I had a dexa scan done today and thought I would share my results with you all. I've been lurking on here for a while and always find it interesting to see others results so here are mine!. And here are some (deleted) (sports bra and shorts) for additional reference. My measurements are 37-29-39 and I have breast implants.
Background:I don't think that I look like my body fat % is that high, but I can't say I'm too surprised. I've had some injuries and depressing life events (a divorce about a year ago) that had left me moderately sedentary and my diet was very heavy in carbs--I consumed MAYBE 40g of protein a day. But I was still hiking once or twice a month and could run a 5k without feeling like I was going to die. I began a serious routine about 3 weeks ago and decided I wanted to do a dexa scan to use as a baseline as I start this journey.
Training:For these past 3 weeks i've been doing bootyful beginnings from strong curves 4 days/week with some cardio afterwards, plus an additional 2 days/week of just cardio (run/walk, hike, stairmaster) and stretching. I burn 400-600 calories/workout according to my apple watch. I've been consuming 1700-2000 calories a day and my macros are roughly 175c/144p/62f.
Surprisingly, my weight has not changed at all the past 3 weeks. Ideally, I'd like to gain muscle while I lose fat (recomp) but I doubt that's what's currently happening and I worry I'm going about this the wrong way. I'm worried that I'm not in a deficit at all since my body fat % is so high and that I should instead focus on cutting in order to get my body fat % down while achieving some lean gains. Should I drop my calories and/or up my cardio a bit?
Would love to know your thoughts!
Background:I don't think that I look like my body fat % is that high, but I can't say I'm too surprised. I've had some injuries and depressing life events (a divorce about a year ago) that had left me moderately sedentary and my diet was very heavy in carbs--I consumed MAYBE 40g of protein a day. But I was still hiking once or twice a month and could run a 5k without feeling like I was going to die. I began a serious routine about 3 weeks ago and decided I wanted to do a dexa scan to use as a baseline as I start this journey.
Training:For these past 3 weeks i've been doing bootyful beginnings from strong curves 4 days/week with some cardio afterwards, plus an additional 2 days/week of just cardio (run/walk, hike, stairmaster) and stretching. I burn 400-600 calories/workout according to my apple watch. I've been consuming 1700-2000 calories a day and my macros are roughly 175c/144p/62f.
Surprisingly, my weight has not changed at all the past 3 weeks. Ideally, I'd like to gain muscle while I lose fat (recomp) but I doubt that's what's currently happening and I worry I'm going about this the wrong way. I'm worried that I'm not in a deficit at all since my body fat % is so high and that I should instead focus on cutting in order to get my body fat % down while achieving some lean gains. Should I drop my calories and/or up my cardio a bit?
Would love to know your thoughts!