Clothes bigger, tho scale keeps going up ?

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Wotan39
Wotan39 Posts: 11 Member
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Does anyone else notice their clothes fitting better , maybe even getting bigger, tho the scale is saying," Nope , you have gained 5 lbs"
Does anyone else see this ???
I have noticed water retention, which is odd, cause I am not eating much salt.
Hm....

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  • thiosulfate
    thiosulfate Posts: 262 Member
    edited June 2016
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    could your scale need new batteries?

    editted to to add: if you want, you can also take measurements and track your progress that way
  • Joanna2012B
    Joanna2012B Posts: 1,448 Member
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    You could have fat loss and muscle gains at the same time depending on what you are doing. I went through this very thing for almost a year. Definitely take measurements like @thiosulfate suggested! I dropped three sizes in that year with very little weight loss!
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
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    I think of that as the best possible result you can have. To have more mass in less space means more lean mass - bones are heavier, muscles are dense and heavy, compared to fluffy fat and light bones.

    If you are measuring in inches or cm, I would trust "getting smaller" much more than "getting lighter".

    For me water retention = bloating so I don't get smaller when that happens, but yes water is Very Heavy and can cause big swings in weight; one gallon of water weighs about 8lb.

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