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Outcomes

What actually happened, reported with measurement caveats: progress reports, body composition, and long-term maintenance.

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Progress reports 18 Body composition 16

34 topics

Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Seven-day rolling means and why weekly readings mislead Outcomes › Progress reports data table DXA effect size long read Seven-day rolling means and why weekly readings mislead Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that almost…	+109	125	42k	10h
Coming back to: An 18-month record including the parts that went badly Outcomes › Progress reports DXA effect size long read Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: An 18-month record including the parts that went badly Everything below is what sits behind that. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number…	+83	89	52k	12mo
Comparing my trajectory with the trial curves, carefully Outcomes › Progress reports DXA effect size long read data table Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Comparing my trajectory with the trial curves, carefully Everything below is what sits behind that. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that…	+86	92	54k	7mo
Lean mass preservation: what the evidence supports — does this still hold? Outcomes › Body composition bioimpedance lean mass loss data table DXA Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Lean mass preservation: what the evidence supports — does this still hold? Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that almost…	+112	122	5.2k	20h
DXA precision and the least significant change for lean mass — the long version Outcomes › Body composition bioimpedance lean mass loss data table On the subject in the title: DXA precision and the least significant change for lean mass — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this…	+97	111	22k	14mo
Circumference measurements as a poor man's composition estimate Outcomes › Body composition bioimpedance data table DXA lean mass loss Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Circumference measurements as a poor man's composition estimate Everything below is what sits behind that. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a…	+96	112	14k	23mo
A 40-week log with the measurement method stated Outcomes › Progress reports DXA long read data table On the subject in the title: A 40-week log with the measurement method stated Working notes rather than a conclusion. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number without a method is not a…	+87	97	18k	9mo
Seven-day rolling means and why weekly readings mislead — one year on Outcomes › Progress reports DXA data table long read Solved On the subject in the title: Seven-day rolling means and why weekly readings mislead — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number without…	+78	88	16k	5mo
An 18-month record including the parts that went badly Outcomes › Progress reports data table long read effect size DXA An 18-month record including the parts that went badly — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number without a method is…	+77	81	17k	12h
DXA precision and the least significant change for lean mass Outcomes › Body composition bioimpedance data table DXA Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: DXA precision and the least significant change for lean mass Everything below is what sits behind that. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that…	+81	85	2.7k	7mo
Comparing my trajectory with the trial curves, carefully — a second dataset Outcomes › Progress reports effect size data table long read Comparing my trajectory with the trial curves, carefully — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that…	+77	81	16k	11h
Reporting a disappointing outcome, and why it belongs here Outcomes › Progress reports data table DXA effect size Closed Reporting a disappointing outcome, and why it belongs here Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number…	+21	29	62k	10mo
Waist circumference technique and its repeatability Outcomes › Progress reports data table long read effect size DXA Waist circumference technique and its repeatability — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that almost nobody writes…	+55	60	11k	5mo
Second pass at: Circumference measurements as a poor man's composition estimate Outcomes › Body composition DXA lean mass loss data table Second pass at: Circumference measurements as a poor man's composition estimate — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a…	+64	68	13k	4mo
Bioimpedance and hydration: why the number moves Outcomes › Body composition lean mass loss data table DXA bioimpedance Bioimpedance and hydration: why the number moves — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number without a method is not a…	+62	70	13k	23d
What I would record differently if I started again — the long version Outcomes › Progress reports effect size data table DXA Solved Closed What I would record differently if I started again — the long version I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part…	+22	26	57k	5mo
Ultrasound and skinfolds: operator dependence in practice Outcomes › Body composition DXA data table lean mass loss Ultrasound and skinfolds: operator dependence in practice — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that almost nobody…	+72	76	2.7k	2d
A plateau that disappeared when I changed how I measured — the long version Outcomes › Progress reports effect size data table long read A plateau that disappeared when I changed how I measured — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number…	+49	54	9.4k	1mo
About the Body composition category Outcomes › Body composition DXA bioimpedance lean mass loss Pinned Wiki DXA, BIA, ultrasound and the precision of each. Lean mass preservation during rapid loss. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its…		5	64k	15mo
Ultrasound and skinfolds: operator dependence in practice — what changed since Outcomes › Body composition data table DXA bioimpedance lean mass loss Posting this under the heading it deserves: Ultrasound and skinfolds: operator dependence in practice — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. Longitudinal report with the method…	+32	37	7.4k	3mo
DXA precision and the least significant change for lean mass — what changed since Outcomes › Body composition DXA data table lean mass loss bioimpedance Solved DXA precision and the least significant change for lean mass — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this…		2	56k	11mo
A plateau that disappeared when I changed how I measured Outcomes › Progress reports DXA long read effect size Posting this under the heading it deserves: A plateau that disappeared when I changed how I measured Everything below is what sits behind that. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number…	+27	31	7.2k	3mo
Two scans six weeks apart on different machines: a cautionary tale Outcomes › Body composition lean mass loss data table bioimpedance DXA Solved On the subject in the title: Two scans six weeks apart on different machines: a cautionary tale Working notes rather than a conclusion. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number without a…	+18	26	9.4k	2mo
Second pass at: Two scans six weeks apart on different machines: a cautionary tale Outcomes › Body composition DXA bioimpedance lean mass loss data table Second pass at: Two scans six weeks apart on different machines: a cautionary tale Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the…	+1	5	34k	8mo
[2026 update] Waist circumference technique and its repeatability Outcomes › Progress reports DXA long read effect size data table Posting this under the heading it deserves: Waist circumference technique and its repeatability Everything below is what sits behind that. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number without…	+23	27	5.9k	21h
Lean mass preservation: what the evidence supports Outcomes › Body composition lean mass loss bioimpedance DXA Lean mass preservation: what the evidence supports Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that almost nobody…	+23	27	347	14mo
Interpreting a composition change that is within the error bars Outcomes › Body composition bioimpedance data table lean mass loss On the subject in the title: Interpreting a composition change that is within the error bars Working notes rather than a conclusion. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number without a…	+18	22	5.8k	12mo
A 40-week log with the measurement method stated — what changed since Outcomes › Progress reports effect size data table DXA long read Solved A 40-week log with the measurement method stated — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a…	+9	13	2.1k	9h
A 40-week log with the measurement method stated — does this still hold? Outcomes › Progress reports effect size DXA data table Solved A 40-week log with the measurement method stated — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Longitudinal report with the method stated,…	+1	5	14k	2mo
What I would record differently if I started again Outcomes › Progress reports DXA long read data table effect size Closed Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What I would record differently if I started again Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that almost nobody writes about. I have…		2	12k	5mo

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