LISfifty's Journal, 21 March 2021

Start punching someone,😆, check out Hebrews1036. He’s all muscle and will help you.👍 

LOL Love the answer 

Food priority on full chain amino acids protein, resistance training, consistency and patience. Muscle can be eliminated shortly but it takes a lot time to gain back some and it takes an intelligent way of eating and training to succeed. 

LISfifty, just a question --- how do you know which one you lost?  

wait. I'm getting punched? workout for both of us. lol. all I did was use my fitbit averages for NEAT combined with my workouts to see my average daily burn. which is 3200 most weeks. I then set my calories at 2500 for a deficit and 40% protein to maintain muscle mass. I read in your profile your vegan. I don't know anything about that so I'm not much help there. I did a 21 day daniel fast and lost muscle just due to getting that much protein I'm tripling my fat intakes. it's a great way of eating just takes a lot more focus and research to get that much protein. but that's my only secret. 40% protein and carbs and fat make up the other 60%.  

Hmmm- How do you know this?  

I'm guessing she uses a scale that supposedly can measure all of that. Lean mass loss can simply be water. There is no way to know which you lost. 

I weighed myself after that burger for giggles. I gained 3.7 lbs of muscle. 🤣😜🤪 

Do more protein then carbs. 1 to 1 1/2 grams of protein per pound of your weight to maintain muscle mass. I do around 230 to 250 grams of protein daily. My carbs are around 130 to 165 grams daily. This is my cutting grams while gaining muscle or maintaining it. Bulking is a different ball game. 

Weightlift and eat loads of protein rich foods! 

Shrewdness!!! You’re about to get e in hot water!!😂😂 

For those asking, I use an iWellness scale that reports the composition of weight; water, muscle, fat, etc. So when I saw the drop I pulled up the histories on the app and saw that muscle weight moved down from optimal to standard, and the percentage of body fat went up. Are these scales accurate? I do have some confidence. For instance I have been conscientious about getting the percentage of water weight to where it should be and I am about there. I wanted to post an image from the app, but—- don’t see where to post anything except meals.  

Thanks for all of your thought out comments, and for the humor! As you mentioned, I use a plant based meal plan which really does take a lot of research to ensure great health. In addition to that, I prefer to eat whole rather than refined foods, so - I am in the kitchen- a lot! You will not see my food log here. I track with Cronometer and to my knowledge it does not talk to FS. Right now my macronutrient targets are 20/60/40. Getting in even 20% is difficult; especially if you don’t do the meat analogs. But I have been doing something right to have always been in the optimal range of muscle mass so long. Thanks for you all’s wisdom. I will work to kick the protein up and maybe fat up a few notches. In the meantime I did a huge amount of work on the lawn today, and got a lot of resistance work in!! 😂😂The shrubs that I wanted out resisted my efforts but I overcame! We’ll see what tomorrow looks like. Thanks again.  

Lis, I wouldn't worry too much about what the scale's breakdown says. I have one of those digital scales that apparently tells me my body fat %, my bone mass, my "metabolic age", my visceral fat, my muscle mass...I don't assume any of them are accurate. A digital scale will almost certainly not accurately assess your body fat percentage. I take note of the overall number and take my measurements. Assessing BF% is not easy for the average individual. 

I have a kellytech from ebay. It uses the iwellness app. It says I'm 18%. 😂😂😂 No way!! I agree with chevere. Mine went from 18 to 22 over night once. Then back to 18 next night.  

LaughingChever I am going to accept your wisdom. In fact, this viewpoint will ease my stress! Thanks for sharing. This is what’s so great about the FS forum.  

LISfifty, I'm glad it can help ease your stress! Good suggestions about eating a sufficient amount of protein and doing some kind of resistance exercise that is challenging for you. Doesn't matter if you don't start with heavy weights or a gym. Find a weight that is challenging for you if you don't do that already and do more reps. That's what I do, and I'm gradually working my way up before I can go to a gym. 

My scale measures body fat, muscle, H2O, bone, metabolic age, visceral fat. Its important to use it at the same time every day. If I weigh after a long bike ride, my muscle mass will compute a pound or more above my earlier same day pre-ride muscle mass weight. The directions also said it's most accurate when a person is well hydrated. They aren't 100% accurate, but it's nice to see how the data trends up or down depending on diet and physical activity. 

Hebrews, do you have it set to athlete mode,?