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@denice65 Well, crap. Thanks for the links! I knew that if I posted my diet, someone would find something life-threatening about it. ;)

@calledoutone Costco has canned chicken that has about the same macros, it's a bit more expensive though and has a weird metallic taste that is hard to mask. I'll try the canned salmon; I think Costco has it as well. The tuna calculator said I can have 2 of the 7oz cans a week, so that's two...

@armmot I'm not planning to have children and it's the chunk lite tuna, which is lower, but good point. I have canned chicken that's basically the same macros that I can change it up with (though it doesn't taste as good). I'll figure something out.

@adalia89 Genetics probably. My family are all very strong (my brother can squat over 400lb), and that's one of the reasons I've stuck with lifting, I think. I try not to be demoralized by the skinny college boys at my gym who bench my squat for a warmup. And yeah, that was why it was so hard...

@dawn16 I'll probably weigh myself once a week (I've been lifting for long enough that I doubt I'll be gaining any muscle) and then get another scan in October or November. I bought a package of 2 (buy one get one half off!) and I have a year to use the second one. Plus, like /@jay2242 said...

@dawn16 Definitely, but what I personally also needed was something scientific saying, "yes you are at an unhealthy weight, and here's what a healthy weight would be", instead of just someone's opinion.

@jay2242 Thanks for the good wishes and advice! That's a good point that I should time-limit this cut. Maybe I'll do my second scan in October, see how things are going, and reevaluate then.

@sarahcarlene84 Scan, analysis, and coaching/goal-setting. It was definitely worth it for me! Also I have a monthly health and fitness budget that covered it (light medical bills this month).

@yllbc I was lucky that there is a sports medicine clinic across the street from my Grocery store! I didn't know it was there, though. I just did a Google search for "dexa scan [my area]", and they had a website form to sign up for an appointment. It was $125 for one scan, and I got a package...

@charlie3rivers I didn't ask how they calculate them, but they seem right. When I eat 2000-2300 calories a day I maintain my weight, and these numbers match the ones I've gotten from online calculators.

@3john3 Yeah, if you're in the healthy range it's just a number. The dexa scan does find all the fat, so it gives higher numbers than most other tests (and conventional wisdom). The clinic's database said that 99% of the people they'd scanned were at 15% or above, and I'd guess that includes...

@claireanneh Yup. My left leg is more muscular, though; I fenced in college, maybe that's why.

I've been frustrated lately because I just couldn't decide what my goals should be, so I got a dexa scan. I thought the results were interesting, so I'm sharing them with you all! (I made a new account for this because my old one has accumulated enough identifying information that I didn't...