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InBody Scans

At the start and end of every challenge my gym completes a scan and as an information junky, I am ALL in. I have a basic scale at home that only tells me how much my entire system weighs -- somedays that doesn't move, some weeks and months it doesn't move. 

I take my measurements monthly, but even that doesn't capture what is happening on the inside. 

I have shifted my goals to be more about the composition of my body, not just the overall weight. I want to lose fat, gain lean muscle and increase my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) to keep this engine running smoothly. This year I have focused more on what is going on inside.

I want to lower my heartrate recovery time, I want to increase my endurance, I want lift all the heavy things. I want energy, better sleep and a clear mind. 

Let's have a look at the facts...


Total Body Water - I think this number is important to maintain, but really just depends on how much water I drink in a day. My goal is to drink between 3 and 4 litres a day.

Dry Lean Mass - That's the number I want to maintain and grow, that's the muscle I am working SO hard to build. 

Body Fast Mass - the amount of fat I am carrying around day-to-day. Argh. I want this to go down. This number is currently telling me of the 22lbs I have lost, 16.1 of that is FAT. 

Skeletal Muscle Mass - I need to better understand this one. Skeletal muscle is under voluntary control (think biceps), smooth muscle contracts autonomously (or without any thought), and cardiac muscle makes up the main tissue of the heart's walls. I want this one to be comparable over scans and to grow, I think.

BMI - Argh. I don't agree with this measurement, this is the body mass index and out dated system for categorizing people on mass. I want it to go down.

PBF% - Percentage of my weight is fat. This needs to go down, but it is a percentage of my overall weight, so will be trickier to move as I lose.

BMR - I want this to go up. This is the base amount of calories to takes to run this meat suit. The higher it goes, the more I can eat without gaining. Here is my hot take, I am genetically designed to be over weight, nothing I can do about that. My body is going to shift as I age to naturally hold even less muscle mass, so I need to work to keep my muscle mass up, to keep this number up. 

I love information and being able to see how my habits are affecting my body in ways I have never tracked before, I feel good and want to keep motivated as I go into the final challenge of 2023. 

I will update this post as I get more scans. 

Love,

Melanie

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