April 22nd, 2010 by M
Here’s my 15th post of a series about my Body Key Indicators or BKI.
My BKI for this week are…
Weighing on Tuesday April 20, 2010: 150 lbs (-1)
| Method |
Fat % |
Fat Mass lbs |
Lean Mass lbs |
| J/P3 |
15.89 (+0.15) |
23.84 (+0.07) |
126.16 (-1.07) |
| BIA |
18.9 (-0.4) |
28.35 (-0.79) |
121.65 (-0.21) |
This week isn’t too bad. I managed to loose close to a lb of fat (0.79) and a tad of muscle (0.21 lb). But again, the difference between the 2 methods is significant (3.01%).
I should not go crazy about the difference. All methods have some error margin. It’s not like if numbers go in every directions. At each measurement, the trend is usually the same or very close. Which is, in the end, what counts.
Until next post, Lift Consciously 
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April 15th, 2010 by M
Here’s my 14th post of a series about my Body Key Indicators or BKI.
My BKI for this week are…
Body weight on Monday April 12, 2010: 151 lbs (-0.4)
| Method |
Fat % |
Fat Mass lbs |
Lean Mass lbs |
| J/P3 |
15.74 (-2.2) |
23.77 (-3.39) |
127.23 (+2.99) |
| BIA |
19.3 (-0.2) |
29.14 (-0.38) |
121.86 (-0.02) |
The difference between the 2 methods is more than what it was in the previous weeks. This is a bit of a surprise since I was having very similar numbers. Not really a problem, though, because one thing is clear: I’m losing fat!
Until next post, Lift Consciously
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March 30th, 2010 by M
This is the 5th update about my 2nd Quebec Experiment.
Last week is a replay of the week before. My BKI are almost the same. I managed to lose almost 1 lb (0.98) of fat, which is good. But in the process, I also lost 3/4 lb (0.72) of lean mass…
During this experiment (which is in fact a diet), losing 1 to 2 lbs of fat is great. Losing 1/2 to 3/4 lb of muscle is not.
Because I’m a little aggressive in my fat loss goal, I’m not fooling myself into thinking I will preserve my lean mass intact. On the other hand, losing roughly an average of half a pound of muscle per week is unexpected. But do I have any choice?
In their book Rework, Fried and Hansson are saying that:
When things aren’t working, the natural inclination is to throw more at the problem.
(Sorry, I cannot tell the page number. I’m reading it on my Kindle and there is no pagination.)
Maybe I should try something different… I will have to give it some thoughts. In between, for this week I have no choice but to cut in my aerobic workouts. The reason is I have deadlines this week at work and I won’t be able to train as much.
Until next post, Lift Consciously
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