The number that surprised me: 2.68 lbs of visceral fat.

I went in expecting the scale number to be the story. It wasn’t. I weigh 157.7 lbs, BMI 26.4 — unremarkable. The real story was hiding in my abdomen: 2.68 lbs of visceral adipose tissue, an android fat percentage of 23.3%, and an A/G ratio of 1.09 when it should be under 1.0.

If you don’t know what visceral fat is: it’s the fat wrapped around your organs. Not the stuff you can pinch. The stuff you can’t see, can’t feel, and can’t measure with a scale or a tape measure. It’s metabolically active in the worst possible way — it drives insulin resistance, inflammation, and cardiovascular risk. And I have 2.68 lbs of it.

The full numbers — unfiltered.

The bone density number nobody talks about.

Z-score of 1.8. That means my bones are denser than 93–97% of men my age. I didn’t expect that. When I told my doctor, he said the TRT combined with resistance training and my Vitamin D/K2 supplementation is almost certainly responsible. It’s the kind of data point that makes the whole protocol feel worth it.

What the machine doesn’t tell you.

The DEXA took about 10 minutes. You lie flat, a low-radiation scanner passes over you, and a technician hands you a printout. BodySpec in Seattle is a mobile service — they park a van in a lot and you book online. $49 for a full scan. I paid $49 to find out I have 2.68 lbs of visceral fat hiding in my abdomen. That might be the best $49 I’ve ever spent.

The scale said 157.7 lbs that morning. A totally unremarkable number. Nothing in that number would have told me about the visceral fat, the android distribution, the A/G ratio. The scale is lying to you. Not maliciously. Just incompletely.

The plan from here.

My DEXA RMR is 1,550 cal/day. With a 300–400 calorie deficit and a protein floor of 120g/day (1g per lb of lean mass), I need to lose approximately 7.4 lbs of pure fat to hit BMI 25 and 15% body fat. At 0.7 lbs/week, that’s about 10 weeks. My lean mass stays at 120.3 lbs — that’s non-negotiable.

The hard part: I own an Italian restaurant and a cocktail bar. I taste food and drink for a living. The experiment isn’t just about the protocol — it’s about whether a guy in my position can actually execute it. Next DEXA in September 2026. We’ll see.