The Curious Case of the Doubling Fat

So, I have this scale (Tanita, I think), measures weight, body fat %, muscle mass, body water % etc. The last time I checked (3wks or so ago), I was 68kg(150lbs), 17.8%, 52.3, 50.4% respectively, and, while happy enough with that, I've been trying to gain a little weight (get up to 75ish(165lbs)) and at the same time cut down body fat % to high single figures.

To that end, I've been working hard in the gym, eating right, going on morning runs (ok, maybe not as often as I should but at least I went).

So tell me why, when I checked again Saturday morning I had lost weight (63Kg(140lbs)), my body fat % had DOUBLED (31.8%) and I had lost 10kg (20lbs) of muscle mass i.e. 41.3. I was aghast. My body was still throbbing from the gym sessions. I came to the conclusion it was one of two things:


  1. Friday evening, I had baked a batch of brownies and when they were done, I decided to have a taste. 10 minutes later, I had eaten the entire batch. I was being punished

  2. (And I think this is more likely) The scale is malfunctioning. I mean the fact that I can't actually see the fat anywhere tells me Tanita is taking the piss. :) Good thing it's still under warranty.


That's that about that. :)

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8 comments:

Confessions of a London Gal said...

And oh yeah-
1STT!!

Confessions of a London Gal said...

Lol. Faulty scale my ass! :-)
You are Mr tinrin gbeku. Accept am. Lol

Ok, seriously...
A man that cooks- Sexy!
A man that BAKES- Tres Sexy!!!

cerberus said...

Scribbs, we are in the same weight class. And I guess we do the same ish. I've stopped trying to hit 75. Just contemt with hovering between 65 and 70 I have a high metabolism you see and my extra curricular activities don't help matters.

miss.naturelle said...

lol lol, i cant blive I weigh about the same as u guys lol...i weigh like 64 ish but I'm pretty tall so pple still call me skinny. U bake, and brownies too...how cool is that damn, i'd love a taste of brownies. A broken scale, once I shot up 20kg in a month because of the drugs I was taken...lol I told my doctor his scale was broken (instinctive reaction) u shud have seen the look he gave me lol. Keep it up, the baking I mean lol

Tay-mee said...

uhh so the only thing I saw in this post was the brownies part...YUM..do bake us some!

juiceegal said...

Lol............broken scale my ass.....u beta step up ur game.
Cerebrus *extra curricular activities* raises eyebrows...lol

Peaches said...

LOL okk yuum to the brownies absolutely lovely, bake me some =]

Err you actually weigh that much you should be proud lol, I've tried endlessly to make myself put on some weight, it never works...

tdva said...

All these men trying to gain weight!!

Sexy cook/baker scribbles. Are you sure you don't give these titbits of swexiness away so we blogville femmes can fall even deeper in lust for you? :p

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