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lose weight without depleting muscle mass, but at the same time not lose body fat percentage?
If so, what kind of things do you think is going on in a situation like this?

Jason Salamone
 
The reason why I ask is because there is this dude at the gym I worked out at. He's been there for years, and is always there. He complains to me and others about it too. He's been definitely losing weight, and has gotten more muscular too over the past several months too, but yet his body fat percentage has not really decreased at all.
I was baffled myself, so I thought I'd ask here too...

Jason Salamone
 
Well, if it's a percentage there's absolutely no reason why it couldn't decrease. If we're talking about "body fat" (without the percentage in it) that's a different story.

You could weight 165 lbs and have a 10% BF => 16,5 lbs of your weight is fat.
You could weight 145 lbs and have a 10% BF => 14,5 lbs of your weight is fat.

So you lost 20 lbs and still have the same BF %, yet your BF decreased. Of course, in this example, you also lost a lot of muscle.

Jason Salamone said:
He's been definitely losing weight, and has gotten more muscular too over the past several months too.
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Now THIS is weird. Not possible to gain muscle and lose weight at the same time. Something's not quite right here.

Unless his bones disappeared or he was carrying a lot of water weight, the weight loss has to come from either fat or muscle. What else could you be losing then????
 
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Junkiex said:
Well, if it's a percentage there's absolutely no reason why it couldn't decrease. If we're talking about "body fat" (without the percentage in it) that's a different story.

You could weight 165 lbs and have a 10% BF => 16,5 lbs of your weight is fat.
You could weight 145 lbs and have a 10% BF => 14,5 lbs of your weight is fat.

So you lost 20 lbs and still have the same BF %, yet your BF decreased. Of course, in this example, you also lost a lot of muscle.



Now THIS is weird. Not possible to gain muscle and lose weight at the same time. Something's not quite right here.

Unless his bones disappeared or he was carrying a lot of water weight, the weight loss has to come from either fat or muscle.
What else could you be losing then????
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I just hear his complaints.
There's quite possibly more to the story that he's not sharing.

Jason Salamone
 
my guess is his body fat tests are NOT accurate.

if he's not getting a DEXA scan, then there's plenty of room for error even by someone that knows what they are doing.
 
Jason Salamone said:
I just hear his complaints.
There's quite possibly more to the story that he's not sharing.

Jason Salamone
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Yes, it's very hard to tell.

BF measurements are not to be taken as absolute numbers anyway. You want to take a look at the trend, which is why it is important to use the same method/machine every time :)
 
I'll come back and say that someone's who is fairly overweight will have a bit of visceral fat (fat stuck around the vital organs) and that's just not gonna show up in a skinfold test.

That said, this guy doesn't sound like he'd fit this scenario. I think he's full of it.
 
Jason Salamone said:
Could be, but why would anybody make something like that up? That would just be completely strange.

Jason Salamone
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stick around here for awhile and you will be amazed and how rediculously creative and senseless peeps can be.

people are funny funny things!

sure glad i aint one.

;)
 
stick to one full meal a day then in the morning take fiber rich foods like cereals, oats etc. During the night time, eat light meals without carbohydrates. Still do exercise like brisk walking 30 minutes a day.
 
This is flat out impossible, barring any calculation error, unless his organs or connective tissue are getting smaller, which seems rather unlikely :)
 
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