Is it normal to "shrink" when doing resistance training?

Relaxingmind

Hello everyone. My name is Summer and I still have a lot to learn about fitness. Maybe I just got lucky with my experience but I'm very curious about this because I'm considering keeping it up. Long story short I recently noticed something. A little bit over year ago shortly before I began lifting weights, squats, sprinting, and yoga I weighed only one pound more than I do now which back then was 133 pounds. I'm 5'6 by the way. Yet I was 5 sizes bigger and my measurements were several inches bigger as in I went from a size 7 to a 2. But I'm only ONE pound lighter than I was a year ago because I'm 132 now. Yet I feel like I really lost 30+ pounds. Even my family and friends think I lost a ton of weight. And some people at the gym I go have even gotten concerned when looking at me and suggested me not to lose anymore weight, even though I think my weight is just fine for my height, age, gender, etc. Is this normal/common? My goal weight was originally around 120-125 but should I just forget about that now? I'm a vegetarian by the way. Eat a lot of egg whites, fruits, veggies, rice, cottage cheese, oats, protein powder and so on.

ogtmama

You lost fat and gained muscle and yes, forget about losing weight if you are happy as you are!

malibu927

Yep. This is called body recomposition. Eating at/around maintenance with plenty of protein and lifting heavy, which helps to slowly lose fat and build muscle.

curlsintherack

good work just forget the goal your doing fine.

markrgeary1

That's what happened to my wife. Five three, 130, size 8, started lifting she's 125 and a size four almost a two.

My clothes fit different but I think the change is more noticeable on small women.

Only you can judge where you should end up. Remember the scale is just a tool, if your BMI is healthy than its about how you want to appear, and how your clothes fit and the size(DW doesn't want to lose more as she thinks size two clothes are harder to find).

xvolution

Lean muscle weighs more than fat, so you can look smaller but weigh the same.