The real muscle and fat gain: October

The real muscle and fat gain: October - December 2009

I was having trouble believing the fat numbers using my omron fat monitor, so I analyzed my numbers using the measurements taken with the body fat calipers. There is a world of difference. These numbers are more believable. Makes me think if I should just stop checking fat % using omoron body fat analyzer. It will be an expensive body weight scale then.

I take fat caliper measurements every weekend only. As a result I cannot show the pretty graphs that I usually have in my posts because there will only be 4 data points per month. Anyway here are the numbers again but with body fat calipers.

October 1, 2009 Stats

Weight: 118.51 lbs
Fat %: 8.74%
Fat: 10.64 lbs
Lean Mass: 108.15 lbs

December 31, 2009 Stats

Weight: 126 lbs
Fat %: 11.6%
Fat: 14.62 lbs
Lean Mass: 111.38 lbs

Change in 3 months

Weight: 7.49 lbs
Fat %: 2.86%
Fat: 4.26 lbs
Lean Mass: 3.23 lbs

Those are much better numbers. When I set the goals I wanted to gain 3.75 lbs of muscle while limiting the fat gain to 3.25 lbs. I came close to that goal. I gained about 3.23 lbs of muscle and 4.26 lbs of fat. In retrospect I should have been careful with my fat gain, but overall I did good. Not as bad as my previous analysis led me to believe :)

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