I just had a DEXA scan and it confirmed my suspicions. I'm thin on the outside and still soft in the middle. What I mean by that is that even though my BMI is 22, my fat is 37%. Ugg! Plus I'm still an apple. My waist to hip ratio is 1.12 (goal less than 0.8). The good news is that my bones look good. Yay for me. They did say my recorded fat % may be a bit high since I have some loose skin on my tummy which is just skin and fat. I guess I have some more work to do. I need to increase my lean muscle while loosing some more fat. I hope it will be easier to do once spring/summer comes since I enjoy the outside way more than the inside of a gym. Has anyone had similar results and what did you do to improve them?

2 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

Actually no, I had forgotten about it. My scale says I have 31% body fat though (not sure what is typical for a woman). I know it’s not exactly precise but I wonder how close it is to accurate. I still have a bit to lose to reach my goal, i may still do it to see how close my scale is. I am curious to know how your second one goes though (how it compares to the first). I wish I could have afforded to do one before to have something to compare it to.

I keep meaning to use my home body fat scale in between, but it's such a PITA that I never use it!

Here is what I found on Body fat %

	Women	Men
Athletes	14-20%	6-13%
Fitness	21-24%	14-17%
Acceptable	25-31%	18-25%
Obese	32% plus	26% plus

21 minutes ago, lizonaplane said:

I keep meaning to use my home body fat scale in between, but it's such a PITA that I never use it!

Here is what I found on Body fat %

	Women	Men
Athletes	14-20%	6-13%
Fitness	21-24%	14-17%
Acceptable	25-31%	18-25%
Obese	32% plus	26% plus

Well at least I’m acceptable. Lol. That’s if it were accurate. It would make sense though cause I am just at the cusp and I’m just at the cusp of normal weight and obese also.

I get one annually. Including my first baseline one, i’ve had 4 so far.

I can’t remember exactly what the number was at the very beginning…but it was something in the low-mid 40s (talking about percentage of body fat stat)

But at Year 1 it was 13% (i still maintain the machine was broken that day)
Y2: 22%
Y3: 24%

For funsies, am including some google searched images of what body fat percentages look like on men and women below (this is just an example!!)

Though despite what it shows below, i looked NOTHING like that first example pic in my first year (before plastics) I was waaay less FIRM-looking lol.

5 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

I get one annually. Including my first baseline one, i’ve had 4 so far.

I can’t remember exactly what the number was at the very beginning…but it was something in the low-mid 40s (talking about percentage of body fat stat)

But at Year 1 it was 13% (i still maintain the machine was broken that day)
Y2: 22%
Y3: 24%

For funsies, am including some google searched images of what body fat percentages look like on men and women below (this is just an example!!)

Though despite what it shows below, i looked NOTHING like that first example pic in my first year (before plastics) I was waaay less FIRM-looking lol.

At my first one (which was several months into my weight loss journey but a few months before surgery) I was over 55%. My current body fat per my home scale is 48.7% (by my home scale in May it was 57%).

I don't know about these pictures. My semi-ex boyfriend has a 6% body fat and he just looks really scrawny, no muscles at all. He is strong, but there's no six pack or anything. Certainly no pectoral definition (or arm definition for that matter).

6 minutes ago, lizonaplane said:

I don't know about these pictures. My semi-ex boyfriend has a 6% body fat and he just looks really scrawny, no muscles at all. He is strong, but there's no six pack or anything. Certainly no pectoral definition (or arm definition for that matter).

Yeah, these are more for peeps who actually exercise. Though i imagine someone with 6 percent body fat with little to no muscle would essentially be comprised literally of just skin and bones!

”semi-ex boyfriend”….? LOVE. IT.

Just now, ms.sss said:

Yeah, these are more for peeps who actually exercise. Though i imagine someone with 6 percent body fat with little to no muscle would essentially be comprised literally of just skin and bones!

”semi-ex boyfriend”….? LOVE. IT.

He is basically skin and bones and a giant but dysfunctional brain. We're still very close. The word in Spanish is "amigovios", if you speak Spanish. If not, it's a cross between "amigos" (friends) and "novios" (boyfriend/girlfriend).

He's actually really supportive of my weight loss efforts, despite liking larger women and not understanding weight issues at all. He's 5'10" and weighs 135lb soaking wet and holding a cheese stick (that is literally how he weighed himself when he was here last).

Your DEXA scans are $150?!?! Out here it's $39.99 and they're in mobile vans. I had one in December (really wanted to be under 30%, came in at 30.7% damn it) and the next will be scheduled mid-March.

7 minutes ago, vikingbeast said:

Your DEXA scans are $150?!?! Out here it's $39.99 and they're in mobile vans. I had one in December (really wanted to be under 30%, came in at 30.7% damn it) and the next will be scheduled mid-March.

Mine are $99. I'm in Boston. There might be more competition in CA. I have to go up to the 4th floor of an old building. I would be thrilled to be at 30.7%!!!! I'm hoping for 45% lol

2 minutes ago, lizonaplane said:

Mine are $99. I'm in Boston. There might be more competition in CA. I have to go up to the 4th floor of an old building. I would be thrilled to be at 30.7%!!!! I'm hoping for 45% lol

Women always have higher bodyfat than men—I'm aiming for under 20% and hoping for 15%.

1 minute ago, vikingbeast said:

Women always have higher bodyfat than men—I'm aiming for under 20% and hoping for 15%.

Yes, I realize that, but you're doing pretty good even for a guy! What did you start at?

Update: I got my DEXA scan yesterday. I went down from 51.6% to 41.7%!!! I know I have a long way to go before I'm healthy, but I was excited. I lost about 12 lbs of lean mass, but also lost 50lbs of fat mass. This is since Jun 2021, so two months before my surgery when I'd already lost 40 lbs from my highest weight.

I'm trying to decide how long I want to wait until my next scan, but in reality it will likely be dictated more by my travel schedule.

1 hour ago, lizonaplane said:

Update: I got my DEXA scan yesterday. I went down from 51.6% to 41.7%!!! I know I have a long way to go before I'm healthy, but I was excited. I lost about 12 lbs of lean mass, but also lost 50lbs of fat mass. This is since Jun 2021, so two months before my surgery when I'd already lost 40 lbs from my highest weight.

I'm trying to decide how long I want to wait until my next scan, but in reality it will likely be dictated more by my travel schedule.

I think you said you were hoping to be below 45 so 41.7 yay. That is awesome.