Body Fat Percentage

I had surgery almost one year ago to the day. Day of surgery I was down about 40 pounds from my all-time high and now 12 months later I'm down about 80 pounds.

I have been recently dismayed that since about August I am essentially not losing any weight. I mean don't get me wrong I'm happy to maintain but I have been stuck at 230 literally since the middle of summer.

It's crazy though, because I exercise a ton and eat junk, almost all vegetables and lean Protein. I eating over 100 g protein day at least. And my total calorie intake is 1800 a day on a bad day and 1400 or so on a good day. It made no sense to me that I could ride hundred miles on my bike in a week and still see no movement of the scale.

Well this week I went to the YMCA and they did a " in body " Analysis on me. One of the most interesting things that came up is that my body fat percentage is 21%. In July my body fat percentage was 29%. One year ago percentage was 38%.

I am 6 foot one and I am exactly the same weight as I was four months ago. But over that for months I have lost 8% body fat!!

So apparently I am adding muscle or bone and I guess losing fat.

I can't tell you how encouraging to me this feels. Everyone says to stay off the scale, and it is really hard for me to do that. But this recent revelation to me understand why. It's so easy to get fixated on or discouraged by data, and that is terrible it is bad data.

Keep up the good fight y'all. I'm not giving up yet.

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