For what it’s worth…
Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Allison
I still have no concept whether my weight/body fat scale is worth a nickel.
BUT…here’s what my scale says today: 151.6 / 33%
When I first started measuring — using this scale, that is — I weighed 150.4 and 37%. Four percentage points (if this scale is accurate at all) is something that makes me smile.
Let’s do a little math here.
March 9th: 150.4lbs , 94.75 lean mass, 55.65 fat
Today: 151.6lbs, 101.57 lean mass, 50.3 fat
If (yes, I know that’s a big if) this scale is correct, I’ve lost nearly 5-1/2 pounds of fat in the past three-ish weeks. And, I’ve gained nearly 7 pounds of muscle.
Does anyone with experience know if that’s likely?
7 lbs of muscle would be a really big gain in that short amt. of time. BUT - I would guess that a big part of it is muscle & the other part is water retention (from PMS & the muscles swelling/hanging on to some water.) I also know that those scales (are you using the Tanita one?) are sometimes inaccurate - but great for tracking changes like you are doing. Woohoo!