EndoResFellow said:

There is also a quality change that the scan cannot see.

Agreed on the ranges, with the condition that a single DEXA is not a measurement, it is one draw from a distribution. Hydration status moves the lean compartment by a kilogram or more between scans, so any comparison of scans done at different times of day or different hydration states is noise.

Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.

LeilaHI said:

Agreed on the target, with the caveat that reference weight and current weight are different numbers.

This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else. I will report back once I have actually tried it.

EndoResFellow said:

There is also a quality change that the scan cannot see.

I read this differently from EndoResFellow, on substance rather than tone. I think this board over-worries about lean mass. Some lean loss is obligatory — you need less muscle to move a smaller body, and preserving mass you no longer need is not a health outcome. The question is whether strength and function held, and mine did.

Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it. Reconstructing a timeline from memory three months later is how people end up unable to answer the one question that would have resolved it.

Moderator note: reminder that nothing in this thread is medical advice, and that clinical claims need a source. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.