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c/glp1muscle·posted 1 year ago by u/joaquin_trevino

[Question] how do you actually verify FFMI

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how do you actually verify FFMI. If this has been answered properly somewhere, link me and I will delete.

Tracked grip strength and three lifts monthly. Cheaper than scanning and directionally the same answer.

Protein was the whole problem. Appetite dropped and I was eating well under target without noticing for a month.

Kept the same programme for a year instead of changing it every six weeks. That was the change that worked.

Please do not ask me what dose you should be on. I genuinely do not know and neither does anyone else here.

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u/emil_okwuosa144 points·1 year ago

Hydration status and fasting state affect the lean mass estimate. Standardising both is the difference between a comparison and a coin toss.

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u/throwaway_wl202624 points·1 year ago·edited

Lost slower for six months deliberately and my composition change was not obviously different. Training was what mattered.

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u/trialwatch_theotrial nerd109 points·1 year ago

training volume matters more than training novelty

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u/titration_marshalmod · c/semaglutide74 points·1 year ago

Same DEXA machine both times?

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u/hassan_chowdhury39 points·1 year ago

resistance training first, cardio if there is time left

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u/step_count_stan52 points·1 year ago

What is protein intake actually looking like, measured rather than estimated?

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u/hassan_chowdhury-4 points·1 year ago

How many weeks between the two scans?

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u/sanne_novak1 point·1 year ago

lean mass loss during weight loss is expected, the question is how much

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u/lina_dziedzic1 point·1 year ago·edited

Small fix — that is fat-free mass, not muscle mass. The scan cannot separate them the way the post assumes.

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