At the risk of sounding stupid...

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  • EvanKeel
    EvanKeel Posts: 1,904 Member
    Yup, agreed. Losing fat and gaining water and strength. Enjoy the results. Well done.
  • LillysGranny
    LillysGranny Posts: 431
    Stick with your plan. The scale will respond in a few weeks....bet you'll be pleasantly suprised!
  • mbrou28
    mbrou28 Posts: 132 Member
    Thanks for all your positive input! :happy: I truly appreciate it & it helps motivate me, knowing I'm doing the right thing. I hate that society gets your head so wrapped around the idea of the scale! Scale be damned!! At some point that number will drop so until then, I'm just gonna keep on shrinking inches!

    Way to go!! I had this same question about a month ago (I've been slacking lately). But let the scale discourage me. Good for you! You've inspired me to get back to my weight training routine!
  • KyleB65
    KyleB65 Posts: 1,196 Member
    Fat and muscle have different mass. You're losing fat and gaining muscle (my guess anyway), which means you're losing mass (ie, inches) but not weight.

    Sometimes it's best to ignore the scale!

    Ditto!

    Read somewhere that muscle is 5x denser than fat. So, to hell with the scale!

    Keep on rockin'
  • skittles8810
    skittles8810 Posts: 67
    http://www.coachcalorie.com/calories-burned-during-exercise-meaningless/
    read this, it explains a lot. And I agree with others, 10lbs of fat vs 10lbs of muscle is the same, Muscle just takes up less space. People get these two confused to much. I have lost 10lbs in 2wks, then i gained 10lbs of muscle. I have been strength training for a month now. I can see a big difference in my body comp and my clothes. So dont stress over the stupid scale.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    the scale will eventually catch up. also you may be gaining muscle as a newbie because it's not going to be pounds and pounds of it, maybe 2 pounds and i seriously doubt you've gained that much muscle in 2 weeks.

    more than likely it's water retention. as your body gets used to lifting it'll flush the excess water out. maybe drink a but more water more water .
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
    Most of the first few posters (that was all I read) had it correct. Muscle mass is leaner than fat mass but is denser so you will lose inches but not necessarily lose pounds. In some cases you might even gain weight. And there is also water retention to think about. Soon though you should see the scale move. If you need some reassurance, see:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/580019-the-scale-is-a-lying-torture-device-i-m-proof
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    fat-vs-muscle.jpg

    No not me - just an example for you to see
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    fat-v-muscle.jpg
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    I feel you are losing fat but I disagree that you are gaining actual muscle. You started strength training 2 weeks ago you said. It's pretty hard for women to gain muscle mass in 2 weeks. It's even harder to do so in a deficit. Give it time; you are losing inches and that's what matters.
  • PHATmommy68
    PHATmommy68 Posts: 112
    all that matters is that your clothes fit differently and your body fat/inches are going down.

    muscle weighs more than fat. you're converting.

    Actually, muscle does NOT weigh more than fat! It ways the same.... Muscle is denser and therefore takes up less space! Good going on the inches lost!

    Please don't start that argument here, and please spell the word WEIGH the same WAY when it has the same meaning.


    WOW... Miss Miserable! A typo on my part.. I admit but I am CORRECT in the fact that one does not WEIGH more than the other!!!! Muscle is denser and takes up less space! Good luck to you and I hope you find happiness!

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