Re: Confused about muscle loss

[Guest guest]

At 201.6 lbs w/ 30.82% bf.. your lean body mass (all

your weight EXEPT fat)... was about 141. thats 60

some-odd pounds of FAT.

now.. you weigh in at 181.4 w/ 25.45% bf.. thats a

lean body mass of 135.24 w/ 46 some-od lbs of fat..

so..

you so yes. you are correct.

somewhere you lost muscle. I wouldn't worry about it.

If you feel stronger, and look good, and feel good.

go with it. when you get to your bf% goal.. then you

can start zero-ing in on building muscle back...

what are you eating? are you eating enough protien to

accomodate the muscle repair?

are you doing more cardio than BFL recommends? zoning

into the 40-60 minute per cardio session more than 3x

a week COULD be burning some of your hard earned

muscle as well.... but again.. i wouldnt worry about

it so much until you get to about 15%bf

--- Jon wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I just finished week 12 and was looking at all the

> metrics. If I'm

> doing the math right, I loss 5lbs of muscle.

>

> Starting Weight: 201.6

> Ending Weight: 181.4

>

> 20lbs of scale weight loss...happy about that

>

> Starting Body fat: 30.82%

> Ending Body Fat: 25.54%

>

> I calculate 15 lbs of fat loss and 5 lbs of muscle

> loss. Is that

> possible? I can't see how since I kept increasing

> weights and I'm a

> lot stronger now. What went wrong to cause muscle

> loss?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Jon

>

>

>

>

O

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[Guest guest]

oh.. and lean body mass, again is everything but

fat... .so .. you might not have lost 5 lbs of

muscle... you may have lost 3.5 of muscle, and 1.5 of

a lot of everything else... water.. etc.. there are

many variables.

so .. again.. dont worry about it. for now.

--- O'Connell wrote:

> At 201.6 lbs w/ 30.82% bf.. your lean body mass (all

> your weight EXEPT fat)... was about 141. thats 60

> some-odd pounds of FAT.

>

> now.. you weigh in at 181.4 w/ 25.45% bf.. thats a

> lean body mass of 135.24 w/ 46 some-od lbs of fat..

> so..

> you so yes. you are correct.

>

> somewhere you lost muscle. I wouldn't worry about

> it.

> If you feel stronger, and look good, and feel good.

> go with it. when you get to your bf% goal.. then

> you

> can start zero-ing in on building muscle back...

>

> what are you eating? are you eating enough protien

> to

> accomodate the muscle repair?

>

> are you doing more cardio than BFL recommends?

> zoning

> into the 40-60 minute per cardio session more than

> 3x

> a week COULD be burning some of your hard earned

> muscle as well.... but again.. i wouldnt worry about

> it so much until you get to about 15%bf

>

>

>

>

>

>

> --- Jon wrote:

>

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I just finished week 12 and was looking at all the

> > metrics. If I'm

> > doing the math right, I loss 5lbs of muscle.

> >

> > Starting Weight: 201.6

> > Ending Weight: 181.4

> >

> > 20lbs of scale weight loss...happy about that

> >

> > Starting Body fat: 30.82%

> > Ending Body Fat: 25.54%

> >

> > I calculate 15 lbs of fat loss and 5 lbs of muscle

> > loss. Is that

> > possible? I can't see how since I kept increasing

> > weights and I'm a

> > lot stronger now. What went wrong to cause muscle

> > loss?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Jon

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

> O

> www.aidslifecycle.org/6533

> Please donate to my ride!

> Riding until there is NO AIDS.

>

O

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[Guest guest]

Thanks . I pretty much stuck to the diet. I'd say I did the

40/40/20 95% of the time (except free days where I pigged out). I

also didn't really do any extra cardio...3 days was enough I'm

taking a week off and looking forward to starting challeng 2. Maybe

I'll try to increase the protein next time around. I have a ways to

go to get to my BF% goal (<10%) so I'll keep at it.

Thanks,

Jon

>

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I just finished week 12 and was looking at all the

> > metrics. If I'm

> > doing the math right, I loss 5lbs of muscle.

> >

> > Starting Weight: 201.6

> > Ending Weight: 181.4

> >

> > 20lbs of scale weight loss...happy about that

> >

> > Starting Body fat: 30.82%

> > Ending Body Fat: 25.54%

> >

> > I calculate 15 lbs of fat loss and 5 lbs of muscle

> > loss. Is that

> > possible? I can't see how since I kept increasing

> > weights and I'm a

> > lot stronger now. What went wrong to cause muscle

> > loss?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Jon

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

> O

> www.aidslifecycle.org/6533

> Please donate to my ride!

> Riding until there is NO AIDS.

>

[Guest guest]

I wouldn't worry that much about it. You're losing a lot of bodyfat

which is excellent and the percentage of lean mass loss could be

other things besides just muscle. Keep up the good work.

Adam K

>

> Hi all,

>

> I just finished week 12 and was looking at all the metrics. If

I'm

> doing the math right, I loss 5lbs of muscle.

>

> Starting Weight: 201.6

> Ending Weight: 181.4

>

> 20lbs of scale weight loss...happy about that

>

> Starting Body fat: 30.82%

> Ending Body Fat: 25.54%

>

> I calculate 15 lbs of fat loss and 5 lbs of muscle loss. Is that

> possible? I can't see how since I kept increasing weights and I'm

a

> lot stronger now. What went wrong to cause muscle loss?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Jon

>

[Guest guest]

It may be that your beginning or ending BF isn't correct. BF

measurement is only an estimate. Some methods are more accurate than

others. What measurement method did you use?

Andy

> Hi all,

>

> I just finished week 12 and was looking at all the metrics. If I'm

> doing the math right, I loss 5lbs of muscle.

>

> Starting Weight: 201.6

> Ending Weight: 181.4

>

> 20lbs of scale weight loss...happy about that

>

> Starting Body fat: 30.82%

> Ending Body Fat: 25.54%

>

> I calculate 15 lbs of fat loss and 5 lbs of muscle loss. Is that

> possible? I can't see how since I kept increasing weights and I'm a

> lot stronger now. What went wrong to cause muscle loss?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Jon

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for all the responses. I actually used two methods

and they were remarkably similar.

1) A formula I found on the web using weight and Belly size.

2) A scale at our house that also gives body fat % by sending

electrical pulses through the body or something like that.

I actually have an appt on May 8th at a local college where they do

the dunk tank for $30. That's the date I start challenge 2. I'll

see what that says and then do it again in 12 weeks.

Thanks again!

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I just finished week 12 and was looking at all the metrics. If

I'm

> > doing the math right, I loss 5lbs of muscle.

> >

> > Starting Weight: 201.6

> > Ending Weight: 181.4

> >

> > 20lbs of scale weight loss...happy about that

> >

> > Starting Body fat: 30.82%

> > Ending Body Fat: 25.54%

> >

> > I calculate 15 lbs of fat loss and 5 lbs of muscle loss. Is that

> > possible? I can't see how since I kept increasing weights and

I'm a

> > lot stronger now. What went wrong to cause muscle loss?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Jon

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for all the responses. I actually used two methods

and they were remarkably similar.

1) A formula I found on the web using weight and Belly size.

2) A scale at our house that also gives body fat % by sending

electrical pulses through the body or something like that.

I actually have an appt on May 8th at a local college where they do

the dunk tank for $30. That's the date I start challenge 2. I'll

see what that says and then do it again in 12 weeks.

Thanks again!

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I just finished week 12 and was looking at all the metrics. If

I'm

> > doing the math right, I loss 5lbs of muscle.

> >

> > Starting Weight: 201.6

> > Ending Weight: 181.4

> >

> > 20lbs of scale weight loss...happy about that

> >

> > Starting Body fat: 30.82%

> > Ending Body Fat: 25.54%

> >

> > I calculate 15 lbs of fat loss and 5 lbs of muscle loss. Is that

> > possible? I can't see how since I kept increasing weights and

I'm a

> > lot stronger now. What went wrong to cause muscle loss?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Jon

>

[Guest guest]

Lean body mass also includes water.

So, you could have lost water weight too.

>

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I just finished week 12 and was looking at all the

> > metrics. If I'm

> > doing the math right, I loss 5lbs of muscle.

> >

> > Starting Weight: 201.6

> > Ending Weight: 181.4

> >

> > 20lbs of scale weight loss...happy about that

> >

> > Starting Body fat: 30.82%

> > Ending Body Fat: 25.54%

> >

> > I calculate 15 lbs of fat loss and 5 lbs of muscle

> > loss. Is that

> > possible? I can't see how since I kept increasing

> > weights and I'm a

> > lot stronger now. What went wrong to cause muscle

> > loss?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Jon

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

> O

> www.aidslifecycle.org/6533

> Please donate to my ride!

> Riding until there is NO AIDS.

>

[Guest guest]

I forgot abuot this. Good point!

Andy

> Lean body mass also includes water.

> So, you could have lost water weight too.