Sometimes family and work come before blogging But that does not mean that I have gone off the program.  In fact, something interesting happened on the way to a sub-10% body fat measurement…I gained lean body mass!  The last time I measured, I was 17.4% body fat at 225 pounds, which works out to 185.15 pounds of lean body mass, and 39.15 pounds of fat (yuck!)

Last night, I measured my body fat again - this time at a scale weight of 223.  The body fat measurement came in at 16.4%, which works out to be 186.43 pounds of lean body mass and 36.57 pounds of fat (still yuck, but better!).  So for those keeping track at home, that is 1.28 pounds of lean body mass added and 3 pounds of fat lost over the course of a week, even though there was only a 2 pound movement on the scale weight.  This is why I do not advocate using a scale to measure your fat loss progress as it doesn't account for important body composition changes such as this one.

Just as a refresher, I started this program at a scale weight of 234.6 pounds, but did not have an accurate body fat measurement to work from.  So let's see where we end up this weekend.