Fasting February Dexa Scan Results

First I should mention some that between March 1 and March 2 I gained an additional 7 pounds back.  I'm attributing that to more dehydration that I previously guessed. I obviously wasn't thrilled about that, but Fasting February was an experiment and I wanted to see what would happen.

But then I got my DexaScan results.  I lost 13 pounds of body fat between scans.  Given that I fasted for about 23 days, this matches up with Dr. Fung's statement that people tend to lose about 1/2 pound of fat each fasting day.  1 pound of that fat was visceral fat. This is the fat around internal organs in the abdominal cavity and is the most dangerous place to have excess fat.  So I was very happy to lose a pound there.

I also gained 7.4 pounds of lean body mass over Fasting February.  More evidence that it is possible to gain muscle while losing fat.   Even while fasting!

Dexa Scan Results

Date	Weight (lbs)	% Body Fat	Fat Tissue (lbs)	Lean Tissue (lbs)	BMC	Visceral Fat (lbs)
20-Nov-2017	268.20	40.30	108.10	152.50	7.60	6.97
31-Jan-2018	260.20	37.70	98.10	154.50	7.60	6.97
7-Mar-2018	254.40	33.40	85.10	161.90	7.50	5.94

Weight Log

Date	Fasting Day?	AM Pounds	AM Glucose	PM Ketones
1/31/2018	No	262	95	1.1
2/1/2018	Yes	263	105	2.0
2/2/2018	Yes	258	96	3.0
2/3/2018	No	254	77	1.9
2/4/2018	No	258	81	1.4
2/5/2018	Yes	262	105	1.3
2/6/2018	Yes	258	89	3.2
2/7/2018	No	254	79	1.9
2/8/2018	Yes	258	94	3.3
2/9/2018	Yes	255	83	1.4
2/10/2018	No	255	89	2.2
2/11/2018	Yes	257	91	2.5
2/12/2018	Yes	253	90	3.8
2/13/2018	Yes	250	86	4.7
2/14/2018	Yes	249	78	4.7
2/15/2018	Yes	246	78	4.8
2/16/2018	Yes	244	79	6.1
2/17/2018	Yes	243	78	4.6
2/18/2018	Yes	242	80	6.1
2/19/2018	Yes	241	85	5.6
2/20/2018	Yes	239	86	6.7
2/21/2018	Yes	238	83	5.7
2/22/2018	Yes	236	80	5.7
2/23/2018	Yes	235	92	4.8
2/24/2018	No	237	88	4.5
2/25/2018	No	240	104	2.4
2/26/2018	Yes	244	90	3.6
2/27/2018	Yes	243	81	3.1
2/28/2018	Yes	242	86	2.3
3/1/2018	No	243	87	1.3
3/2/2018	Yes	250	99	2.3
3/3/2018	No	250	78	3.5
3/4/2018	No	251	103	1.7
3/5/2018	Yes	254	79	2.0

My next blog post will recap the latest meeting of the Minnesota Ketonians meetup group.  You can also read my last blog post about the Ketofest 2018 Kickstarter.