here is what happened.
Something I keep coming back to: tried protein for 24 weeks. here is what happened. Pulling the figures out of the title: 24 weeks. All of it is written down as it happened rather than reconstructed. Reduced appetite makes hitting a protein target a logistics problem rather than a motivation problem, which is why the…
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.
Fat-free mass index is a ratio of fat-free mass to height squared. It moves when either term does, which makes it awkward to interpret during active weight change.
Small fix — that is fat-free mass, not muscle mass. The scan cannot separate them the way the post assumes.
Lost slower for six months deliberately and my composition change was not obviously different. Training was what mattered.
Compared two scans from different clinics and panicked over a difference that was inside the error margin.
Push back: strength dropping in a deficit is not the same as lean mass loss. Related, not identical.