anyone else notice resistance training kicking in around week 92
Six-word version is the title — anyone else notice resistance training kicking in around week 92 — and the rest is context. DEXA has a meaningful coefficient of variation, and it differs between machines and protocols. Comparing scans from different clinics adds a systematic offset that is invisible on the report.…
Three scans over eighteen months, same machine, same conditions. Only the third one made the first two interpretable.
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strength retention is a decent proxy and it is free
nothing on this board is a training or nutrition prescription
the appetite effect makes eating enough protein a logistics problem
Right — strength retention is a free proxy and it tracks better than most people expect.
FFMI is a ratio and it moves when either term moves
Reminder that nobody here is prescribing training and the sidebar says so.
losing weight slower does not automatically preserve more lean mass
Yes. Lean mass change during weight loss is expected; the useful question is the proportion, not whether it happens.