[flamesabers]

Chances are you are losing muscle mass since your weight is the same -- that could also help explain your difficulty running.

That's true. Since coming back home it's been easier for me to run again. I think it's because the air quality is better in my hometown that where I was previously. I still have to get back in shape though.

BTW, most scales display the numbers very differently based on gender. Have you tried telling the scale you are female rather than male? I did that and the "fat percentage" jumped up by 4%.
Misty

I set the gender to female on my scale and I got very different results. My body fat percentage rose to 33.7%! When I changed the scale back to male, it said my body fat percentage is 20.6%. My weight is the same for both male and female. What's going on?

Oddly enough though, both of these numbers border on the healthy/overweight range for male and female in my age group. Maybe my concern earlier that I am getting fat wasn't irrational after all.