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 Used the opportunity of being in a large city to get a DEXA scan done today.

I’m a sucker for these things 😂 
 🦴 
 How are the bones faring 
 What is Nostr doing to me? Why am I asking a random person about their bones on the internet. 
 HAHAHHAHAHHA

We are all fam here 
 Well not that random anyway. I build on your code every day 🍻 
 Your bones are the bones of Nostr, sir 
 😂😂😂😂 
 Pretty good I think; they didn’t tell me much about the bone density but the chart is in the green so I’m going to guess that’s good 😅
https://nostrcheck.me/media/f7a1fd5243ba68caa096e6aababe1844f9fa62b79615b4dd3c9f901e527b8a87/ca623b84e4956908c48ee9702dd49fd2c209f143fe4947ecbcd39bb8a15bde9e.webp 
 Enjoy being in the city Pablo 🙌

Looking forward to seeing you and your family soon 🤩🤞 
 Are you going to be in Malaga?? I think Marina mentioned something but now not sure if she said Malaga or Spain in general 
 Yeah we are flying into Malaga 🇪🇸

We will be in La Herradura for a month ☀️ 
 Sweeet! When are you arriving? 
 We fly in on the 4th October 😍 
 why is that important? what does it mean? 
 Gives me my body fat percentage and a bunch of other interesting things 😅 
 I got curious and googled it:

A bone density scan, also known as a DEXA or DXA scan, is a low-dose x-ray that measures calcium and other minerals in your bones. Bones containing more minerals are denser and tend to be stronger and less likely to break. The measurement helps show your bone's strength and thickness (known as bone density or mass). 
 what exactly does it check. BFP is one but what else that you canwasure on your own without medical intervention?  
 “Canwasure”? “Can use”? 
 lol, sorry. Can measure 
 Oh, a lot; I get per-limb lean body mass, so now I know my right arm has a little less muscle than my left arm, so now I can integrate that in my training.

For my the body fat percentage is the most relevant part because now I know that I have a lot of room to lose weight 😅 
 I like this stuff too but the issue is being able to measure  it without them afterwards

e. g. per limb you need their fancy toys

Not too long though before proper diagnostic tools are cheap, wearable and hopefully (private) 
 Does it allow you to assess how much visceral (as opposed to subcutaneous) fat you have? 
 Yes it does. 
 Bone Density 
 how do you measure bone density at home?  
 You need a special machine that shoots radiation through you, like an x-ray. I think they look mostly at your long bones, femur, humerus. There may be some that look at your calcaneus(heel bone). Google it. 
 Those are fun. Ever done a Bod Pod?  
 NO! But looking at it now I think I want to buy one and put it in my house 😂😂😂 
 I’d be jealous. Loved all the data behind the fitness journey.