my ApoB moved and I cannot work out whether resistance training is why
The title is the argument: my ApoB moved and I cannot work out whether resistance training is why. Here is the rest of it.
Nothing here is a training or nutrition prescription. Targets and programmes are matters for somebody who knows your history and your training background.
Reduced appetite makes hitting a protein target a logistics problem rather than a motivation problem, which is why the practical advice here is about timing and food choice rather than willpower.
Strength retention is an imperfect but free longitudinal proxy: it is affected by neural factors and by being in a deficit, so it tracks tissue change loosely rather than exactly.
If somebody has the same thing measured a different way, post it next to mine and we will see whether they agree.
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Fat-free mass index is a ratio of fat-free mass to height squared. It moves when either term does, which makes it awkward to interpret during active weight change.
do not compare your composition to a trial average
Left up. Same machine, stated conditions, honest about the error margin.
Have the lifts held, dropped, or moved around?
Some lean mass loss accompanies weight loss in any deficit. Resistance training and adequate protein intake are the two interventions with the best evidence for limiting the proportion.
What was the rate of weight change over that window?
Protein was the whole problem. Appetite dropped and I was eating well under target without noticing for a month.
No training or nutrition prescriptions for other members. Describe what you did.
Hydration status and fasting state affect the lean mass estimate. Standardising both is the difference between a comparison and a coin toss.
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.
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