Fat pounds vs. other pounds

I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've lost, about
70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other 30% have been either
water or muscle, but I don't know how to find out how much of each. I have
been doing moderate strength training at Curves, so I hope I've helped
minimize muscle loss to some degree. Anyway, is this 70% good, or should
it be higher?

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Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Luna wrote:

I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've lost, about
70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other 30% have been either
water or muscle, but I don't know how to find out how much of each. I have
been doing moderate strength training at Curves, so I hope I've helped
minimize muscle loss to some degree. Anyway, is this 70% good, or should
it be higher?

I don't believe there is any way a layman can estimate this really.
You can only guess and never know. I've had a number of half pound
increases in a single day... is that water weight, is that lean muscle
building, just fat bouncing back, excess waste in colon. Nearly
impossible to determine without professional/scientific methods.

I think for scientific studies they submerse you in water to measure
volume and do some calculation from weight vs body volume.
DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)

Luna writes:
I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've
lost, about 70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other 30%
have been either water or muscle, but I don't know how to find out
how much of each.

I've never seen anything that figures it out. As long as you're not
losing strength, I wouldn't worry about it.

I have been doing moderate strength training at Curves, so I hope
I've helped minimize muscle loss to some degree.

That seems to be accepted, that weight training helps spare muscle
loss. Sufficient protein intake does also.

Anyway, is this 70% good, or should it be higher?

The trick to body building is to at least keep it above 50% each way -
lose more fat than muscle, gain more muscle than fat. So yeah, 70% is
good. Remember, there's LBM associated with adipose tissue too, so
it's not just muscle.

I know I lost muscle. I will be using a caliper to pinch my skin in certain
places to estimate my body fat %. Using a Jackson & Pollack method. It is
cheap and pretty accurate.

Enjoy,
Curt

"Luna" wrote in message
...
I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've lost,
about
70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other 30% have been either
water or muscle, but I don't know how to find out how much of each. I
have
been doing moderate strength training at Curves, so I hope I've helped
minimize muscle loss to some degree. Anyway, is this 70% good, or should
it be higher?

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

I don't think I've lose any muscle, in fact, I'd bet good money that I have
gained muscle mass since I started weight training. I think the fat
measurment techniques are too inaccurate for someone who is not very
skilled.

curt wrote:
:: I know I lost muscle. I will be using a caliper to pinch my skin in
:: certain places to estimate my body fat %. Using a Jackson & Pollack
:: method. It is cheap and pretty accurate.
::
:: Enjoy,
:: Curt
::
:: "Luna" wrote in message
:: ...
::: I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've
::: lost, about 70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other 30%
::: have been either water or muscle, but I don't know how to find out
::: how much of each. I have been doing moderate strength training at
::: Curves, so I hope I've helped minimize muscle loss to some degree.
::: Anyway, is this 70% good, or should it be higher?
:::
::: --
::: Michelle Levin
::: http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
:::
::: I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3
::: flaws.

Yes, for someone that isn't very skilled you may be right. That isn't me
however. I am skilled.

I lost some muscle from running. That is always a problem for runners. I
am lifiting now and it is helping.

Curt


"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
...
I don't think I've lose any muscle, in fact, I'd bet good money that I
have
gained muscle mass since I started weight training. I think the fat
measurment techniques are too inaccurate for someone who is not very
skilled.

curt wrote:
:: I know I lost muscle. I will be using a caliper to pinch my skin in
:: certain places to estimate my body fat %. Using a Jackson & Pollack
:: method. It is cheap and pretty accurate.
::
:: Enjoy,
:: Curt
::
:: "Luna" wrote in message
:: ...
::: I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've
::: lost, about 70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other 30%
::: have been either water or muscle, but I don't know how to find out
::: how much of each. I have been doing moderate strength training at
::: Curves, so I hope I've helped minimize muscle loss to some degree.
::: Anyway, is this 70% good, or should it be higher?
:::
::: --
::: Michelle Levin
::: http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
:::
::: I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3
::: flaws.

curt wrote:
:: I lost some muscle from running. That is always a problem for
:: runners. I am lifiting now and it is helping.

Yep....running will do that to ya!

::
:: Curt
::
::
:: "Roger Zoul" wrote in message
:: ...
::: I don't think I've lose any muscle, in fact, I'd bet good money
::: that I have gained muscle mass since I started weight training. I
::: think the fat measurment techniques are too inaccurate for someone
::: who is not very skilled.
:::
::: curt wrote:
::::: I know I lost muscle. I will be using a caliper to pinch my skin
::::: in certain places to estimate my body fat %. Using a Jackson &
::::: Pollack method. It is cheap and pretty accurate.
:::::
::::: Enjoy,
::::: Curt
:::::
::::: "Luna" wrote in message
::::: ...
:::::: I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've
:::::: lost, about 70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other
:::::: 30% have been either water or muscle, but I don't know how to
:::::: find out how much of each. I have been doing moderate strength
:::::: training at Curves, so I hope I've helped minimize muscle loss
:::::: to some degree. Anyway, is this 70% good, or should it be higher?
::::::
:::::: --
:::::: Michelle Levin
:::::: http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
::::::
:::::: I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have
:::::: 3 flaws.

For every pound of body fat, there is 2 and 1/4 pounds of metabolic
water so when you loose a pound of fat, you also lose 2 and 1/4 pounds
of water, total 3 and 1/4 pounds .

Luna wrote:
I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've lost, about
70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other 30% have been either
water or muscle, but I don't know how to find out how much of each. I have
been doing moderate strength training at Curves, so I hope I've helped
minimize muscle loss to some degree. Anyway, is this 70% good, or should
it be higher?

Interesting. Where did you learn this? Can you point me to any websites
that talk about stuff like that?

In article ,
Kabah Wabah wrote:

For every pound of body fat, there is 2 and 1/4 pounds of metabolic
water so when you loose a pound of fat, you also lose 2 and 1/4 pounds
of water, total 3 and 1/4 pounds .

Luna wrote:
I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've lost, about
70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other 30% have been either
water or muscle, but I don't know how to find out how much of each. I have
been doing moderate strength training at Curves, so I hope I've helped
minimize muscle loss to some degree. Anyway, is this 70% good, or should
it be higher?



--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Luna wrote:

I just did some math and figured out that of the 43 pounds I've lost, about
70% of those pounds were fat. I assume the other 30% have been either
water or muscle, but I don't know how to find out how much of each. I have
been doing moderate strength training at Curves, so I hope I've helped
minimize muscle loss to some degree. Anyway, is this 70% good, or should
it be higher?

i don't think it matters. you've lost 43 of them, and that's great.
keep working out and don't worry too much about percentages as long as
you feel good.