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Our body fat percentages had gone up. I crept from 20% up to 21%, which nudged me into the less-desirable neighbourhood of "Excess fat". My focus was still on building strength but this poked at my ego. In that six-month span, I gained half a pound of fat and no new muscle mass. Ouch. Curiosity killed the cat.
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Six months. Half a pound fatter. No muscle gain. What to do with this information? My strength went up measurably, even though I gained no new muscle, so my attention to clean form translated into me using my muscles more efficiently throughout my exercises. Despite the new fat, that's good.
At [2110 Fitness](http://2110fitness.com/), where we had the analysis done, Cole (one of the owners) talked to us about our nutrition: what and when we were eating what. He recommended tracking caloric intake with MyFitnessPal, which is an application on one of those nifty phones the kids have. I have one of those nifty phones, so I downloaded the app. I started tracking my eating that day.