Accuracy Matters

Today I decided to find a location where I could have an accurate weight taken.  It's been quite some time since I stepped onto a scale that I could feel confident was calibrated and on target.  Sure, my bathroom scale serves its purpose week in and week out, but sometimes you need more accuracy than your bathroom scale can offer.

I made my way to Gold's Gym and had one of their trainers weigh me.  He also performed an InBody Body Composition Analysis - more about that in a second.

Good news - my weight was 170.4 pounds, down another 1.1 pounds from my last weigh in on the bathroom scale.

Unfortunately, there was some bad news.

The InBody test is a similar test as the Hydrostatic Body Composition Test, but not as accurate, so I need to take the results with a grain of salt.  However, even with a grain of salt one thing is clear - my FAT loss has slowed and my lean tissue loss has increased.

My last Hydro test indicated I had 118.4 pounds of lean tissue.  Today's InBody test indicated I have only 106.8 pounds of lean tissue, a loss of 11.6 pounds of lean tissue.  Pounds of FAT last time was 64.6 pounds.  Today's InBody test indicated I have 63.6 pounds of FAT, a loss of only 1.0 pound of FAT.

This is disappointing, but I have to remember what my life has been like since November - STRESSFUL!  I've had no time for exercise and the weight loss has been accomplished simply by a lack of appetite due to stress.

This is a much needed wake up call.  I can't let stress take over and now, with these results in hand, I'm ready to take charge again.

-- Kristin