Tue, Jul-28-15, 13:20
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Senior Member
Posts: 8,006
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 189/148.6/145
BF:36%/28%/25%
Progress: 92%
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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The idea that losing muscle mass along with fat is a negative is not entirely correct.
Let's say Joe weighs 275 lbs, and of that 275, 40% is fat mass, or 110 lbs. The rest is lean, or 165 lbs. Joe loses 100 lbs. His percentage body fat drops to 15%. Now, Joe weighs 175 lbs, and of that, approximately 26 lbs is fat. Leaving a lean body mass of 149 lbs.
He's lost muscle. But he needed greater muscle mass simply to support his higher weight before, that is now not needed. Despite losing muscle, he's significantly leaner than before.
There's that. And there's the sheer stupidity of choosing a WOE that is both healthy and lean-making, and then deliberately throwing it over, on a scheduled basis, in order to eat foods that are bad for you. That lead to inflammation in every part of your body, and the inflammation can't be turned off as easily as one can flush out the water and glycogen.
I'm not male, and I'm not young. And I want my brain to continue to function at the highest level it can. I want the arthritis I already have to stay at its extremely slow level of progressing, since I dumped the grains.
I'm not unique, not a special flower. I have the same physiological responses as WhiteFlower; who wants permission from a forum of strangers to make damaging choices to his/her body.
Sorry. The only one who can give that permission is the OP, because that's who's in charge of his/her diet.
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