DEXA yesterday
Here is my Dexa from yesterday compared to last June at my initial goal, as well as Jan 2025 when I had already lost 40lbs! Just look at my elbow placement....I wish I had done a DEXA at the start.
I'm 5'4", SW 205, CW 125. Body fat is 28% currently. My current goal to be about 130lbs and 25% body fat. This goal is based on nothing...just sounds nice, so if anyone has advise let me know.
My original goal was 135, which I hit last June. I kept losing about 2 pounds per month for the first few months of maintenance, despite increasing cals and lowering dose. Kept increasing cals and lowered dose again to 7.5mg in November. Now that loss has slowed to less than 0.2 pound per month if I keep my cals around 1850-1900 per day, or even a little more.
I'm keeping a close eye on the Foundayo pill roll out and may switch to that in late summer if my pcp agrees.
I get quarterly DEXA scans and lean mass is holding steady, while fat is sloowwwlllyyy dropping. I strength train 3-4x per week for about 40 minutes and walk 3-5 miles per day. I turn 59 next month, and started menopausal hormone therapy in Jan, so I'm hoping that the MHT will help the muscles grow a bit faster. My OB has recommended adding testosterone gel to my MHT, and I'm getting the blood work next week to see if it's safe for me. While it is for libido, it may help the muscles as well. My libido has been gone for so long that I'm honestly more excited about muscle gains than sexy time, lol.
After almost a year of maintenance and body recomp, I have more definition in my arms, which have always been skinny, and my bra strap area is leaner, much less pooch over the strap. Shoulders are looking nice, just in time for summer. My boobs are mostly gone (a moment of silence for our fallen sisters, please), but the booty is still there, both with muscle and fat. Inner thighs and lower belly still holding onto the typical female softness, which is fine with me. Quads and hams have a modest amount of definition. All in all, I am tickled pink.
