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Old Fri, Jun-21-02, 17:53
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 171/104/103 Female 61"
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Progress: 99%
Location: California, USA
Default Losing lean body mass??

Hi guys!

First off, not sure if this post is in the right area, moderators please feel free to move it if its out of place!

Well, when I was trying to calculate my goal weight, I used my BF percentage to see how much fat I had on me:

169 lbs, 38% BF = about 105 lbs lean mass, 64 lbs fat mass.

So that means 105 pounds of me is not something I'd want to lose, correct? And obviously I can't be ALL lean mass, I'm aiming for a 21 or 22% BF. So -- how does this work? Will I lose some of that lean mass? I was thinking this might be a better goal, if I won't be losing much lean mass:

120 lbs, 21% BF = 95 lbs lean mass, 25 lbs fat.

Is this a reasonable goal, or will I lose more lean mass than that? I figure if I wanted to get down to 105 and have a 22% BF I would have to have about 82 lbs lean mass and 23 lbs fat. But I don't think I want to lose 23 lbs of lean mass . . . do I??

As you can see I am quite muddled here! Any advice would be most appreciated.
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