I posted an earlier thread about feeling kind of weak and since I've been to my doctor and she's run all kinds of tests which were all normal, I wondered whether it could be that I've just lost a lot of muscle mass.

Well, since I have a Tanita scale and I know where I started out and where I am now, it occurred to me that I could figure out exactly how much muscle (and/or water) I've lost.

Here's the grand total: I've lost 73 pounds Of that, 50 pounds were fat. And 23 pounds were something else, presumably muscle. That's a lot of muscle.

So people, it really is no joke. Eat your Protein and do weight training. Especially those of you who are just starting out and are going to be losing a lot of weight fairly rapidly.

Nancy

I just purchased a Tanita scale at drugstore.com. Some models are on sale right now, and the amt of purchase might qualify for free shipping (it did for me). I noticed there were certain models stated to be capable of measuring body water percentage, as well.

I'm sure some of the weight I lost was Water, but it couldn't have been more than say, 10 pounds? At the most? I just wish that I had realized what the numbers meant when I began to lose a substantial amount of weight. When I had lost 50 pounds, my fat percentage had only gone down 4%, while I had lost 20% of my body weight. Also, I was still wearing the same size I had started out in - or just about. Even now, I am wearing larger sizes than others of my same height and weight. So that is another thing to keep an eye on as you lose because muscle is more compact than fat. If your body isn't actually getting smaller as you lose, you may be losing muscle. Just a thought.

Nancy