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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. Posting a series rather than a conclusion, with the method first.…	+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. Asking about 18-month record on behalf of the question I keep…	+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? What changes if the standard account of Lean mass preservation is wrong?…	+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. A question about measurement precision rather than about…	+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. Working notes on circumference measurements rather than 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. Asking about 40-week log directly, because I have read four threads on it and each…	+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. Asking about Seven-day rolling directly, because I have read four…	+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. Asking about 18-month record on behalf of the question I keep seeing asked badly,…	+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. A question about measurement precision rather than about…	+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. Proposing that reporting a disappointing outcome deserves a…	+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. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin waist circumference technique down and I want…	+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. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on…	+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. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin bioimpedance and hydration down and I want to set…	+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. Asking about the phase almost nobody writes…	+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. Trying to establish the boundary conditions on ultrasound and skinfolds. The…	+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. A narrow question about plateau, deliberately narrow, because…	+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. What changes if the standard account of…	+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. A question about measurement precision rather than about…		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. I was wrong about plateau in a thread last spring and I would…	+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. A question about measurement precision rather than about physiology. Two…	+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. A question about measurement precision…	+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. An honest uncertainty about Waist circumference technique rather than…	+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. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on lean mass preservation,…	+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. Asking about interpreting a composition change directly, because I have…	+18	22	5.8k	12mo
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. Posting a small dataset on 40-week log. It is…	+1	5	14k	2mo
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. Posting a small dataset on 40-week log. It is mine, it…	+9	13	2.1k	9h
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 Asking about the phase almost nobody writes about. The material here on losing is good. The…		2	12k	5mo

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