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Posted on October 3, 2018 by Joe Kennedy — Leave a comment

Fit to Fat to Fit (Old Guy Version) Fat DEXA Results

Yesterday, I had another DEXA Body Composition Test at Body Comp here in San Diego. It was more than a little embarrassing for me – but in a sick way, I earned the ‘results’.

For the past 100 or so days, I have been eating (mostly) like a freaking pig. Instead of my usual (fairly) clean diet (I call it a Live-It), I’ve been consuming pizza, ice cream, cookies, cakes, pasta, and donuts. I even drank a couple of half racks of beer like the ‘good ole days’. Between June 27th and October 2nd of this year (98 days), I gained 41.9 pounds – including 29.3 pounds of gross, ugly fat.

Not a pretty site – I didn’t enjoy it at all and feel like total crap because of it. Not only have gained a belly, but also man-boobs I never thought that I would be cursed with. My energy levels have tanked, I’m much more easily out of breath – and I even have to sit down to put my shoes on. I only have one pair of shorts that fit me (they have an elastic band) – and no pants that do. I’ve had to resort to wearing sweats on several occasions. For me, there are a couple of things that hurt bad: 1) I hate having fat thighs that rub together when I walk (waddle) and 2) I’m fat enough that even my wife is grossed out. Painful – and not necessarily in that order. Here are the major differences in my DEXA results in less than 100 days: Continue reading Fit to Fat to Fit (Old Guy Version) Fat DEXA Results

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Joe Kennedy — Leave a comment

US Obesity Problem Not Improving According to the Numbers

NEW YORK (AP) — America’s weight problem isn’t getting any better, according to new government research.

Overall, obesity figures stayed about the same: About 40 percent of adults are obese and 18.5 percent of children. Those numbers are a slight increase from the last report but the difference is so small that it could have occurred by chance.

Worrisome to experts is the rate for children and teenagers, Continue reading US Obesity Problem Not Improving According to the Numbers

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Joe Kennedy — Leave a comment

Latest DEXA Results Are In 90 Days Post Hernia

This morning I took my first DEXA Body Composition exam since November 25, 2015. It has been just 90 days since I was released to workout after recovering from hernia surgery in October. It’s also been just over 6 months since Ava Kalea Kennedy was born – and man is it hard to work off that baby weight 😉 !!!!

I have been working out pretty good – at home with BeachBody workouts and sometimes at a 24 Hour Fitness – but my membership there just expired, so now I’ll be working out at home and on the beach with BeachBody and Stacia Kennedy. My clean eating has been pretty good, with a mostly pescatarian diet for the past month or so.

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The last couple of times I had a DEXA scan, I was very disappointed in my results – I was expecting much better results – probably because I once tested out at 5.2% bodyfat on a BodPod. While I know the BodPod is nowhere near as accurate as a DEXA scan, I was still hoping for less than 10% bodyfat. In November 2015, I was 14.4% at 157.8 lbs. Today I tested out at 14.5% body fat and weighed in at 165.9. So in the last 16 months or so, I’ve not been able to workout much because of the hernia, my wife had a baby (usually a time of weight gain for both parents), had surgery, been diagnosed with AFIB, became a BeachBody Coach, gained about 8 lbs of muscle while maintaining a percentage of body fat that is lower than 92% of 25 year olds.

Not bad for a 54 year old guy whose abs are coming back ….

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Posted on November 28, 2015 by Joe Kennedy — Leave a comment

Latest DEXA Scan: Mixed Results and New Direction

Earlier this week, two days before Thanksfeast Day, Stacia and I went back to the Washington Institute of Sports Medicine to get another DEXA body composition scan. It was our second experience there and like the first time, I felt like my results were less than optimal.

Two years ago at my first DEXA scan, I was 50 years old, weighed in at 167.4 lbs and had a total body fat of 16.7%. Despite the statistics showing I was in the top 1% of body comp for guys my age (and top 8% of 25 year old guys), I was disappointed. After all, my previous most recent body comp test showed me at about 5.4% body fat – but that was in a Bod Pod and not nearly as accurate as a DEXA scan.

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After our first DEXA scan, Stacia and I planned to go back for regular scans every 6 months or so. That didn’t happen
for a couple of different reasons:

1) It’s not cheap to do – WISM charges $125 per scan.
2) I have been traveling for work a lot and it’s been a bit difficult to schedule and train for the scan.

Over the past 4 months, I have pretty much been constantly on the road too. Only this time, I did not allow myself to not eat right (most of the time) or to not train (although rarely had a proper gym to workout at). I felt like I worked extremely hard to eat (mostly) clean and to get daily exercise, despite frequently being on my feet working for 10+ hours a day.

About 10 days prior to the DEXA scan, I was just over the weight of my scan two years earlier. I already felt like I had cut quite a bit of body fat percentage, but decided to cut some weight rather quickly and lost over 10 pounds in the 10 days leading up to the DEXA scan. Not sure it had much effect on the results of the scan, but I do know that my results did improve – just not nearly as much as I had expected.

Joe Abs DEXA Scan November 24, 2015:

157.8 lbs
Total Body Fat % = 14.4%
Top 1% for 52 year old men.
Top 97% for 25 year old men.

In the five days since the scan:

I cheated good on Thanksgiving (eating cream puffs, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and even pumpkin pie).
I have worked out 3 times, using heavier weights, lower reps, and shorter workout time.
I have set a goal to weigh 180 lbs, with 14.4% BF (or better) for my next DEXA scan – less than 6 months from now.
I have gained back more than the 10 lbs that I cut before this last DEXA scan.

Stacia Kennedy had much better improvement on her DEXA scan and seems pretty motivated to make future improvement as well. I’m very proud of her, but don’t want to steal her thunder, so will let her tell y’all about it if she wants.

BTW – if you Are looking to take a DEXA scan in your area, check the directory at DexaScan.com