Fat or Muscle Loss

[FlippinOut]

How can you tell if you’re losing fat or losing muscle mass? I’ve been eating healthy and walking and doing some light strength exercises. I’m losing weight but wondering if it’s fat or muscle loss from the cirrhosis. Is there any way to tell?

[Corin1950]

You can tell from weight scales that measure body composition. They have them in most health centres and gyms and you can buy some for home use. They are not expensive. I have some I bought from Amazon. They tell you weight, BMI, muscle mass, fat free body weight, body fat, visceral fat etc.you get the results on a phone app.

[WildHorses101 in reply to Corin1950]

Morning Corin1950

The scales you mention in your reply sound brilliant, could you post a link at all for me to buy some for my husband, these would be a great guide to see if hes gaining any muscle at the moment 🙂

Thank you in advance of any help,

Take care

Best wishes

K

[Corin1950 in reply to WildHorses101]

These are the same as mine but there are a few to choose from so have a look

amazon.co.uk/RENPHO-Bluetoo...

[WildHorses101 in reply to Corin1950]

Hi Corin1950

Thank you so much for posting the link, I ordered a set of these for my husband. and they should arrive today,

Once again many thanks and best wishes

K 🙂

[FlippinOut in reply to Corin1950]

Thanks Corin, I purchased one of these scales but only been using it for a couple of weeks. Haven’t got enough data from it yet but I’ll keep checking the results.

[juneblue in reply to Corin1950]

Hey there. Just remember that muscle weighs more than fat. Your weight can increase as you build muscle

[Corin1950 in reply to juneblue]

The scales give separate values for both of those