[Question] creatine while eating 1,400 calories — worth it
creatine while eating 1,400 calories — worth it, and I want the answer with the reasoning attached rather than just the conclusion. 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. Some lean mass loss…
Right — strength retention is a free proxy and it tracks better than most people expect.
nothing on this board is a training or nutrition prescription
Right — strength retention is a free proxy and it tracks better than most people expect.
Adding the free proxy — track a few lifts monthly. It costs nothing and it is longitudinal.
Adding the free proxy — track a few lifts monthly.
Agreed — and same machine, same conditions, or the two scans are not comparable.
lean mass loss during weight loss is expected, the question is how much
Not convinced by that DEXA comparison. Different machine, different protocol, and the difference is inside the error.
Correction: those scans are from different machines, and the difference you are describing is within the measurement error.
Agreed — protein and resistance training. Everything else in these threads is a rounding error on those two.